Today among the most populous animals on earth, the domestic chicken followed the earliest human civilizations across the globe not for food--initially--but cockfighting. Bloodline explores the rich history between human civilization and chickens, especially gamefowl and the sport of cockfighting. Host Jesse Sidlauskas, who once fought and riased gamecocks with three generations of his family, explores the narratives of the ancient past-time through hard-hitting historical research and interviews with cockfighters and gamefowl breeders.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 hours 42 minutes
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episode 7: The Fighting Cock Worth Its Weight in Gold (Nick Arrington)
In late 1830, Nash County, N.C. plantation owner Nicholas Arrington accepted Antonio Lopez de Santa Annas challenge to a cockfight. Arrington and about a dozen friends spent six months crossing the country with more than 300 gamecocks in a dozen mule-dra
episode 6: No. 6: The Society for Prevention
Today, almost 200 years after the formation of the SPCA in London, there are satellite organizations in countries all over the globe and in many major cities. 16 years after Broome’s meeting, the crown will grant it a royal commission, and its members wi
episode 5: Kings of the Cockpit
We’ll be exploring the lives of some of the all-time-great cockers of England and the world up to that time, including Edward Smith-Stanley, The 12th Earl of Derby and some of his contemporaries, including William Tregonwell Frampton, William Bill Gilliv
episode 4: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling, Part 2
At the end of the 1600s, cockfighting was about as prevalent among the British as it...
episode 4: No. 4: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling, Part II
At the end of the 1600s, cockfighting was about as prevalent among the British as it...
episode 3: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling
At its height in the 17th and 18th centuries, cocking permeated British culture without exclusion, occupying crown, court, church and countryman for centuries. Called the Pleasure of Princes or the Royal Pasttime in books from that time, it was at the sa
episode 2: A Gringo Walks into a Cockfight
Puerto Rican cockers currently have an appeal pending in the First Circuit Court in Boston which challenges the constitutionality of the ban and also argues the cockers were entitled and did not receive due process of law prior to the prohibition. Oral a
episode 1: The Phantom Cockfight
In this episode, we hear the story of Tommy Carrano and also talk to the gamefowl show standards expert, the chicken-mans chicken expert, Anthony Saville.
The Introduction
Bloodline explores the largely unwritten history and culture of the gamefowl community, including but not limited to the ancient past time of cockfighting.
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