Smologies #17: FLAGS with E. Tory Laitila
Sharp-dressed Honolulu vexillologist E. Tory Laitila brought along a book on flags and flag codes.
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A kid-friendly, shortened version of our classic episode on… flags! E. Tory Laitila, a textile expert who has also handled Honolulu's flag protocol, gives the skinny on the oldest flags, skull and crossbone Jolly Rogers, his favorite state flag, Scandinavian simplicity, the hardest flags to draw, who designed our modern American flag and how you too can have... fun with flags all year round.
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Full-length NSFW Vexillology (FLAGS) episode with research links
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Mercedes Maitland and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media
Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm