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Beatrix Potter: The Rebellious Woman behind Peter Rabbit
Episode 157. Emileigh and Morgan had the pleasure to go through the life of Beatrix Potter. She started her life as a curious, animal loving, and rebellious child and continued her life in much the…
The Bone Wars
Episode 156. O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope were friends turned rival paleontologists who together found over 100 species of dinosaurs in the late 1800s. The depths of their pettiness toward each other was…
Butch Cassidy: The Outlaw Robin Hood
Episode 155. Butch Cassidy is one of the most notorious Wild West Outlaws in history. Known for being charismatic and cleaver, he cemented his legacy as also being the least violent by claiming on…
Liu Bang: Peasant turned Han Emperor
Episode 154. Liu Bang was a peasant who, through shrewdness, political machinations, and betrayal, worked his way up to the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, one of China's golden ages. Listen to…
The Piltdown Man Hoax
Episode 153. Charles Dawson wanted to go down in history as a respected archeologist. But the choices he made left him with a legacy of a fraud and tricked the scientific community for over four…
John Paul Jones: America's Naval Hero
Episode 152. John Paul Jones was a Scottish-American sailor who fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. He is considered a naval hero and the "father of the US Navy." There's also a much…
The Watermelon War: Pandemonium in Panama
Episode 151. Emileigh and Morgan detail the unbelievable story of how an argument over one 5 cent slice of watermelon started a riot and changed the politics in Panama for the following 100…
The Rosetta Stone: Discovery and Translation
Episode 150. For hundreds of years, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were a mystery. The ability to read them had been lost to time, and scholars wondered if their secrets would ever be revealed. In…
Jacques-Yves Cousteau: The Father of Scuba Diving
Episode 149. Emileigh and Morgan dive into the wonderful, wild, and dramatic world of Jacques Cousteau. Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/ Join our Facebook…
Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
Episode 148. Carter Woodson's passion was education and history, especially Black history. He made it his mission to document and educate others on Black history, and even dedicated an entire week to…
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Episode 147. For this week's Black History Month episode, Emileigh and Morgan honor the amazing life of Harriet Tubman and the complexity of the Underground Railroad. Her good deeds weren't limited…
George Washington Carver: The Peanut Man
Episode 146. Morgan and Emileigh dive into the life of one of America's most famous scientists, George Washington Carver. He is most well known for his work with peanuts, but he did much more for the…
Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Episode 145. Emileigh and Morgan honor the life and Legacy of the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks. Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/ Join our…
Smell-O-Vision
Episode 144. For thousands of years, the art of the visual medium has entertained audiences. But is sight and sound enough? What if you could smell the story, too? Hans Laube developed a system for…
The Forty Elephants: London's all Woman Gang
Episode 143. Emileigh and Morgan dive into the underbelly of London in the late 1800s to explore the world of the city's most notorious all woman gang. The Forty Elephants were terrorizing shop…
142: Madam CJ Walker: America's First Female Millionaire
The story of Madam CJ Walker is a true rags-to-riches tale. Sarah Breedlove was born on a cotton plantation just after slavery was abolished in the south. After being orphaned at a young age, she…
141: The Nuremberg Trial
Emileigh and Morgan take a look at the Nuremberg Trials that held many of the upper Nazi officials accountable for their crimes against humanity. Disclaimer: mentions of suicide and other…
140: Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Hillary: Summiting Mount Everest
For over 100 years, people have tried to accomplish the ultimate feat; climbing to the peak of Mount Everest. The first two people to do it successfully were humble men with a passion for climbing.…
139: The History of Christmas Movies
Emileigh and Morgan go through the eras of Christmas movies and discuss how they reflect the mindset and environment of their times. Plus some healthy discussion on ehat is and isn't a Christmas…
138: The Santa Claus Bank Robbery
It was a peaceful day for the citizens of Cisco, Texas, a few days before Christmas in 1927. Suddenly, four men, one dressed as Santa Claus, draw their weapons in the First National Bank of Cisco and…
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