The Bones and Bobbins Podcast
Haley Pierson-Cox and Natali Heuss
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S6E1 1 - Hauntings, Locally Speaking
S06E01: Local Cults, Formidable Foreheads, and a Haunted Forrest Join Haley and Natali at their local haunts. Literally. We have utopian cults, 1920s dance parties, and the spirits they've left…
S5E4 4 - Praise Cheeses, We're Back!
Secret cheese caves and dairy divination? Oh, yes. We're getting really cheesy with this one! Show notes: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/episodes/
S5E3 3 - Postage Play and Courting: Love Victorian Style
S05E03: The very Victorian art of dating and the hidden codes in Victorian love letters. Sit down for a bit of old fashioned Victorian dating advice, flirting etiquette, and fan wielding tips, then…
S5E2 2 - The Bewitching and Beguiling Power of Love Spells
S05E02: A brief history of love spells and how they’re still being used today. As long as there have been people, there have been love spells. They’re sometimes beautiful, frequently horny, and…
S5E1 1 - Putting the Cult in Cutlery
S05E01: The Oneida Cult. Ever wonder if your silverware was once in a questionable cult? No? Just us? The Oneida Cult had some truly ahead-of-its-time views on sex and sexuality. And, if their…
S4E8 8 - Where Did You Find That Key? Secret Drawers, Hidden Compartments, and Locked Cabinets
S04E08: The secret drawers, hidden compartments, and locked cabinets nestled into pieces of antique furniture. Because, who doesn’t want an excuse to look for indoor treasures on a crisp, cloudy fall…
S4E7 7 - Wait. Where did YOU come from?
S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent. Learn some new (old) phrases from Hoi Toiders, Outer…
S4E6 6 - Dreadnought, Sink Not
S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown Like real historical stories that are way, way better than their legendary counterparts? Join us on a…
S4E5 5 - Traysure!
S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard! It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal…
S4E4 4 - The Deadly Garden
S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens. Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket…
S4E3 3 - Paws, Claws, and Caws: The Lore of Black Cats, Crows, and Ravens
S04E03: The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens. Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky…
S4E2 2 - Beauty and the Bikes
S04E02: Beauty entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker and Boston bicycling trailblazer Kittie Knox. Fan of a multi-step beauty routine? (Same.) So, as it happens, was Madam C. J.…
S4E1 1 - You Can Be the President, I’d Rather Be the Pope
S04E01: Weird pope facts and the bizarro world that is Vatican City/the Vatican/the Holy See. First: If you’re unfamiliar with the Prince song “Pope,” we highly recommend going down that weird…
S3E17 17 - Indigenous Badassery
S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to…
S3E16 16 - Feminism on Wheels
S03E16: Victorian dress reform, the Rational Dress Society, and the history of bicycles. For Victorian women, bicycles usher in both a newfound freedom and a new wave in practical, flexible…
S3E15 15 - Waxing Dramatic
S03E15: Madame Tussaud and her famed museum of lifelike wax figures, and Grand Guignol, a pioneering theater at the forefront of shockingly realistic body horror. Marie Tussaud’s exceptional talent…
S3E14 14 - There’s No Place Like Utopia
S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia. Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we…
S3E12 12 - Professionally Sneaking
S03E12: The spy gadgets of WWII and a married couple–Jonna and Antonio Mendez–who were very real masters of disguise. Spy craft meets spy crafts with lipstick compasses, pencil daggers, and a truly…
S3E11 11 - Our Bodies, Our Clothes?
S03E11: The history of women in pants and boobs in fashion. Ah, yes. The perennial drama of possessing cleavage and/or legs. Show notes:…
S3E10 10 - The Tower in the Woods: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower
S03E10: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower, a Victorian structure tucked away amongst the trees and boulders on a hiking trail in Vermont. Haley goes solo this week with a tour of one of her new…
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The Bones and Bobbins Podcast has published 75 episodes since May 2020, covering topics in Crafts, History.
The Bones and Bobbins Podcast is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 30m.
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