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S5E2 Nativism & the Know Nothings
This week we're talking about the rise of nativism, anti immigration, & anti-Catholic sentiments during the mid to late 1800s in the U.S. This time period saw a lot of immigration, mostly of…
S5E1 The Boycott Origin Story
Happy belated St. Patrick’s Day! This week we’re heading overto Ireland to talk about the origins of the word boycott. We’ll be discussing other Irish & Irish-American stories for the rest of the…
S4E6 Bear Creek (Marias) Massacre
This week is part 2 of topics related to the novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones. We'll be talking about the Bear Creek or Marias Massacre that occurred in January of 1870 in…
S4E5 History of the American Buffalo
This week we're talking about the history of the American Buffalo. I got into this topic after reading The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. The history of the American Buffalo is a both…
Robert Smalls: An American Hero
This week we're yappin' about a significant & influential figure in South Carolina & US history. He was one of the most prominent & famous people of his time, but I’m going to guess that…
S4E4 The Dozier School for Boys
This week we're talking about the history of the Dozier School for Boys located in Marianna, FL. It was open from 1900-2011 and was a place where abuse was rampant. Dozens of investigations and…
S4E3 The Fox Sisters & Spiritualism
This week we’re talking about the (in)famous Fox Sisters, who inadvertently started the Spiritualist movement in the mid-1800s. What started as an innocent claim that they could communicate with…
S4E2 Scottish Witch Trials
This week we'll be talking about the Scottish Witch Trials and the book How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women written by Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell.For more…
S4E1 Ghosts Throughout U.S. History
Welcome to our Spooky October series! This week we'll be covering Colin Dickey's book, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places. We'll be talking about why we tell ghost stories, what are…
S3E2 Alcohol in History Episode 2: The Widow Clicquot
This week we'll be talking about Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, who took over her husband's fledging wine business in the late 1700s and turned it into an international brand that is still revered…
S3E1 Alcohol in History Episode 1: Cleveland's 10c Beer Night
This week starts a new series where we'll be taking a look at how alcohol played an important role in different historical events. We're starting off with a bit of a more light-hearted story (no one…
S2E8 American Rebellions Episode 8: Whiskey Rebellion
Our concluding episode in the American Rebellion series find us in western Pennsylvania in 1791. The US had just won its freedom from England, but they faced a huge amount of debt & questions…
S2E3 American Rebellions Episode 7: Stonewall Uprising
This week we'll be discussing the Stonewall Uprising. What was it? What was its significance? And how does an uprising from the 1960s resonate with what's currently happening to the LGBTQ+ community?…
S2E6 American Rebellions Episode 6: Coal Mine Wars
This week we'll be talking about the Coal Mine Wars of West Virginia that occurred between 1912-1922. These wars stemmed from labor disputes where miners were asking their employers for the most…
S2E5 American Rebellions Episode 5: Manhattan Draft Riots
This week we're talking about the 1863 Manhattan Draft Riots. What started out as a protest of what many New Yorkers deemed an unfair draft law, turned into a deadly racial riot that lasted for days.…
S2E4 American Rebellions Episode 4: The Bear Flag Revolt
We're continuing the American Rebellion Series this week with the Bear Flag Revolt and how it led to California becoming a U.S. state. We'll discuss who was involved, who was living there, and the…
S2E3 American Rebellions Episode 3: Slave Rebellions
This week we're continuing our American Rebellion series by covering several important slave rebellions. We'll dive into their significance, what happened, and why they're not more widely known or…
S2E2 American Rebellions Episode 2: Leisler's Rebellion
Welcome to episode 2 of our American Rebellion series! This week we're talking about a wealthy New York merchant named Jacob Leisler and how he took over the New York colony in the late 1600s. Was he…
S2E1 American Rebellions Episode 1: Bacon's Rebellion
Welcome to episode 1 of our new series: American Rebellion! This week, we're going all the way back to the 1600s (so yes, not technically "America" yet, but you get it) to talk about Bacon's…
Who was Henrietta Lacks? (HeLa Cells)
How could one women in the 1950s be involved with so many scientific discoveries & be called the mother of biotechnology & yet not be a scientist or doctor? Find out in this week's…
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