Podcast Episodes

160. Josephine Baker - Part I

Episode 160

Jospehine Bake lived a full life, so much so that it was impossible to fit the bisexual, burlesque icon's story into just one episode! So welcome to part one, where we learn all about how Josephine w…

Published on 5 hours ago

159. Lili St Cyr - Burlesque Icon

Episode 159

Lili St Cyr grew up with nothing...and ended up the most scandalous woman in America! From poverty to police raids, to being denounced by the Public Morality Committee, she had a scandalous life on a…

Published on 6 days, 14 hours ago

158. Liane de Pougy - Courtesan, Princess, Nun

Episode 158

Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the arts boomed and the Burlesque show was born and i…

Published on 2 weeks ago

157. The Battle of Castle Itter

Episode 157

The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US troops, an SS officer, some politicians, a famous te…

Published on 3 weeks ago

156. Amon Göth - The Butcher of Płaszów

Episode 156

Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven Spielberg had to tone down his cruelty in Schindl…

Published on 4 weeks ago

155. Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

Episode 155

Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to avoid too many questions. A place of brutality, wh…

Published on 1 month ago

154. Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz

Episode 154

Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the one who was inflicting it.

Hosted by Katie Charlwoo…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

153. Zoot Suit Riots

Episode 153

The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which became a pivotal moment in the Chicano Civil Rights …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

152. Kate Warne - America's First Female Detective

Episode 152

Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thwarted an assassination attempt on President-elect,…

Published on 2 months ago

151 . John Brown - Part II: Heroism is Treason

Episode 151

In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Battle at Black Creek and of course the rai on Harper…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago