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French Revolution: Radicals (part 6): The Secret Female Journalist
Season 7 Episode 29
Manon Roland was a super-smart bookworm who amazed those around her from an early age with her intelligence (and strong opinions). When the French Re…
1 year, 4 months ago
French Revolution: Radicals (part 5): The Triple Agent
Season 7 Episode 28
Etta Palm d'Aelders was a Dutch woman so sexy that she got hired as a spy for three different countries (simultaneously). One of these countries was …
1 year, 4 months ago
Movie Discussion: Conclave (2024)
To celebrate Pope Leo XIV, I pulled this out of the Patreon vault so everybody can enjoy our spoiler-filled discussion. Last year when the movie Conc…
1 year, 4 months ago
French Revolution: Radicals (part 4): She Killed Him In The Bathtub
Season 7 Episode 27
Charlotte Corday is a notorious figure from the French Revolution, best known for assassinating Jean-Paul Marat. Who was she, why did she do this, wh…
1 year, 4 months ago
French Revolution: Radicals (part 3): A Toxic Bisexual Love Story
Season 7 Episode 26
Let’s go girls! Claire Lacombe and Pauline Léon came from different backgrounds: Claire was an actress from the countryside, and Pauline grew up in P…
1 year, 5 months ago
French Revolution: Radicals (part 2): The Actress With A Sword
Season 7 Episode 25
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt was one of the most notorious people in the French Revolution. She arrived in Paris ready for revolution, used he…
1 year, 5 months ago
French Revolution: Radicals (part 1): The Feminist Writer
Season 7 Episode 24
For the next seven weeks, we'll be looking at women who were actively involved on the Revolution side of the French Revolution in a miniseries we'll…
1 year, 5 months ago
Canadian History (part 5): The First Jew In Canada Was Trans
Esther Brandeau was a Jewish teen from France who (in true Catalina/Antonio de Erauso style) dressed in boy's clothes, chose a very fun pseudonym, an…
1 year, 5 months ago
Author Interview: Hallie Rubenhold (Story of a Murder)
Belle Elmore was born in a Brooklyn tenement and became a star on London's music hall scene. She devoted herself to fundraising for the Music Hall La…
1 year, 5 months ago
Canadian History (part 4): Acadian Martyr Madame La Tour
Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, Madame La Tour, was a French woman in the 17th century remembered for her heroic deeds after she moved to the French colon…
1 year, 6 months ago