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150. John Brown - Part I: American Abolitionist
Episode 150
Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this in…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
149. Mary Astor - Hollywood and Scandal
Episode 149
A film noir femme fatale, actress Mary Astor found herself embroiled in a custody battle and "crime of the century!" A scandal so inticing that it kn…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
148. King Edward II - Bisexual Chaos Monarch
Episode 148
King Edward II had everything he needed in life, a great education, a throne to sit upon, huge tracts of land and a beautiful face... unfortunately h…
11 months ago
147. Alan Turing - The Codebreaker
Episode 147
Alan Turing is a man who deserved to be celebrated, a cryptanalyst, mathematician and codebreaker who helped win the Second World War, A man who was …
11 months, 1 week ago
146. Billy Tipton - Trans Jazz Icon
Episode 146
It's Pride month and so it's the perfect time to tack about trans cultural icon, Billy Lee Tipton - a transgender jazz musician, who performed all ov…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
145. Louisa May Alcott
Episode 145
This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
144. The Marchioness Disaster
Episode 144
1989 in London, England, 130 partygoers boarded a small pleasure boat - The Marchioness - for a birthday bash cruise down the Thames river. Less than…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
143. When MIT & Quaker Oats Tested Radiation on Children
Episode 143
Massachusetts has a shadow on its history, that of the Fernald School in South Boston, an institution designed to provide children with intellectual …
1 year ago
142. Harmen van den Bogaert
Episode 142
Harmen van den Bogaert was one of the earliest colonisers settlers in 17th Century North America, an ambassador to the Mohawks, he has a bright futur…
1 year ago
141. That Time the USA Banned Sliced Bread
Episode 141
Sometimes history is depressing, other times it's downright silly, like that time America outright banned sliced bread, much to the chagrin to housew…
1 year ago