Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFeb. 26, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Chris Fogarty: The Perfect Holocaust, Ireland 1845-1850
--{"Chris Fogarty: The Perfect Holocaust, Ireland 1845-1850"}-- How did Chris Fogarty begin to investigate what we have called the Irish Potato Famin…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb. 19, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Nick Heys: A Scanner Darkly
--{"Nick Heys: A Scanner Darkly"}-- How does the film A Scanner Darkly measure up to the novel? Why was Melissa reluctant to read the novel? - Drug …
5 months ago
Feb. 12, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Neil Foster: Meatspace and Rentable Meatwads
--{"Neil Foster: Meatspace and Rentable Meatwads"}-- Kim Leadbeater, the UK's assisted dying bill - UPS: Cold chain logistics - What is RentAHuman.ai…
5 months, 1 week ago
Feb. 5, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Robert Smith-Hald: Heavy Metal
--{"Robert Smith-Hald: Heavy Metal"}-- Parents: Language warning for children. - Who is Robert Smith-Hald? Growing up in the Camphill Movement. - How…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Jan. 22, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Don, Blue, and aka Devin
--{"Don, Blue, and aka Devin"}-- How did Blue and Don meet? What interests drew them together? How many animals do they have? Is Devin ever withou…
6 months ago
Jan. 19, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): That Hideous Strength: Real Life is Meeting
--{"That Hideous Strength: Real Life is Meeting"}-- Greg Gorsuch shares some thoughts about the chapter title "Real Life is Meeting" - What is the Ot…
6 months ago
Jan. 8, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Ep. 144 - "Neil Foster"
--{"Neil Foster"}-- UPS and the union - SAFE Food Act of 2025 - Soylent Green, humans as fertilizer - J.B. and Jennifer Pritzker - Epstein and intell…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Jan. 3, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Ep. 143 - "The Bloody Conclusion of That Hideous Strength"
--{"The Bloody Conclusion of That Hideous Strength"}-- Does Mark escape the N.I.C.E.? Is he reunited with Jane? What does Merlin do to help the Dir…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Dec. 26, 2025 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Ep. 142 - "LateAmble Ramble"
--{"LateAmble Ramble"}-- When are Nick and Melissa finishing up C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength? Modernism, post-modernism and the Academy. Who we…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Dec. 18, 2025 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Ep. 141 - "How 'bout those Jays?"
--{"How 'bout those Jays?"}-- What does this time of year mean to you? Living inside your head and connecting with people - Sports? - Music that ins…
7 months ago