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Ep. 51 "A Common Life: A Voice From the Progressive Era" with Sue E. Burns
Episode 51
In this episode of History Fix I speak with Sue Burns about her book "A Common Life: A Voice From the Progressive Era." When Sue's great great grandm…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 50 Mary Richards: How a Black Female Spy Helped Bring Down the Confederacy
Episode 50
In this episode of History Fix, I bring you the story of Mary Richards and Elizabeth Van Lew, two women who worked together to feed Confederate secre…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 49 Buffalo Soldiers: How America Forced Desperate Men to Do Its Dirty Work
Episode 49
In this episode of History Fix I discuss the history behind the Buffalo Soldiers mentioned in Bob Marley's hit 1983 song by the same name. Recruited …
2 years, 1 month ago
Ep 48 Valentine's Day: How No One Really Knows Where This Holiday Even Came From
Episode 48
In this episode of History Fix, I unpack the history of Valentine's Day. Join me to discover more about the holiday's bizarre Roman roots (there are …
2 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 47 Marie Laveau: How the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans helped to forge the city as we know it
Episode 47
This week on History Fix, I have a chat with New Orleans tour guide Tanya de Fazen to uncover the true story of the infamous "Queen of Voodoo" Marie …
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 46 Eugenics: How the Eugenics Movement Led to the Murder of 6 Million People
Episode 46
In this episode of History Fix, I reveal the dark history of the eugenics movement and how it led to the forced sterilization of over 60,000 American…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 45 Rats: How Underrated Rodents Took Over the World
Episode 45
In this episode of History Fix, I discover how rats have impacted history. I'll go way back to uncover how the brown rat came to occupy every contine…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 44 Drowned Towns: How the US Has Strategically Flooded Historically Black Towns
Episode 44
In this episode of History Fix, I tell the stories of four historically Black towns that are now underwater: Oscarville, Georgia, Kowaliga (Benson), …
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 43 Mona Lisa: How a Boring Portrait of an Unknown Woman Became the Most Famous Painting In the World
Episode 43
This episode is all about the Mona Lisa. Who was Mona Lisa and how did her portrait become the most famous work of art, ever? How does everyone know …
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 42 Y2K with Peter de Jager: How an Actual Threat Was Twisted Into a Comical "Hoax"
Episode 42
As the clocks ticked down to midnight on December 31st, 1999, as each final second of the last millennium slipped away, people all over the world col…
2 years, 3 months ago