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Underwear Chronicles Two: Marie Antoinette
The famed Queen of France had several run-ins with underwear. She also had run-ins with smallpox, ladies-in-waiting, an awkward young prince, catty c…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 62: Chance Encounters
Train stations are busy places and two notable men had very remarkable (and dramatic)encounters in stations during the 1860s. Thomas Edison met a men…
4 years, 3 months ago
Underwear Chronicles 1: Up, Up, and Away With Their Clothes
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) and John Jeffries (1744-1819) Aeronauts, International Record Setters, Nearly Naked Travelers In the first releas…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 61: A Queen and Some Witches
Marina Raskova set world flying records, survived an epic plane crash, and was a trailblazer for generations of female pilots in Russia. With her hel…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 60 Big Ideas: Professor TSC Lowe and John Cleves Symmes Jr
Professor TSC Lowe (who was not a professor at all) had visions for a transatlantic balloon flight. He never succeeded in that but he did wind up as …
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 59: Safety with Books
The 1939 World's Fair brought a special visitor from England: an original copy of Magna Carta, but with World War II in full swing, America couldn't …
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 58 Origin Stories And Gold Medals
Origin stories, comic mis-starts, and medal-winning moments are highlighted in this episode featuring two unlikely international star athletes. Canad…
4 years, 7 months ago
Bonus Episode! Knox Says Yes
Henry Knox is a name not many people know, but he was a pretty amazing bookseller turned soldier during the Revolutionary War. Released in honor of J…
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 57: On Horseback!
This episode tells the stories of Sibyl Ludington and Charley Willis. Sybil's well-known story is amazing, yet it lacks a lot of primary sources, and…
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 56 Eugene And Django in Paris
Django Reinhardt was a Romani musician who, despite losing the use of two of his fingers was one of the most important musicians of his time. His con…
4 years, 9 months ago