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Episode 33 | Another Bong Hit of Bourbon
Episode 34
Whew. I hope you poured yourself a drink... Theresa starts off by sharing the creator of wifi, and the reason we have nice things like GPS and Blueto…
3 years ago
Episode 32 | This Was a Disney Flick
Episode 33
Why does the 1800s get all the greats?! Pop in your earbuds and check out Angie's retelling of The Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. It starts with ste…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 31 | Visual Pollution
Episode 32
Few individuals live a life as unhinged as "Lord" Timothy Dexter. Living during the founding of the United States of America, Dexter goes from a poor…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 30 | Ho-Axes and History
Episode 31
Prepare to be delighted with this week's stories. Angie starts us off by sharing the tale of Jerome of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia. This mysterious man a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 29 | Arsenic — Committing to Beauty
Episode 30
Join us this week for more incredible tales. First, Theresa shares the story of the 2002 mayoral election in Hartlepool, where residents voted for H'…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 28 | Pants for Piety
Episode 29
Join us as Angie shares the story of the Revolutionary War's Culper spy ring and Agent 355.
Before you leave, stick around as Theresa recounts the …
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 27 | Cross Stitch and Screaming Cats
Episode 28
Get your popcorn ready; we'll wait. Theresa shares the story of 6th-century Frankish queens, Fredegund and Brunhild. These two women married into the…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 26 | When in Doubt, Capitalism
Episode 27
Angie starts us out by telling the story of Cassius Marcellus Clay,
Former United States Ambassador to Russia, abolitionist, and a man who was just b…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 25 | Help Me Stop Sharing
Episode 26
What a roundup. This week Angie starts us off by sharing the history of tignons and the Tignon Law of 1876, requiring Black women to cover their hair…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 24 | I Want War Elephants
Episode 25
Come for the story featuring war elephants and stay for the tale about America's first female activist. Theresa starts by sharing the story of Prince…
3 years, 2 months ago