Latest History Books Podcast Episodes
"A Lion Among Men" by Gregory Maguire with Robb Johnson (Part 1)
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - July 14, 2024 21:00 - 1 hourTara and EmKay continue their journey into "The Wicked Years" series with Gregory Maguire's "A Lion Among Men"! Joined by special guest Robb Johnson, rabbit holes include pop culture of 2008, Gregory's inspiration behind the character of Brr, reader reviews, and so much more! Stay tuned for Part...
582. Phil Cross, Caddo History
Louisiana Anthology Podcast - July 12, 2024 08:20 ★★★★★ - 76 ratings582. This week we talk to Phil Cross, a leading historian of the Kadohadacho (Caddo) Tribe. Phil grew up in a home with no electricity and no running water on his family’s Indian allotment land in western Oklahoma – out where that bright red dirt could both stain his clothes and, in some ways, s...
Get Lit Episode 276: Henrik Ibsen
Get Lit Podcast - July 10, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWe're featuring a founding father this week! A founding father of modernist drama, that is: Henrik Ibsen. He is also our first Norwegian author, first 3-time Nobel prize nominee (not winner), and first author to use his own life experiences in his work (jk lol). This episode is a wild ride with ...
The Business of Food in Detroit with Marcus Reliford Jr. and W.E. Da’Cruz
Authentically Detroit - July 09, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe Business of Food in Detroit with Marcus Reliford Jr. and W.E. Da’Cruz This week Donna and Orlando traveled to the Eastern Market for a live podcast featuring Business Strategist, Marcus Reliford Jr. and CEO of The Mushroom Angel Company, W.E. Da’Cruz. The conversation titled, ‘From Incubat...
Slipperhood: Peter Glassman (Founder of Books of Wonder in New York City)
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - July 07, 2024 22:00 - 1 hourTara and EmKay are joined by Peter Glassman, Founder and President of Books of Wonder in New York City, to discuss the day to day of owning and operating "New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore" since 1980! Peter shares how he fell in love with antique books, the art of preservation, b...
581. Matthew Teutsch, part 2
Louisiana Anthology Podcast - July 06, 2024 03:19 ★★★★★ - 76 ratings581. Part 2 of our conversation with Matthew Teutsch about his article, "Blood in the Pool: The 1868 Bossier Massacre." "Violent, racist attacks didn’t just occur in Bossier. They occurred across the Red River in Caddo Parish and all throughout the Red River Valley. Gille...
Get Lit Episode 275: Betty MacDonald
Get Lit Podcast - July 03, 2024 03:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWe could all use a bit of magic in our lives these days, so join us for the most delightful episode about the wittiest, witchiest, wordsmith: Betty MacDonald! Known for her clever reflections in her autobiographies and her wonderful character, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, MacDonald is remembered as a uni...
"Voices from Gettysburg" with Allen Guelzo
PA BOOKS on PCN - July 03, 2024 02:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGathering a treasure trove of powerful, rare, and haunting original documents, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo presents a uniquely readable and intimate oral history of the Civil War's turning point. We hear from a Union staff officer, a Confederate ...
Back Like We Never Left
Authentically Detroit - July 02, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThis week Donna and Orlando returned to the studio after a brief hiatus to catch up on everything that’s happened in the city and their lives! The dynamic duo covers everything from the Ford Fireworks debacle, the Riverfront Conservatory Scandal, to the growing housing crisis in the city. They...
Get Lit: Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina
DC Public Library Podcast - July 02, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutesCredits: Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/ DC Metro - Interior 1 by crashoveride6 is license under CC0 https://freesound.org/people/crashoverride6/sounds/...
Slipperhood: Brooke Jorden (Adaptor of "Lit for Little Hands: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz")
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - June 30, 2024 21:00 - 1 hourTara and EmKay are joined by Brooke Jorden, Editorial Director at Familius, to discuss the new addition to the Lit for Little Hands Series, her adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"! Brooke shares her journey into the world of publishing, the process of adapting Oz into an activity board bo...
Nathaniel Philbrick: A City, A Siege, A Revolution
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin - June 30, 2024 06:30 - 29 minutesMarcia Franklin talks with maritime writer and historian Nathaniel Philbrick, the speaker at the 2013 Idaho Humanities Council Distinguished Humanities Lecture. Philbrick is the author of numerous books, including most recently "Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution," which looks at the de...
51: The Picture in the House
Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club - June 29, 2024 18:00 - 20 minutesIn which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's "The Picture in the House," first published in the July, 1919 issue of The National Amateur, and first read by Tod on June 29, 2024. You can read the complete text at hplovecraft.com. Note that a couple words have been changed in this reading. You can guess whic...
580. Matthew Teutsch, Part 1
Louisiana Anthology Podcast - June 29, 2024 05:08 ★★★★★ - 76 ratings580. Part 1 of our interview with Matthew Teutsch about his article, "Blood in the Pool: The 1868 Bossier Massacre." "Violent, racist attacks didn’t just occur in Bossier. They occurred across the Red River in Caddo Parish and all throughout the Red River Valley. Gilles Vandal notes that duri...
Get Lit Episode 274: Emily Post
Get Lit Podcast - June 26, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings'According to Emily Post', she's the subject of our episode this week! We explore another version of 'literature', examining Emily's advice and articles on how best to handle any social situation. We discuss the role of etiquette, society, communication, and culture, along with the intersection ...
Math History, Figures, Numbers, and Shakespeare
That Shakespeare Life - June 24, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThroughout his works, Shakespeare references math terminology that goes well beyond the artithmetic education we expect him to have received at grammar school. There’s history behind the references that shares not only where Shakespeare would have learned about higher mathematics, but Shakespeare...
101 Legacy of D-Day WWII, AKA Get off the beach, lads! AKA New Tank Tracks, Coffee and Donuts!
Fighting Through WWII Stories & History - June 24, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsThree veterans' sons coming together to discuss all things D-Day 80. Facts, stats, legacy, beaches, movies and … more beaches. A discussion amongst Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast, Steve Erskine, curator and researcher at the Green Howard's museum and myself, Paul Cheall. PS During the discus...
Slipperhood: Jared Mark (Co-Creator/Writer "Lost in Oz") and Ashley Boettcher (Voice of Dorothy)
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - June 23, 2024 21:00 - 1 hourTara and EmKay dive into Amazon Prime Video's animated 2017 series "Lost in Oz"! Joined by co-creator and writer, Jared Mark, and the voice of Dorothy, Ashley Boettcher, rabbit holes include inspiration behind the series, Ashley's audition process, twists and turns the story took, and so much mo...
Eliza Griswold: Amity and Prosperity
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin - June 23, 2024 06:30 - 29 minutesJournalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eliza Griswold talks with host Marcia Franklin about her book Amity and Prosperity, which investigates the effects of fracking in a southwestern Pennsylvania community. The two discuss how Griswold researched the book and the rural-urban divide in Am...
579 Chris Dier, Part 2
Louisiana Anthology Podcast - June 22, 2024 05:33 ★★★★★ - 76 ratings579. Part 2 of our interview with Chris Dier, who was recognized as the Teacher of the Year 2020. "Chris Dier is an American educator and author. He taught in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for a decade before transitioning to Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orle...
383 - The Boats of the Glen Carrig, part 14
Cthulhu - June 21, 2024 16:36 ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsGreeting foul and depraved ones, It today's episode we have part 8 of "Through South Africa", and part 14 of "The Boats of the Glen Carrig" to enthral and amuse your ear-bones. Download the show
Pride of the Eastside - Vaulted Youth Voices on a New Detroit
Authentically Detroit - June 20, 2024 15:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThis week Donna and Orlando spoke with the youth of the Vaulted Youth Voices Podcast Program - Alex, Charles, Corey, and Faith - about current events in the city and how they feel about the new Detroit. Vaulted Youth Voices is a podcasting program for high school students interested in the int...
Get Lit Episode 273: Leo Tolstoy
Get Lit Podcast - June 19, 2024 06:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAnd he's here tonight, everybody! It's Leo Tolstoy! We examine the writing, life, and legacy of author and philosopher and radical thinker and failed farmer ? His contributions to writing and literature have changed not only how we write but also the way we think. We unpack some of the context ...
50: Polaris (Discussion)
Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club - June 18, 2024 03:00 - 34 minutesIn which Claire and Tod talk about HP Lovecraft's "Polaris," first published by HP Lovecraft in the December, 1920 issue of The Philosopher , and available at hplovecraft.com. As this is a horror podcast, please know that this episode may not be for everyone. The discussed story includes descri...
Buttons on Clothing and Elsewhere in the 16-17th Century
That Shakespeare Life - June 17, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsShakespeare talks about unbuttoning your sleeve in As You Like It, King Lear undoes a button in Act V of that play, and Moth talks about making a buttonhole lower in Love’s Labour’s Lost. We’ve talked about clothes here on the show previously, but what about the buttons that hold things like slee...
Slipperhood: Nichelle Lewis (Dorothy - "The Wiz" Broadway Revival)
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - June 16, 2024 21:00 - 1 hourTara and EmKay welcome Broadway's current Dorothy Nichelle Lewis to the Slipperhood! Nichelle shares her journey to the stage, highlights of performing the show across the country and opening the revival on Broadway, the developmental process, plays a game of Oz rapid fire, and more! Show Notes...
Lois Leveen: A Spy in the Confederate White House
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin - June 16, 2024 06:30 - 28 minutesDialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with historical novelist Lois Leveen about two of her works: The Secrets of Mary Bowser, about a former slave who was a spy in the Confederate White House, and Juliet's Nurse, which imagines the life of the nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Franklin as...
578. Chris Dier, Part 1.
Louisiana Anthology Podcast - June 14, 2024 08:18 ★★★★★ - 76 ratings578. This week we welcome Chris Dier for part 1 of our interview interview. Chris was recognized as the Teacher of the Year in 2020. He also makes his history lessons public through his Tiktok videos. "Chris Dier is an American educator and author. He taught in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for...
The Tony Awards and Oz!
Down the Yellow Brick Pod - June 12, 2024 18:00 - 1 hourHappy Tony Season, listeners! Tara and EmKay peel back the curtain on the Tony Awards in honor of Sunday's telecast. Rabbit holes include history of the award personal favorite performances, Oz moments at the Tony's, and much more! Show Notes: Scenery Bags Patti LuPone - "Gypsy" Tony Awards P...
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