Latest Global history Podcast Episodes
"For Every Tea A Season" - Ancient Chinese Tea Farmers
Working Over Time - December 04, 2020 19:55 - 57 minutesWe’re riding the time machine straight back to Ancient China, to discuss the origins and evolution of one of the world’s oldest industries: Tea. Today’s show is all about the work of ancient Chinese tea farmers, guided by Dr. Justin Hill - author, historian, and tea aficionado (Writer; Crouching...
"Plague, Sepsis & Cinnamon" - Physicians in Ancient Rome
Working Over Time - November 28, 2020 18:57 - 1 hourToday we have an appointment with the doctor in Ancient Rome, when the practice of medicine was a little bit different than it is today. Antibiotics, we love you! But, despite their less sophisticated understanding of medical science, the tools and techniques of Ancient Romans hit surprisingly c...
"Death by Tiger" - Korean Tiger Hunters of the Joseon Dynasty
Working Over Time - November 20, 2020 16:48 - 53 minutesThe elite tiger hunting corps of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, which ruled for five centuries beginning around the year 1400. As always, we’ll talk about the job itself, but we’ll focus more than usual on the job’s place within its cultural and historical contexts. The human-tiger relationship in Kore...
"Fast & Brutal" - Life Aboard a 19thc Clipper Ship
Working Over Time - November 13, 2020 18:05 - 59 minutesThis week, we’re heading to the deep blue sea! We’ll join the captain and crew of a 19thc clipper ship, an iconic maritime innovation that revolutionized sailing and global trade, despite being something of a flash in the pan itself. Boatbuilder and maritime archaeologist Graham McKay joins us t...
"Devils on the Stage" - Elizabethan Actors at the Globe Theater
Working Over Time - November 06, 2020 16:25 - 1 hourWe’re heading to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London. That’s right, we’re talking about the life and work of Elizabethan stage actors with our guest, Clive Greenwood, who in addition to being a Museum Heritage Educator, happens to be an actor himself. Turns out that learning lines as a Shakesp...
“A Changing Oath” - Presidents in the American Republic
Working Over Time - October 30, 2020 17:07 - 1 hourGuess what! IT’S ELECTION TIME. Finally. So, what better job to cover than President of the American Republic. In this episode, we discuss this one-of-a-kind job with Kenny Ryan, a journalist and fellow podcaster whose own show examines the lives and work of each of the former U.S. presidents. H...
"Job Fair: Ancient Bloodsports!" - Maya Ball Players & Roman Gladiators
Working Over Time - October 23, 2020 15:15 - 1 hourBloodsports!!! It's the match of last century! Maya Ball Players vs Gladiators! Join Dr. Karen Bellinger as she speaks with Andrew Kinkella and Cody Amens about what it took be an athlete in two different times and places, and whether or not one match would mean certain death. (recorded over zoo...
"A Community in Chaos" - Puritan Ministers of the Salem Witch Trials
Working Over Time - October 16, 2020 16:56 - 1 hourWith Halloween fast approaching, what better time to dive into today’s topic - the role of religious ministers in the Salem Witch Trials of Puritan New England. 17th-century New England is a time and place that many find hugely fascinating. Join Dr. Karen Bellinger as she has the privilege of e...
"Worlds Collide" - Sachems in 17thc Plymouth Colony
Working Over Time - October 09, 2020 16:53 - 1 hourKaren with Dr. Elic Weitzel about the 17th-century Plymouth Colony, founded 400 years ago by a tiny group of ‘Pilgrims’ determined to carve a “New” England from wilderness that had long been occupied, in highly sustainable fashion, by tens of thousands of Native Americans. The immediate burden ...
"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" - Woman Spies in World War 2
Working Over Time - October 02, 2020 15:45 - 1 hourWelcome to Season TWO of Working Over Time, where we examine society through the lens of work, over time, and across cultures. In this episode, join Dr. Karen Bellinger as she kicks things off with historian and playwright Danielle Wirsansky, who illuminates the astonishing world of Britain’s Wo...
"Breakroom" - A Bonus Behind the Scenes episode with the Team
Working Over Time - September 14, 2020 19:01 - 52 minutesAn off season, behind the scenes peek episode, featuring insights from the Working Over Time team, as well as two peers within the podcast/live stream heritage content community. Get to know LittleFire and Past Preservers a little bit more and learn what motivated the team to create the show. (r...
“Stealing History” - Ancient Tomb Raiders & the Digital Underworld
Working Over Time - September 04, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourIt's the Season One Finale, and we’re ending with a bang, not a whimper! It’s pretty much common knowledge that Facebook violates its users’ basic data privacy rights. But did you know that Facebook also is one of the prime vectors for billions of dollars of criminal trafficking in looted artifa...
"True Grit & Conquest" - Legionaries in Ancient Rome
Working Over Time - August 29, 2020 16:53 - 55 minutesThe Roman Legionary: All that, and so, SO much more. Join Karen and guest Dr Simon Elliott as they discuss the astonishingly array of ways in which the fabled foot-soldier underpinned Roman society in more ways than you could ever have imagined! (recorded over zoom)
"Cult of Beauty" - Influencers in 18th Century Dublin
Working Over Time - August 22, 2020 17:53 - 56 minutesIf you can’t imagine an 18th-century “beauty influencer” as a precursor to today’s social media megastar, listen in as Laura Fitzachary dishes all the soap with Karen! Spoiler: The quest for beauty can be pretty ugly...
"Welcome to the Freak Show" - Freak Performers in the Victorian Age
Working Over Time - August 15, 2020 15:00 - 1 hourFree tickets to the Victorian Freak Show, courtesy of expert escort Dr John Woolf! Grab yours now. Guaranteed to provoke a bit of revulsion plus .... a measure of uncomfortable recognition. See how our obsession with celebrity can trace its roots back to Victorian Freak Show performers, and mayb...
"Voyeurs & Pointe Shoes" - Ballerinas in Fin de Siecle Paris
Working Over Time - August 08, 2020 13:21 - 1 hourBeautiful girls executing ethereal dance steps. Intoxicating music. The frisson of a bare ankle atop a precipitous pointe shoe… Hot lights. Entitled patrons. Join Karen and Dr Sheila Hoffman for an exclusive tour of the backstage fin de siècle Paris ballet. The frothy tutus and bouquets were ju...
"Stomping Over The Known World" - Elephant Traders in the Hellenistic Period
Working Over Time - August 01, 2020 15:42 - 53 minutes(recorded over zoom) Elephants, ivory, and war, oh my! Join Karen and historian Tim Moller as they discuss the ancient elephant trade sponsored by Ptolemaic Egypt nearly 3,000 years ago. An exotic earful, indeed!
”Entering the Waves” - Seaside Dippers in the Regency Period
Working Over Time - July 26, 2020 01:17 - 1 hourKaren talks with Dr. Kathryn Ferry about the curiosities and pleasures of the 18th century British seaside, anchored by the brawny, colorful, and largely female “Dippers” who brokered middle and upper class beach visits. Recorded over zoom. Follow Kathryn on IG @seasideferry.
"Entering the Waves" - Seaside Dippers in the Regency Period
Working Over Time - July 26, 2020 01:17 - 1 hour(recorded over zoom) Join Dr. Karen Bellinger as she talks with Dr. Kathryn Ferry. when they explore the curiosities and pleasures of the 18th century British seaside, anchored by the brawny, colorful, and largely female “Dippers” who brokered middle and upper class beach visits.
"Between a Rock and Hard Place" - Work & Home in Industrial Age England
Working Over Time - July 17, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutesPeek into the home lives of Industrial Age factory workers, led by house historian Melanie Backe-Hansen! Experience the last great shift in work-life balance, and how working class families managed the intersection of work and home life during a time of epic shifts in productive systems.
"Survival of the Smartest" - Early Modern Hunter-Gatherers and the Cognitive Revolution
Working Over Time - July 10, 2020 00:17 - 52 minutesWe look at more than just a typical day in the life of an average Hunter Gatherer. Join us and survival expert Klint Janulis as he helps us track the seriously ancient roots of modern human ingenuity, and its continued relevance for our species’ survival today. We’re going all the way to the Sto...
"They Promised Her The Moon" - The Hidden Women of the Space Race
Working Over Time - July 03, 2020 15:26 - 1 hour(recorded over zoom) The women of the top-secret Mercury13 training program were as ready as their male counterparts to serve their country in the Cold War Space Race. But it was the early 1960s and they were passed over. It would be 20 more years before NASA accepted women into its astronaut ra...
Rock Stars and Rural Remedies - Snake Oil Salesmen in Reconstruction America
Working Over Time - June 26, 2020 15:32 - 53 minutes(recorded over zoom) 19th-century “medicine shows” marketed cure-alls in a moveable feast of showmanship that compelled rural pain sufferers to exchange hard-earned cash for “miracle” elixirs, tonics, and liniments. Most of these treatments were dubious at best, dangerous at worst. But these sho...
"Rock Stars and Rural Remedies" - Snake Oil Salesmen in Reconstruction America
Working Over Time - June 26, 2020 15:32 - 53 minutes(recorded over zoom) 19th-century “medicine shows” marketed cure-alls in a moveable feast of showmanship that compelled rural pain sufferers to exchange hard-earned cash for “miracle” elixirs, tonics, and liniments. Most of these treatments were dubious at best, dangerous at worst. But these sho...
"Got Omens?" - The Greek Mantis
Working Over Time - June 19, 2020 16:22 - 51 minutesThe Ancient Greeks saw omens everywhere they looked: in the natural world, in their ritual sacrifice of animals, even in their own mundane actions, such as sneezing. They believed the accurate reading of such omens was essential to making decisions large and small. Manteis were freelance interpr...
Working Over Time - A New Podcast - Trailer
Working Over Time - June 13, 2020 17:05 - 1 minuteHave you ever wondered what it would be like to fight as a gladiator in Ancient Rome? What about life as a small business shop owner on a Crusades route? An artisan in Han Dynasty China? A seamstress during the French Revolution? What was life like for these workers and others like them? Welcome...
"Job Fair!" - Tudor Royal Appointments
Working Over Time - June 12, 2020 14:11 - 36 minutes(recorded over zoom) Isn’t it heartening to see such an ample supply of toilet paper - in Tudor England, no less? We cut straight to the chase in a day in the life of a Groom of the Royal Stool at Court. Or Head Cook. Totally separate. Obviously. Join Dr. Karen Bellinger as she speaks with Sheil...
"Rain & Corn!" - Maya Kings in the Classic Period
Working Over Time - June 05, 2020 15:41 - 51 minutes(recorded over zoom) A great city rises from dense jungle, ca AD 700. Its people flock to watch their king's blood sacrifice to bridge his mortality and divine lineage, warding off drought and famine. It's showtime! Host Dr. Karen Bellinger is joined by Dr. Andrew Kinkella (Archeologist & Anthro...
"One Word: Travel" - Silk Road Traders in the time of the Crusades
Working Over Time - May 29, 2020 16:33 - 44 minutes(recorded over zoom) Traders and Crusaders and Mongols, oh my! Historian & Author Jem Duducu speaks with Host Dr. Karen Bellinger about a day in the life of a silk road trader during the time of the crusades. Learn all about the roots of global trade and exchange.
Nurses - The American Civil War
Working Over Time - May 22, 2020 16:54 - 54 minutes"There was nothing medical about this" Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes (Professor of History, California Baptist University) speaks with Host Dr. Karen Bellinger about a day in the life of a nurse and their role during the American Civil War. (Recorded globally over Zoom)
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