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Footnoting History

Footnoting History is a bi-weekly podcast series dedicated to overlooked, popularly unknown, and exciting stories plucked from the footnotes of history. For further reading suggestions, information ab... Read more

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The King James Bible: One Version of the Greatest Story Ever Told

The King James Bible: One Version of the Greatest Story Ever Told

(Elizabeth and Nathan) In 1611, a group of men completed what has become one of the most well-known translations of the ... Read more

17 May 2014

23mins

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Mental Institutions, Part I: Nellie Bly's Exposé

Mental Institutions, Part I: Nellie Bly's Exposé

(Elizabeth) In 1887, Nellie Bly was asked to pass a week at an insane asylum. She said she would and she could and she d... Read more

8 Nov 2014

10mins

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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

(Lesley) The lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England may be seen as a contrast in social expectations d... Read more

29 Aug 2015

10mins

Ranked #4

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Mental Institutions, Part II: The Rosenhan Experiment

Mental Institutions, Part II: The Rosenhan Experiment

(Elizabeth) In the 1970s, Dr. David Rosenhan set out to show just how easy it is to be labeled  mentally ill.  Followi... Read more

15 Nov 2014

21mins

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Napoleon, Part I: The Man

Napoleon, Part I: The Man

(Nathan and Christine) It's Bastille Day weekend so we make a return to France for today's topic.  In the third installm... Read more

13 Jul 2013

43mins

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The Papal Pornocracy

The Papal Pornocracy

(Nathan) When popes are elected today, the cardinals of the Catholic Church meet in secret conclave. But it wasn't alwa... Read more

25 Feb 2018

25mins

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The Demon Core

The Demon Core

(Kirsti) The Manhattan Project placed the lives of scientists and staff in New Mexico at great risk. One plutonium core ... Read more

25 Oct 2014

35mins

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Empress Eugénie in Exile, Part I: Flight from Paris

Empress Eugénie in Exile, Part I: Flight from Paris

(Christine) When Napoleon III’s French Empire began to crumble in the late 19th century, his wife was trapped in Paris. ... Read more

3 Jan 2015

21mins

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The Forbidden Holiday

The Forbidden Holiday

(Nathan) The English Civil War of the mid-17th century ended in the beheading of King Charles I and the establishment of... Read more

14 Dec 2019

17mins

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The Strategic Failure of the Habsburg Chin

The Strategic Failure of the Habsburg Chin

(Kirsti) What’s the best approach to consolidating power and land within your family? The ambitious Habsburgs achieved g... Read more

14 Sep 2013

10mins

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The Murderess in History

The Murderess in History

(Lesley) Serial killers can be fascinating subjects. The men who hunt strangers are terrifying and interesting studies o... Read more

12 Aug 2017

15mins

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Alan Turing

Alan Turing

(Kirsti) Alan Turing has been called a lay saint, and he surely was one of the greatest minds of the Greatest Generation... Read more

23 Aug 2014

25mins

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Entertainment in Medieval Towns

Entertainment in Medieval Towns

(Christine) Whether they got a day off from working at their trade or had so much money they could pay people to enterta... Read more

29 Jun 2013

12mins

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Richard the Lionheart on Crusade

Richard the Lionheart on Crusade

(Samantha) Richard the Lionheart hardly seems like a footnote in history. He is celebrated as a great warrior king and i... Read more

22 Mar 2014

14mins

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Drinking in Medieval England

Drinking in Medieval England

(Samantha) Do you like to drink? Well, so did people in the Middle Ages.  Tune in to learn about what people were drinki... Read more

23 Mar 2013

14mins

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Queer Women in the Golden Age of Mysteries

Queer Women in the Golden Age of Mysteries

(Lucy and Elizabeth) From the early to mid-twentieth century, queens of crime Sayers, Christie, Marsh, and Wentworth rei... Read more

12 Oct 2013

23mins

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Cathars, Templars, and The Siege of Montségur

Cathars, Templars, and The Siege of Montségur

(Nathan) What do medieval frat boys, Nicholas Cage, and Iron Maiden have in common? They're all part of one of the most ... Read more

23 Feb 2013

16mins

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The Unquiet Afterlife of Elizabeth Siddal

The Unquiet Afterlife of Elizabeth Siddal

(Christine) Following a tumultuous life entrenched in Britain's art world, Elizabeth Siddal was laid to rest in 1862, bu... Read more

2 Nov 2019

18mins

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The Trotula and Medieval Gynecology

The Trotula and Medieval Gynecology

(Nathan) Imagine you were a medieval woman suffering from fertility problems or an irregular period. How would you deal... Read more

11 Feb 2017

25mins

Ranked #20

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Hugh O'Neill and the Tudors

Hugh O'Neill and the Tudors

(Christine) At the dawn of the 17th century, only one region of Ireland was largely outside of English control: Ulster. ... Read more

4 Oct 2014

26mins

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