Moonstruck! Debunking Apollo Hoax Claims - Part One: An Astronomical Amount of Evidence
In part one of a two-part series, I review all the positive evidence proving humanity reached the Moon to refute long-lived claims that the Apollo program was a hoax. Check out ...
19 Touko 50min
Wunderwaffe: The Myths of Nazi Supertechnology - Part Two, The Bell Hoax
In part 2 of my series on the myth that Nazis developed supertechnology, I look at the growth of this conspiracy theory and later hoaxes, like the Nazi Bell, that have kept it alive. Check out ...
5 Touko 49min
Wunderwaffe: The Myths of Nazi Supertechnology - Part One, The Vril Fiction
In part 1 of a 2-parter, I explore the myth that Nazis developed supertechnology, like flying saucers, looking at both the reality of German innovation in the war and the fiction that developed. Chec...
21 Huhti 44min
Versailles Time-Slip: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident
In this episode, I look into an early 20th century claim of a supernatural encounter with the past. Did two Oxford dons really see Marie Antoinette at Versailles in 1901? Was it a haunting? A "time-sl...
7 Huhti 54min
Under the Pink Triangle: Transgender Experience in Interwar Germany
In this episode, I continue to look at the topic of women's persecution under fascism then pivot, in observation of International Trans Visibility Day, to a discussion of the dramatic shift from the g...
24 Maalis 45min
The Martyrdom of Hypatia of Alexandria
In this episode, I kick off women's history month with the story of the much mythologized but undeniably symbolic and important Hypatia of Alexandria, martyred by Christians who would afterward co-opt...
10 Maalis 44min
The Gun Controllers: Freedom, Firearms, and Fear of Black Power
In this episode, I talk about the history of gun rights and gun control as a history of systemic racism. Check out the show merch, perfect for gifts! ...
24 Helmi 44min
Crispus Attucks, American Martyr
In this episode, I talk about Crispus Attucks, a figure in Black history both lauded as the first martyr of American liberty and maligned as a violent thug, and I explore his relevance in this moment ...
10 Helmi 48min
