The Schoolhouse Blizzard
In 1888, a blizzard so sudden and severe hit the American Midwest and claimed the lives of hundreds, some of whom died just outside the safety of shelter. Weather prediction of the fast-moving storm s...
18 Jan 201631min
Dame Nellie Melba, Part 2
The second part of our episode on the Australian diva focuses on her career in the early 1900s, her charity work and her belief that singers had to work -- and work hard -- to be constantly perfecting...
13 Jan 201631min
Dame Nellie Melba, Part 1
Born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne, Australia in 1861, Nellie Melba would rise to fame as a singer. Her life was everything you'd expect from a diva: foods named for her, command performances and...
11 Jan 201621min
Author Interview: Fashion History With April Calahan
April has two books out about fashion history, one featuring historical fashion plates, and another on the pochoir technique used to create fashion illustrations in the early 20th century. Learn more...
6 Jan 201643min
Unearthed in 2015, Part 2
More of the 2015 news items of historical significance! The second part of this topic includes firearms, letters, blackboards, sculpture and of course, mass graves and exhumations. Learn more about y...
4 Jan 201635min
Unearthed in 2015, Part 1
As has become an annual tradition on the show, we're capping off 2015/starting 2016 with a roundup of things that have been unearthed, either figuratively or literally, over the year. Read the show no...
30 Des 201538min
The Whiskey Rebellion
Resistance to excise taxes levied against U.S. whiskey distilleries in the 1790s led to violence and rebellion. Tensions finally came to a head on Christmas day in 1794. Read the show notes here. Lea...
28 Des 201537min
The Krampus and Friends Holiday Special, Part 2
In addition to the characters we talked about on our last episode, there are even more colorful holiday traditions that may be a bit surprising to people who didn't grow up with them. That includes th...
23 Des 201533min
