The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights
The story of the American suffrage movement is long and complex, filled with noteworthy characters, highlights and shadows, and plenty of paths we could get lost wandering down. In this bonus episode,...
31 Okt 202058min
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 3: Livia and Agrippina the Elder
Season 2, Episode 28. Daughter of Rome's most venerated war hero, favorite granddaughter of its first emperor, wife of one of its most shining stars, Agrippina the Elder was born to be famous, thrust ...
24 Okt 202048min
A Brief History of the Bra
Love them or hate them, bras have always been with us in one form or another. They've squashed us down, lifted us up, and shaped our silhouettes, a constant part of our day to day. Let's take a trip t...
9 Okt 202028min
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 2: Livia, Octavia, and Julia
Season 2, Episode 27. When we last left our Roman ladies, Octavia and Livia, their lives were changing fast. After all that bloodshed and drama, Octavian has finally been left as the last man standing...
25 Sep 202054min
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 1: Livia and Octavia
Season 2, Episode 26. Let's trace the paths of some of ancient Rome's first imperial superstars: the wives, sisters, and daughters who rose with Octavian (later Augustus) to become Rome's first family...
11 Sep 202049min
Arsinoë II, Queenmaker of Ptolemaic Egypt
Cleopatra maneuvered her way through Egyptian, Greek, and Roman politics, defying the odds to keep the Ptolemaic dynasty – and Egypt's independence – going. But what of all the Cleopatras who came bef...
11 Jul 202038min
Cleopatra, Part 4: Exploring Her Legacy
Season 2, Episode 24. Cleopatra died more than 2,000 years ago. And yet stop any person on the street today and ask them who she was, and they'll know – at least her name. That name has been attached ...
22 Jun 202046min
Cleopatra, Part 3: It Is Indeed Most Fine
Season 2, Episode 23. When we last left Cleopatra, she was creeping out the back door of a chaotic Rome in the wake of Julius Caesar's death. As she sails the waves back to Alexandria, she broods over...
13 Jun 20201h
