003 - Twisted History of Coca Cola

Evelyn Nesbitt was the original "It" girl, she was THE Gibson Girl, the world's first supermodel and unsurprisingly like most women in history, a victim to the men who surrounded her. Listen today on ...

12 Jan 20231h 16min

Queen Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last ruling member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, and perhaps the most famous. A woman who used her skills, knowledge and wits to align herself with powerful allies, ...

3 Jan 20231h 8min

There are some Christmas traditions that are weird, creepy or downright illegal... Some have fallen out of fashion (looking at you , Feast of the Ass) while others are probably better off gone. So jum...

15 Dec 202224min

Dame Alice Kyteler was the first woman to be officially charged for the crime of witchcraft in Ireland, and maybe all of Europe... Let Katie tell you all about the tale of Alice, the first witch of Ir...

13 Dec 202245min

What says historically festive ore than wartime at Christmas? Join Katie as she shares yuletide tales of truces, more truces and clandestine gifts... From that festive football game that may or may no...

5 Dec 202242min

In the late 1800s Bridget Cleary was burned alive by her husband, was it because the "real" Bridget had been stolen by evil fairies and had been replaced by a changeling or was it because the you ng a...

18 Okt 20221h 6min

Inis Beag, a small island off the coast of Galway, was an Irish island that was so repressed no-one got naked, even to bathe! The rural islanders were so isolated from the mainland that when the Swing...

29 Sep 202227min

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was an icon, a socialite, an ambassador, a writer, a mother, a First Lady and a living symbol of grief. Jackie Kennedy wore many hats, and generally she looked good ...

27 Sep 20221h 5min