Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions

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Squid Game is back—and this time, the knives are out. In the thrilling Season 3 premiere, Player 456 is spiraling and a brutal round of hide-and-seek forces players to kill or be killed. Hosts Phil Yu and Kiera Please break down Gi-hun’s descent into vengeance, Guard 011’s daring betrayal of the Game, and the shocking moment players are forced to choose between murdering their friends… or dying. Then, Carlos Juico and Gavin Ruta from the Jumpers Jump podcast join us to unpack their wild theories for the season. Plus, Phil and Kiera face off in a high-stakes round of “Hot Sweet Potato.” SPOILER ALERT! Make sure you watch Squid Game Season 3 Episode 1 before listening on. Play one last time. IG - @SquidGameNetflix X (f.k.a. Twitter) - @SquidGame Check out more from Phil Yu @angryasianman , Kiera Please @kieraplease and the Jumpers Jump podcast Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . Squid Game: The Official Podcast is produced by Netflix and The Mash-Up Americans.…

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Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions

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Ep. 124 Frances Grey: How the Vilified Mother of Lady Jane Grey May Not Have Deserved Her Reputation 53:43

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This episode was supposed to be about Lady Jane Grey, the "Nine Days Queen" who was hastily placed on the English throne following the death of Henry VIII's son Edward VI, usurping his older sister Mary. But as I researched Jane Grey, I came across another character entirely who desperately needed her story "fixed." Frances Grey was Jane Grey's mother (and the niece of Henry VIII). History has not remembered Frances fondly. In the almost 500 years since her death, she has been cast as the evil mother figure, the very archetype of female wickedness. But who was Frances Grey really? Was she really as bad as her reputation would have us believe? And what part did she actually play in the tragic fate of her daughter? Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Susan Higginbotham" The Maligned Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk" The Tudor Society "Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk" Westminster Abbey "Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk & Family" Historic UK "Mary Tudor, Princess of England and Queen of France" Wikipedia "Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk" Royal Museums Greenwich "Young Elizabeth and the Seymour Scandal" History Extra "Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 123 Joan of Arc: How a Teenage Peasant Girl Helped Turn the Tide of the Hundred Years War 37:04

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Join me this week as I recount the unbelievable true story of Joan of Arc, the 16 year old peasant girl who dressed in mens clothing and led French armies to victory in the 1420s. Something like this happening today seems near impossible, but in the 15th century when women had few rights, it was inconceivable. So how did a teenage girl with no military training come to lead successfully soldiers in battle? And what about the voices? Was Joan of Arc really sent by God to save France? Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: History.com "Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy" History.com "Hundred Years War" History Extra "The real Joan of Arc" Wikipedia "Joan of Arc" jeanne-darc.info Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 122 Salt: How the Cheapest Thing at the Grocery Store Was Once Worth Its Weight In Gold 33:35

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This week is all about the history of salt! Yes, salt. You've probably never given it much thought. It sits in a salt shaker on your kitchen counter, spice rack, or cabinet. You can buy a pound of it for 76 cents at Walmart right now. But, believe it or not, salt was once an extremely valuable commodity. Whole civilizations rose up over salt. Trade routes were established. People became very wealthy. Salt allowed for the preservation of food which allowed humans to travel over long distances. It has invaluable medicinal properties. And, at it's most basic level, salt keeps humans bodies alive. Salt has impacted human history arguably more than any other substance on Earth. Join me to learn how! Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Time Magazine "A Brief History of Salt" National Library of Medicine "A history of salt" Wikipedia "History of Salt" National Geographic "The Development of Agriculture" Antiquity Journal "The earliest salt production in the world..." History Cooperative "The History of Salt in Ancient Civilizations" University of Hawaii "Weird Science: Salt is Essential to Life" Shoot me a message!…

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Special Release Mini Fix #10: Varina Davis 21:34

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Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederacy played the part well. She was educated, graceful, the picture of antebellum perfection. She hosted elegant soirees at the Confederate white house in Richmond, Virginia and managed a household of around 20 workers, black and white, enslaved and free. But Varina, when examined closely, was not what she seemed. In writing, she referred to herself as a “half-breed” born of the North and of the South. Her political loyalties were suspect as she found herself torn between both causes. And her dark skin and hair. What was that about? People whispered behind closed doors. Was the First Lady of the Confederacy… could she possibly be… Black? Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Encyclopedia Virginia "Varina Davis" Washington Post "Jim Limber: the myth of Jefferson Davis' adopted Black son" Clark University "The Forefathers of the English People" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 121 Thomas Jefferson: How America's Golden Boy Refused to Practice What He Preached 46:47

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Thomas Jefferson was America's golden boy. Author of the Declaration of Independence, secretary of state under George Washington, vice president to John Adams, and 3rd president of the United States, he penned famous words like "all men are created equal," and "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." For this, he's often remembered as a moral champion who fought for equality and liberty for all. But there was another side to Thomas Jefferson, a darker side, one he kept well hidden. Despite his passionate prose, Jefferson enslaved some 600 people in his lifetime. Despite calling slavery "moral depravity" and a "hideous blot," he himself knowingly traded in human lives, authorized the beatings of children, intentionally sold them away from their families, all while benefiting immensely financially. So who was Thomas Jefferson really? America's golden boy or... something else? Tune in to find out! Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: The White House Historical Association "Thomas Jefferson" The White House Historical Association "The Enslaved Household of President Thomas Jefferson" Smithsonian Magazine "The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson" Encyclopedia Britannica "Thomas Jefferson" Monticello.org "Monticello Affirms Thomas Jefferson Fathered Children with Sally Hemings" Slate Magazine "Thomas Jefferson Was Not a Monster" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 120 Great Flood: What the Story of Noah's Great Flood Says About Our Collective Human Experience 35:02

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Back this week with one final, somewhat nautical episode to round out the month of June. This week we're talking about the Great Flood of Noah's Ark fame. It's one of the best known bible stories. But did you know, it doesn't end there? Almost every other major culture or religion that we know of has almost the same flood myth. The ancient Babylonians, the Greeks, Hindu, Buddhist, Aztec, Chinese, Norse, Aboriginal Australian, various Native Americans groups, and the list goes on and on. This story is everywhere. But is it just a freakishly common legend, a recurring myth meant to teach a lesson, or did it actually happen? Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: National Center for Science Education "Yes, Noah's Flood May Have Happened, But Not Over the Whole Earth" ABC News "Evidence Noah's Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert Ballard" How Stuff Works "The Great Flood: More Than a Myth?" The Jerusalem Post "Durupinar Formation radar scans reveal hidden structures associated with Noah's Ark" PBS Independent Lens "A Flood of Myths and Stories" Wikipedia "Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis" Columbia University Record "Noah's Flood: Evidence of Ancient Disaster is Linked to Biblical Legend" Mini Museum "Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis" World History Encyclopedia "First Wave/Earliest Civilizations" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 119 Magellan: How Ferdinand Magellan Claimed the Credit Without Actually Circumnavigating the Earth 38:44

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In keeping with the nautical theme I accidentally adopted this month, I'll be exploring the rather misleading story of sixteen century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan this week. Magellan's claim to fame is being the first person to circumnavigate the globe, to sail all the way around the Earth, a full circle. That really is Magellan’s only claim to fame. Except for one thing. He never even did that. Did you know that, despite claiming all the credit posthumously, Magellan only made it about three quarters of the way around the world? One of his five ships did return to Spain after a mostly disastrous voyage but Magellan was no longer on board. So who should really claim the credit? Who was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth? Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: History.com "Why the Magellan Expedition Was So Treacherous" Encyclopedia Britannica "Ferdinand Magellan" BBC "Ferdinand Magellan" History Skills "Magellan was NOT the First Person to Sail Around the World..." History.com "Was Magellan the First Person to Circumnavigate the Globe?" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions 44:02

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I'm back this week with four more shipwreck stories. We'll start with the horrific explosion of the Mississippi river steamboat, the Sultana in 1865. Next, we'll tackle the Titanic which famously sank in 1912, killing around 1,500 passengers. On to another famous ship, the Endeavor. The Endeavor was the British naval ship used by explorer Captain James Cook during his first voyage of discovery which landed him in Australia, New Zealand, and Tahiti in the mid 1700s. Later the ship changed hands and was eventually used and intentionally sunk during the American Revolutionary War. Finally, I'll end with what is, quite possibly, one of the most controversial shipwrecks ever found, the San Jose. This Spanish galleon has been called the "holy grail" of shipwrecks because it was supposedly carrying treasure worth up to 17 billion dollars today when it went down in 1708. As five plus countries argue over the San Jose's treasure, the ethical question remains - what should be done with these shipwrecks? Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: American Battlefield Trust "The Sultana Disaster" Wikipedia "Sultana" New York Times "Civil War Hull Is Reported Found" Live Science "Digital "resurrection" of the Titanic sheds light on fateful night the ship tore apart" National Geographic Press Release "National Geographic reveals groundbreaking underwater scan..." The Times "At last, the Titanic wreck is left to rust in peace" Wikipedia "James Cook" Australian National Maritime Museum "Evidence Identifying Endeavor" The Guardian "Discovery provides further evidence shipwreck is Captain Cook's Endeavor, maritime scientists say" The Guardian "Worm-eaten shipwreck of Captain Cook's Endeavor under threat from more marine animals" BBC "The fierce battle over over the 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 117 Shipwrecks Part 1: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions 48:10

8 weeks ago48:10

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This week, we'll uncover the stories of four different shipwrecks. I'll start with an ancient Roman ship found near the Greek island of Antikythera which sank around 60 to 70 BC with mind blowing treasures on board. Next, I'll talk about the sinking of King Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, in 1545 and it's rediscovery twice in the 400 years since. Then we'll move on to my personal favorite, the Queen Anne's Revenge, which was intentionally run aground by the infamous pirate Blackbeard in 1718 and rediscovered in 1996. Finally, the HMS Victory which sank in the English Channel in 1744, one of the largest and most mysterious naval tragedies in British history. We'll take a closer look at the artifacts that came off of these wrecks and what they can teach us about the people once onboard. And, we'll dive into some difficult ethical questions. What is a shipwreck really? A museum? A treasure chest? A graveyard? And should that affect how we handle these discoveries? Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Scientific American "An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets" Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution "Antikythera Shipwreck" Royal Museums Greenwich "Mary Rose" maryrose.org "The Mary Rose in History" Museum Crush "11 Tudor Treasures Recovered from the Wreck of the Mary Rose" Queen Anne's Revenge Project "Discovery of the Shipwreck" Wikipedia "Queen Anne's Revenge" BBC "HMS Victory: The English Channel's 'Abandoned Shipwreck'" The Guardian "Wreckage of HMS Victory's Predecessor Discovered in Channel After 265 Years" Time Magazine "The HMS Victory, Famed Shipwreck, Is Found" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt 45:58

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This week I teamed up with fellow podcaster and prolific world traveler, Gary Arndt, from the "Everything Everywhere Daily" podcast to talk about UNESCO, an organization with a mission to save natural wonders and cultural heritage sites around the world. You'll hear the story of how UNESCO got it's start, specifically the painstaking dismantling, transport, and reconstruction of one some ancient Egypt's greatest wonders, threatened by modern development, and how the world came together to save it. You'll also hear about Gary's travels, including his favorite and least favorite UNESCO sites. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Everything Everywhere "Everything You Wanted To Know About UNESCO World Heritage Sites But Never Bothered to Ask" JSTOR Daily "An Epic Face-Lift: Moving Abu Simbel Out of the Nile" UNESCO "Working Together: Abu Simbel" UNESCO Archives Film Collection: "The World Saves Abu Simbel" documentary National Geographic "Saving the Temples of Abu Simbel" Wikipedia "Abu Simbel" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 115 Vietnam: War Through the Lens of a Conscientious Objector with Bruce Wasser 1:03:15

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This week we're talking about the Vietnam War, one of the most unpopular wars in US history. Tomorrow is Memorial Day and while I very much want to honor and remember the over 58,000 Americans who lost their lives fighting for their country in Vietnam, around one third of them drafted, that’s not exactly the focus of this episode. Instead, I want to explore a side to the war we don’t often think about. I want to explore what happens if you’re drafted, but you know you can’t do it. You can’t go fight in a war, kill people, lots of people, for a cause you don’t believe in, a war you are morally opposed to. Because for many, that was the reality. So what are you going to do? What options do you have? Join me and special guest Bruce Wasser, author of "90: A Conscientious Objector's Journey of Quiet Resistance" to uncover Bruce's experience as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. Purchase Bruce's book here! Check your birthdate draft number here Watch a video of the December 1, 1969 birthdate draft lottery here Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: BBC "The Vietnam War" History.com "How the Vietnam War Ratcheted Up Under 5 US Presidents" Selective Service System "Vietnam Lotteries" PHData "Analyzing the 1969 Vietnam War Draft Lottery" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 114 The Found Colony of Roanoke?: How New Evidence Uncovered on Hatteras Island May Put the “Lost Colony” Myth to Bed Once and For All 57:21

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This week I’m very excited to share with you some recent developments in the story of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke. I’m joined by Scott Dawson, who runs the Lost Colony Museum in the town of Buxton, on Hatteras Island. For a long time, Scott has been working with British archaeologist Dr. Mark Horton to excavate sites of old Native American villages in Buxton, left by a group known as the Croatoan. What they have discovered recently may just be the first real “smoking gun” evidence to prove what really happened to the colonists. And, no spoilers, but it’s pretty much exactly what we should have already realized happened. Support the Croatoan Archaeological Society here! - cashatteras.com Earlier Roanoke Colony Episodes - Episode 27 (part 1) and episode 28 (part 2) Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: "The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand" by Michael Leroy Oberg Island Free Press "‘Smoking gun’ evidence of Lost Colony’s relocation to Hatteras Island makes international news" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 113 Infant Feeding: How Breastfeeding Has Been a Challenge and a Controversy Throughout Time 48:11

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This episode is all about the history of feeding babies which has been necessary and yet surprisingly difficult since the beginning of mankind. In fact, it's so necessary that to forgo it, up until very recently, the last hundred years or so, was a death sentence for the infant. We don’t often think about feeding babies. It’s something mothers take care of behind the scenes, part of the invisible load. We certainly don’t pause to think about the history of it, the immense challenges faced throughout the ages. But we should. As necessary as infant feeding is, as necessary as it has always been, society still does not make it easy for mothers to pull off. And that should concern you, even if you aren’t a mother, even if you aren’t a baby. Because you were once, and so was I, and so was literally everyone. Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: The Journal of Perinatal Education "A History of Infant Feeding" by Stevens, Patrick, and Pickler CDC "Trends in Breastfeeding Among American Mothers" US Department of Labor "FLSA Protections to Pump at Work" Mamava "The History of Breastfeeding" GinPolMed Project "A history of breastfeeding" Time Magazine "Desperate Women, Desperate Doctors and the Surprising History Behind the Breastfeeding Debate" NC Health News "Distant echoes of slavery affect breastfeeding attitudes of Black women" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 112 Adolf Hitler Part 2: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator 35:35

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This week, we'll continue digging into the story of infamous Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, beginning where we left off last week with the Reichstag Fire, a suspicious incident that led to the destruction of democracy and withdrawal of civil liberties in Germany. As you'll see, once those civil liberties were gone, Hitler was free to do as he pleased and what "he pleased" happened to include a world war and the mass murders of millions. We'll examine how it all went down, how he was finally stopped, and assess the risk of another Hitler-like monster rising to power today. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: National WWII Museum "How did Adolf Hitler Happen?" History.com "Adolf Hitler" BBC "Adolf Hitler: Man and Monster" Time Magazine "Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938" The Atlantic "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days" The Conversation "Understanding how Hitler became German helps us with modern-day extremists" The Atlantic "What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler" History Extra "Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis" The Globalist "Trump and Hitler: How Accurate a Comparison?" Vanity Fair "Hitler's Doomed Angel" BBC "Hitler's Appointment as Chancellor, 1933" Wikipedia "Hitler Family" US Holocaust Memorial Museum "How and why did ordinary people across Europe contribute to the persecution of their Jewish neighbors Jewish Virtual Library "When Did the World Find Out About the Holocaust?" Smithsonian Magazine "The True Story of the Reichstag Power and the Nazi Rise to Power" US Holocaust Memorial Museum "The Reichstag Fire" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 111 Adolf Hitler Part 1: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator 31:45

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Throughout all of history there is one name that rises above all the others possibly as the most depraved, heinous, vile human being ever to have walked the planet. Humans worldwide almost unanimously agree, some from the start but most in hindsight, that this man was pure evil. Yes, I am talking of course about the infamous dictator Adolf Hitler. BBC writes quote “Few names from history inspire such immediate and emphatic revulsion as that of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. His hands are stained with the blood of millions killed in the devastation of the Second World War and the horror of the Holocaust. But Hitler was not born a brutal tyrant, he became one,” end quote. He became one. Well that begs the question, of course, how did he become one? How does a normal Austrian boy born to a family of modest means come to take over another country’s government so fully that he acquires the power to engage the entire world in a bloody war while simultaneously murdering millions of innocent men, women, and children? Oh, what, you thought Hitler was German? Turns out, there’s a lot the masses don’t know about Adolf Hitler and his rise to power. And as we well know, to forget history is to risk repeating it. Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: National WWII Museum "How did Adolf Hitler Happen?" History.com "Adolf Hitler" BBC "Adolf Hitler: Man and Monster" Time Magazine "Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938" The Atlantic "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days" The Conversation "Understanding how Hitler became German helps us with modern-day extremists" The Atlantic "What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler" History Extra "Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis" The Globalist "Trump and Hitler: How Accurate a Comparison?" Vanity Fair "Hitler's Doomed Angel" BBC "Hitler's Appointment as Chancellor, 1933" Wikipedia "Hitler Family" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 110 Easter Island: How the Remote Pacific Island of Rapa Nui Became An Unnecessary Mystery 49:44

15 weeks ago49:44

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In April of 1722 Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen and his crew stumbled upon a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They sailed for the Dutch West India Company in search of Terra Australis Incognita, a hypothetical undiscovered continent that doesn’t actually exist. The land they found instead was just a 64 square mile speck some 1,200 miles from the nearest island and over 2,000 miles from the nearest continent. This island, which they spotted on Easter Sunday, was incredibly small and incredibly remote. And yet, remarkably, there seemed to be people living there. Roggeveen and his crew were confused, as were the handful of Europeans who made occasional landfall in the centuries that followed. None of them could understand the mysterious people of Easter Island. Where did they come from? How did they get there? Why did they carve massive stone heads? How did they move them? There were so many unanswered questions that have led to a complete lack of answers even today. But the real mystery is, why didn’t anyone just ask the Rapanui people themselves? Perhaps, if they had, Easter Island, Rapa Nui wouldn't be the mystery it is today. Join me this week to finally learn about Rapa Nui. We’ll examine recent DNA evidence that completely debunks past theories and we’ll finally listen to the Rapanui people whose rich oral traditions, storytelling, have survived despite it all. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: UNESCO "Rapa Nui National Park" Smithsonian Magazine "The Secrets of Easter Island" Smithsonian Magazine "Easter Island's Ancient Population Never Faced Ecological Collapse, Suggests Another Study Nature "Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas EBSCO "European Discovery of Easter Island" Wikipedia "History of Easter Island" PBS NOVA Online "Secrets of Easter Island" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 109 The Philadelphia Experiment: How Tales of an Invisible Teleporting Naval Ship Found Their Way Into History 41:07

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In the 1950s, a strange story emerged about a ship called the USS Eldridge docked at a naval shipyard in Philadelphia. According to a man aboard another ship docked nearby, in October of 1948 the hull of the Eldridge suddenly glowed an eery blueish green and then the entire ship disappeared, became invisible. But that's not all. After it turned invisible, it then suddenly teleported 300 miles away to another naval shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia and back. The crew aboard the Eldridge reportedly suffered ill effects, disorientation, burns, and some of them even had body parts fused to the hull of the ship. This witness, a man named Carl Allen or sometimes Carlos Allende, claimed that what he had seen was a top secret government experiment gone wrong, an experiment that had been covered up ever since. But what was the Philadelphia Experiment really - a government conspiracy or a hoax turned urban legend? Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Naval History and Heritage Command "Philadelphia Experiment" Wikipedia "Philadelphia Experiment" Military.com "This Is the Truth Behind WWII's Creepy Philadelphia Experiment" Wikipedia "Carl Meredith Allen" ussslater.org "Destroyer Escort Anecdotes" How Stuff Works "How the Philadelphia Experiment Worked" Skeptical Inquirer "Solving a UFOlogical Murder: The Case of Morris K. Jessup" Wikipedia "Morris Ketchum Jesup" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 108 April Fool's Day: How No One Even Knows What This Holiday Really Is 35:10

17 weeks ago35:10

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This week we're exploring what is, quite possibly, the weirdest and most mysterious of all the holidays: April Fools' Day. The real trick? No one even knows where this holiday came from or why we celebrate it. We'll dive in to some of the origin theories, from ancient Rome to medieval fables to Renaissance poetry. We'll also take a look how the holiday has evolved throughout time, including some of the greatest pranks ever pulled on April Fools' Day. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Library of Congress Blogs "April Fools: The Roots of an International Holiday" History.com "April Fools' Day" NPR "April Fools' Day might be the world's longest running joke. No one knows how it began" A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities BU Today "How a BU Prof April-Fooled the Country" Encyclopedia Britannica "Julian Calendar" History.com "9 Outrageous Pranks in History" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 107 Bloody Mary: Why England's First Queen Was Cast as an Evil Villain Instead of a Triumphant Underdog 49:09

18 weeks ago49:09

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I have danced around the story of Mary Tudor, oldest daughter of Henry VIII, for far too long. It's finally time to recognize Mary with her own episode, the perfect story to wrap up Women's History Month. This is a tragic story. The lot cast upon Mary was often cruel and unjust, her life marred by trauma and heartache. But it's also a story of triumph, an underdog rising up, overcoming insurmountable challenges to claim her rightful place as England's first ever queen regnant. Despite being villainized by history ever since, cast as "Bloody Mary," the stuff of childhood urban legends and sleepover games, Mary was no more evil than her father and brother who came before her or her sister, Elizabeth I, who came after her. So what happened? Why has the myth of "Bloody Mary" persisted for so long and who was Mary Tudor, Queen Mary I, really? Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Royal Museums Greenwich "Why is Mary I Known As 'Bloody Mary?'" History Extra "The lost heirs of Henry VIII" Smithsonian Magazine "The Myth of Bloody Mary" History.com "What Inspired Queen 'Bloody' Mary's Gruesome Nickname?" The Fitzwilliam Museum "Mary Tudor" Tudor Extra "The Illness, Death, and Burial of Mary I" Wikipedia "Mary I of England" Wikipedia " The Education of a Christian Woman" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 106 Madame Restell: The "Wickedest Woman in New York" and Why Abortion Really Became Controversial in the US 44:05

19 weeks ago44:05

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Amidst the chaos of 19th century New York City, one poor immigrant woman named Ann Lohman managed to climb her way out of the slums and into a brownstone mansion on 5th avenue. But her means of doing this rubbed some people the wrong way. Ann, alias Madame Restell, was a notorious abortionist operating in the city with satellite offices in Philadelphia and Boston. She built an empire selling married women birth control and performing procedures to help them end unwanted pregnancies. Soon after she began this profitable practice, there were many who hoped to take her down, put a stop to it. But not for the reasons you might expect. Not for the reasons people oppose abortion today. Turns out, abortion, though mostly unseen and unspoken of, has been mostly an accepted necessity throughout history. It wasn’t until the mid 1800s when women like Madame Restell rose up, challenging the status quo that abortion became controversial. Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Smithsonian Magazine "Madame Restell: The Abortionist of 5th Avenue" Science History Institute "How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire" The New York Historical Society "Life Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a Madame Restell" The New York Historical Society "Urbanization" Johns Hopkins University "A Brief History of Abortion in the US" CNN "Abortion is ancient history: Long before Roe, women terminated pregnancies" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 105 Castles: Why Medieval Castles Still Stand As a Testament to Human Strength 45:04

20 weeks ago45:04

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We're going medieval this week to rectify some misconceptions about castles. Despite what many believe and what's put out there in fairy tales, castles are a very specific thing built in a specific time and place for a specific purpose. We'll examine the medieval period (AKA the middle ages or the dark ages) in Europe to better understand why and how castles were built and what they were used for. We'll also unpack the story of lesser known heroine, Nicola de la Haye, who defied gender norms to defend England's Lincoln Castle against invaders on more than one occasion, successfully withstanding siege after siege. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: How Stuff Works "How Castles Work" History.com "Middle Ages" Wikipedia "Castles" Road Trips Around the World "Why Are There So Many Castles in Europe?" History in the Margins "From the Archives: a Woman's Home Is Her Castle" Catherine Hanley "Nicola de la Haye" Summoning Magna Carta "Who Was King John?" Royal UK "Royal Residences: Windsor Castle" Historic Royal Palaces "The Story of the Tower of London" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 104 Aspasia of Miletus: Why This Powerful Woman Had All the Men In Ancient Athens Talking 39:39

21 weeks ago39:39

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This week, we're going all the way back to ancient Greece. We'll examine the story of Aspasia of Miletus, a woman who came to Athens around 450 BC and quickly became the talk of the town. Her name appears over and over again in writing from the time, Socrates wrote about her, Plato, Plutarch, Cicero the orator, Xenophon the historian, Athenaeus the writer, Aristophanes the comic playwright, Pericles the leader of the city-state of Athens. One woman’s name was on all of their minds: Aspasia of Miletus. They loved her. They hated her. They called her a great mind, a teacher, a master of rhetoric. They called a prostitute, a cheap whore, a brothel madam. They gave her credit for writing great speeches passed on to men. They gave her credit for starting great wars, the ruin of Athens. But who was Aspasia really and why was everyone talking about her? Join me to find out! Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition by Madeleine M. Henry (affiliate link) National Geographic "Greek City States" Lake Forest College "Everybody’s a Little Bit Sexist: A Re-evaluation of Aristotle’s and Plato’s Philosophies on Women" by Kayla Huber Encyclopedia Britannica "Pericles: Athenian Statesman" World History Encyclopedia "Aspasia of Miletus" World History Encyclopedia "Women in Ancient Greece" PBS "Aspasia" Brooklyn Museum "Aspasia Place Setting" Wikipedia "Aspasia" History of Women Philosophers and Scientists "Aspasia of Miletus" University of Chicago "Aspasia of Miletus" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 103 Radium Girls: How These Inspiring Women Stood Up To Their Abusers and Won 36:20

22 weeks ago36:20

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This week, we'll delve into a cautionary tale: the "Radium Girls." These women were employed to paint glow in the dark numbers on watch faces and dials in the 1920s and 30s using radium paint. Assured that the paint was safe, the girls were instructed to shape their paintbrushes into sharp points with their own lips. But, turns out, ingesting radioactive radium paint isn’t safe at all, and as the women became sick and sicker and died, the companies they worked for chose to gaslight them, refusing to take responsibility all while lining their pockets with profits. But these women fought back, standing up while laying down and their fight set an important precedent we can’t afford to forget. Let’s fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: International Atomic Energy Agency "What is Radiation" US Department of Energy "Nuclear Fuel Facts: Uranium" Library of Congress Blogs "Radium Girls: Living Dead Women" Wikipedia "Radium Girls" Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center "Hot Times in 'Radium Hospital'" Mariecurie.org "Marie Curie the scientist" American Physical Society "Henri Becquerel Discovers Radioactivity" Northern Public Radio "Ottawa's 'Radium Girls' At Forefront of Worker Protections" Encyclopedia Britannica "Radium Girls: The Women Who Fought For Their Lives in a Killer Workplace" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 102 Richard Etheridge: How Keeper Richard Etheridge Served Always “On Behalf of Humanity” 43:30

23 weeks ago43:30

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This week, Joan Collins from the Pea Island Preservation Society joins me again to discuss Richard Etheridge, the first Black man to serve as keeper in the US Life Saving Service. Born into slavery, Etheridge fought for the Union army during the Civil War. Afterwards, he returned home to the Outer Banks of North Carolina where he re-entered service as a life saver, more specifically, surfman number 6, the lowest ranking position. Join me this week to learn how Etheridge distinguished himself time and again, climbing through the ranks despite all obstacles, despite the color of his skin, to lead, to serve, to fight, on behalf of humanity. Check out the Pea Island Preservation Society Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: "Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers" by David Wright and David Zoby (affiliate link) "Etheridge Homeplace: a History" by Penne Smith United States Coast Guard "Captain Richard Etheridge, Keeper, USLSS" National Park Service "Richard Etheridge" Wikipedia "Pea Island Life Saving Station" American Battlefield Trust "Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life Saving Station" The Outer Banks Voice "Darrell Collins Passed to the Great Beyond" United States Coast Guard "The Long Blue Line 'To Never Halt or Falter'" Coastwatch "Pea Island Surfmen Prove Themselves on a Heroic Night" US Life Saving Service Heritage Association "History of the USLSS" Wikitree "John Burgess Etheridge" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 101 Freedmen: How the Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony Became More Lost to History Than the Lost Colony Itself 46:42

24 weeks ago46:42

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Between mainland North Carolina and the narrow stretch of barrier islands we call the Outer Banks, sits a tiny island, just 12 miles long and around 3 miles wide. Dotted with rich maritime forest and bordered by brackish salt marsh on all sides, it’s home to two sleepy towns aptly named Manteo and Wanchese. This is Roanoke Island of course, of Lost Colony fame. But some 300 years later, in the mid 1800s, it was home to another colony entirely, one you’ve probably never even heard of, a colony whose population soared to just under 4,000 people in a matter of a few years. That’s more than the combined populations of Manteo and Wanchese today. This was the Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony and its history, its story, some might argue, has become even more lost than the Lost Colony itself. Let’s fix that. Check out the Pea Island Preservation Society Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: "Ironclads and Columbiads: The Civil War in North Carolina" by William R. Trotter (affiliate link) "Time Full of Trial: The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony" by Patricia C. Click (affiliate link) National Park Service "The Battle of Roanoke Island" National Park Service "Richard Etheridge" Wikipedia "Battle of Roanoke Island" National Park Service "The Freedmen's Colony on Roanoke Island" Wikipedia "Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island" roanokefreedmenscolony.com Letter from Richard Etheridge and William Benson Roanoke Island Festival Park "The Freedmen's Colony" National Park Service "Freedom Comes to Roanoke Island" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 100 Benjamin Banneker: How An Impressive Human Being Was Transformed Into a Mythic Folk Hero 45:25

25 weeks ago45:25

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In this episode, we'll uncover the truly impressive accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker, a free Black man living in rural Maryland in the 1700s. Banneker was a self taught astronomer who helped to lay out the boundary for the construction of Washington DC. He also built his own working clock and wrote and published almanacs for the years 1792 to 1797. He also called Thomas Jefferson out for being a hypocrite, my personal favorite accomplishment. But, despite all of the truly impressive things he really did, he's mostly remembered for things he did not do: planning the city of Washington DC, constructing the first clock in America, writing the first almanac in America, etc. Join me to examine how and why his already impressive enough real life accomplishments have been embellished by historical telephone. Let's fix that. Check out RingTree here and use promo code historyfix to get 25% off your first month! Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: "The Life of Benjamin Banneker" by Silvio Bedini The White House Historical Association "Benjamin Banneker the Black Tobacco Farmer Who the Presidents Couldn't Ignore" Wikipedia "Benjamin Banneker" Wikipedia "Mythology of Benjamin Banneker" Encyclopedia Britannica "Pierre Charles L'Enfant" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 99 Josephine Baker: How This Exotic Dancer Turned Spy Is Really So Much More Than That 48:01

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This week, we'll delve into the mind blowing life of Josephine Baker, a Black performing artist who took Paris by storm starting in the 1920s. She sang, she danced, she barely wore any clothing, and she had a pet cheetah named Chiquita that regularly terrorized the orchestra pit. But Josephine Baker was so much more than that. from St. Louis street rat to world famous performer, first Black female movie star to French spy during World War II, entrepreneur to US civil rights activist, mother of twelve… I think you will find that Josephine Baker is nothing if not completely unexpected. Let’s fix that. Check out RingTree here and use promo code historyfix to get 25% off your first month! Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: The New Yorker "Josephine Baker Was the Star France Wanted - and the Spy It Needed" CBS News "The legacy of Josephine Baker" The Guardian "From the archive, 26 August 1974: An interview with Josephine Baker" Wikipedia "Josephine Baker" Slate "Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe" Spiegel International "Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe" The Conversation "Josephine Baker's 'Rainbow Tribe' and the pursuit of universal brotherhood" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 98 Cannabis: How Racism Led to the Demonization of a Rather Useful Plant 44:12

27 weeks ago44:12

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This week I'll explore the social history of the cannabis plant including its use since ancient times as a fiber, medicine, and for its psychoactive properties both ritualistically and recreationally. I'll explore how cannabis first made its way to the Americas and how it became a main crop of colonial planters that they were actually required by law to grow. I'll explore it's use in 19th century American medicines and do some digging to find out why it came to be banned in 1937 following an influx of Mexican immigrants who brought recreational use of "locoweed" or "marijuana" with them. You're in for a wild ride! Check out Vital Spring premium mineral replenisher here Check out befree Adaptive Clothing here Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: NPR "The Mysterious History of Marijuana" CBS News "The man behind the marijuana ban for all the wrong reasons" DEA "Drug Scheduling" Wikipedia "History of Cannabis" American Addiction Centers "History of Marijuana" History.com "Marijuana" University of Georgia "History of Marijuana Regulation in America" Nature Magazine "A Potted History" Encyclopedia Britannica "Why Is Marijuana Illegal in the US?" Mount Sinai "Herbal Medicine" FindLaw "Marijuana Possession Laws by State" American Association of Medical Colleges "Alcohol related deaths are spiking. So why don't we take alcohol addiction more seriously?" Associated Press "US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance" Wikipedia "Datura stramonium" National Park Service "Wildlife in the Tropical Rainforest" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 97 Thomas Edison: Who Was Edison Really, Genius Inventor or Villainous Fraud? 45:37

28 weeks ago45:37

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Thomas Alva Edison has always been portrayed as the greatest, most prolific by far American inventor. The man obtained over a thousand patents in his lifetime and is credited with inventing or improving upon devices that changed our world, our lives forever: the lightbulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, telegraphs, telephones, x-rays, and batteries. The list goes on. His contemporaries were blown away. But in recent decades, many have come to doubt Edison’s genius. More recent Edison critics take a look at his impressive body of work with scrutiny. "He didn't really invent all of those things," they say. Modern minds are split on Thomas Edison. He’s either a great American hero, inventor of our modern world, or an idea stealing fraud who ripped off other great minds and claimed the credit. But who was he really? Was Thomas Edison the real deal or do we need to rewrite the history books, giving back credit where credit is due? Let’s fix that. Check out Vital Spring premium mineral replenisher here Check out befree Adaptive Clothing here Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast) Buy some merch Buy Me a Coffee Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine Sources: Library of Congress "Life of Thomas Alva Edison" National Park Service "Edison Biography" US News "Many Minds Produced the Lightbulb That Illuminated America" Forbes "Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil" Ranker "Here Are All The Things That Thomas Edison Didn't Actually Invent, But Took The Credit For Anyway" Wikipedia "Thomas Edison" Shoot me a message!…

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Ep. 96 Hanover: How a German Family Helped Define What It Means to Be British 42:10

29 weeks ago42:10