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Which historical figure would you most want to dine with? Marina and Amr answer this question, and share the riveting biographies of their dining companions.

Dining Room Histories

  • Jul 17, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 1h 20m AVG DURATION
  • 18 EPISODES


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16 - Cajun-al Friday

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 102:57


We’re back from hiatus and boy do we have some fun ones for you this week. Our guests are a former journalist turned studio exec with a knack for fixing things and a very entrepreneurial gent with an exciting private(er) life. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

Announcement

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 1:36


No new episode this week. We're taking a short break but we have an exciting announcement for when we get back.

TTT1 - Please Don't Make Any Animal Murder Puns

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 25:29


Just don't. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is

15 - Tea Time

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2017 57:27


This week we change things up a bit to announce our new minisodes. Tea Time Tales will be short episodes where we each tell an interesting mini historical anecdote. Sit back and enjoy a full episode version of our newest addition. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

14 - Borscht on Toarscht

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 61:26


Our guests this week are full of surprises! One is an accomplished doctor whose autopsy caused quite a stir amongst English officials, and the other is a famed Russian poet who was publicly accused of catfishing!  Also special this week: music from British folk duo Gilmore & Roberts, off their album 'The Innocent Left'! They had a song about one of our guests, and let us play it - thanks, guys! If you like what you hear, find them on Amazon or iTunes, or just google them! They're worth a listen. :) Wanna get in touch with us? Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Intro music by Lee-Orr Orbach. Thank you for listening.

13 - A Pickle for the No-ing Ones

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 90:29


Just no. This week our guests are a psychoanalyst for troubled companies who will get your head spinning and a man so spectacularly incompetent that Amr Just. Can. Not. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

12 - Tosser Salad

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 84:03


There’ll be some horsing around this week. Our guests are an exquisite exemplar of equine expertise and a con-man so audacious he essentially operated a shadow treasury in jazz-era America. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

11 - Dolphin Parmigiana

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 86:01


It’s a wild one, folks! This week’s guests are an out-of-this-world scientist with a fondness for dolphins, and a beguiling Italian noblewoman who changed the course of European history - repeatedly. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

10 - The Spotted Decasode

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2017 57:50


What a pleasant goddamn dinner party! This week’s episode features two well-mannered guests. One is a dedicated patriot who some consider to have been America’s first (de facto) female president, and the other is an infamous Danish nobleman who spent too much time with his head in the clouds. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

9 - Naked Lunch

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 121:07


Heads Up: This week we talk about extreme racial violence and addiction. Our guests this week are a 14-year old with a tragic story who gave strength to a movement, and a famous American author who tested his luck and repeatedly won.

8 - My True Crime Valentine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017 124:19


This week’s episode goes out to the bleeding heart romantics out there. In this Valentine’s Special, Amr and Mina host some lovebirds with a bit of a dark side. The original bad boy meets a couple who are well downright batty. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

7 - Cold Revenge Stew

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 74:47


Heads up: We talk about sexual assault, abuse, mysoginy and torture in this episode. Listeners be advised This week Amr and Marina’s guests are simply stewing. Will the outdoorsy bear man and the painter serve up ice cold vengeance or will it be a tepid affair? Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

6 - Haggis Tamales

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 91:09


This week Amr and Mina try their hand at fusion cuisine. Will their haggis tamales be a hit with the Scottish “prince” and the original American folk icon or will it be a meaty monstrosity? Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

5 - Christmas Dinner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 86:35


This week Amr and Mina get festive with their christmas creations. Their guests, a famous physicist who was mad as a hatter and someone your parents told you didn’t exist. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

4 - Racism with a Side of Bullshit

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 101:03


This week Amr and Mina get hella P.O.’d. I’m afraid all we’ve got for you folks are prime examples of racism, with an extra sprinkling of bullshit, just for flavour. Our guests this week are a magnificently accomplished doctor who’s been majorly dragged by history, and a Lovely couple whose tragic romance makes Romeo and Juliet look like a goddamn Disney movie. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

3 - Seafood Stew

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 66:05


This week Amr and Mina serve up some seafood stew to their seafaring guests. One was a nasty woman who spent her life sailing the high seas, and the other a would-be filmmaker and inventor of ‘infotainment’ who spent his life exploring under them. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

2 - Sugar-Free Cornflakes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 91:53


Keeping with the breakfast-for-dinner theme, Amr and Mina are serving up some sugar-free cornflakes! Their guests this week are a painfully sober hatchetator, and an American inventor who's simply gr-r-reat! Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

1 - The Pancake Dinner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 116:57


Amr and Mina serve up some pancakes for dinner with their long-dead guests. One's a Greek shipping magnate, the other is an English computer scientist and mathematician. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at diningroomhistories@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is hosted by Amr Dodin and Marina Moreira. Music by Lee-Orr Orbach.

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