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One thing historians love is a good drink.... and drinking alone isn't fun. Happy Hour is the best hour, even if you are sippin' cold water in a beautiful glass. If you are under 21, chilled apple juice is always tasty.

Natalye Harpin


    • Jul 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 235 EPISODES


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    Lake Lanier, 1912 (aka Oscarville)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 16:23


    Stay away from Lake Lanier! - Management

    Alligator Bait (Here We Go Again...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 27:50


    Ferris State University - Jim Crow "Alligator Bait"

    Big Bill, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 42:46


    Read it for yourself, as always.

    Coolie Labor, 1862

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 37:56


    Transpacfic trade of people from India, China, and Japan.

    Throwback: Gender Was Never Binary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 14:23


    Happy June, y'all! Happy Pride! Enjoy this throwback episode from 2023.

    Wounded Knee, 1890

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 21:53


    Accurate history matters. See the information about H.R. 3609 here.

    Gatsby Was Black?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 38:42


    Happy Summer! Read the literature professor's analysis here!

    Alien Land Law, 1913

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 23:00


    History of Japanese-American (& Asian-American in general) exclusion in California.

    The Black Dandy, Explained

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 22:35


    Check out the Vogue article I referenced, here.

    Sinners (Film) Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 49:58


    I'm just a historian! :)

    Pay-to-Parent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 22:35


    $5,000?! That's a low offer...

    Tariffs, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 31:06


    Read the Al Jazeera article here.

    Autism Science Foundation & RFK Jr.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 20:32


    Late, but hope you find it worth the wait! Thanks as always for listening!

    "Bayou of Pigs", Dominica, 1981

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 20:21


    The time the Klan tried to take over Dominica, a Black Caribbean island.... figures. Read the New York Times article here.

    Throwback: Clean Girls & Hot Cheetos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 17:58


    This has been a WEEK, ok! Enjoy this old episode: "Clean Girls & Hot Cheetos". See y'all next week with a new episode.

    Throwback: Defunding DEI, But What's Next?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 37:34


    Enjoy this throwback episode from 2022!

    What is Genocide?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 34:31


    Audio is a little wonky, but thanks for listening!Check out the Raphael Lemkin Collection via the New York Public Library⁠.

    Altadena, 1960

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 13:47


    Read more about Altadena here

    Treason & Sedition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 17:53


    Both serious charges... both not explained or discussed enough.

    Slave Revolts & the Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 31:11


    Shout out to Charles... shout out to revolutionary history.

    Transphobia is Everyone's Problem...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 20:58


    ... And we need to end it, so that everyone can exist freely.

    Anna Murray Douglass, Thank You

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 13:28


    Read Rosetta's speech about her mother, Anna, here.

    Tuskegee Airmen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 19:31


    It's shameful to erase their contributions to America and to WWII.

    Immigrant Bounty Hunters, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 30:01


    Read about the Mississippi HB 1484 here

    "Millions to Negro Girl, 1913"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 8:58


    A short history of Sarah Rector.

    Black Americans & the American Flag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 13:55


    “To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege" - James Baldwin

    New Laws, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 19:50


    Happy New Year! Sources: Gov. Gavin Newsom Labor Laws Housing Laws Employment Laws

    Throwback: Russia is Playing the Long Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 28:05


    Throwback episode today, y'all! :D Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Favorite Things 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 28:09


    Cheers to 4 years! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Ren't Won't Be Controlled

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 15:31


    Read about the voting breakdown here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    California Minimum Wage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 17:45


    CalMatters Demographic Data Here & Here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    HUD & Project 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 48:00


    Read the entire document (900 pages) here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Brief History of the Tepanecs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 11:54


    The originally leaders of the Valley of Mexico, before the Aztecs! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    "Negro Women To Be Put to Work" (1918)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 42:49


    Collective forgetting that not all women were legally able to 'rest' in their femininity at home. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Rescission Act, 1946

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 16:16


    Filipino-American heritage and perspective is important not only for Filipino American Heritage Month, but also for American and World History. Check out the NBC Article here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/forgotten-battle-thousands-wwii-veterans-are-still-fighting-n520456 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    200th Episode!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 13:59


    Wow! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart :D --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Ballot Measure HH

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 17:23


    California Community Colleges & SDCCD in particular. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    California Prop 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 26:00


    VOTE! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Let's Discuss Prop 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 30:59


    For the State of California, on the 2024 Ballot. Read more here: https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/10/prop-33-2024-fact-check/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Throwback: History of U.S./Mexico's Relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 17:52


    Today is a repeat of an old episode from 2021! Enjoy :) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Slavery on the Ballot, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 19:04


    California Prop 6 breakdown. GO VOTE! Make sure you are registered, and vote early if possible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Mann Act, 1910

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 17:00


    History of trafficking, so likely not safe for work. Have a good day! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Pio Pico, 1846

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 12:00


    Latinx Heritage Month content continues... this time talking about Pio de Jesus Pico IV. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Afro-Peruvian History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 31:42


    Happy Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Vision 2030

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 28:30


    Via the California Community College District. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Throwback: History of Childhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 27:05


    We love a throwback, enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Jobs w/ Pensions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 24:13


    It's a short list. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Cult of the Middle Class: Welfare Access (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 53:00


    Part 5, we are on a roll! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Birthday Episode, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 33:33


    LEO SEASON :D --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Havana, Anyone?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 40:49


    Updated info for traveling to Cuba, based on my experience in 2017. Don't be scared, GO! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

    Historical Astrology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 18:10


    Pluto in Aquarius, throughout history... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natalye-harpin/support

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