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A podcast exploring the hidden and often forgotten histories that make up the places we live and our traditions. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Tim Hoshi

  • Apr 2, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 32m AVG DURATION
  • 40 EPISODES


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Episode 32, Where is E-B?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 23:51


Welcome back to another episode of Hidden Histories. This episode is one of the many listener requests I have received in that past few months. Easter Island. Come and join the Hidden Histories team as we discover the history of this well known, but mysterious island. Check out our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 31: Keep On Brew'n

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 29:35


Welcome to the first episode of 2020, thanks for sticking around while we made it through the holidays. What is at almost every party... what beverage can be called liquid bread....it might even be good for you. Beer! Join us on this dive in the food history of been and its evolution alongside humanity. Check out our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 30: No-Shave Movember

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 21:45


Its mid-November Listeners. We Approaching the holiday season like a freight train once again it seems. But wait, it seems we missed a month-long event that's helping to change the face of men's health worldwide. No not beer and football, I'm talking about not shaving, for a cause. Take a moment and check out No-Shave Movember with me and see what 2 guys brought to the world, with their mustaches. Check out our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 29: Jack O and the Headless Horseman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 23:37


I love this time of year, no not the fall or the cooler weather, but the spooky stories, costumes and fun family traditions that come about, especially during Halloween. Join us in this episode as we look into two of the most iconic entities of Halloween and their origins. Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 28: Canadian Impact

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 39:10


The USA's northern neighbor seems to have a specific representation in the eyes of American's, specifically the millennial college student. Canadians and the land of Canada itself has had a bigger impact on us Americans and the human race than most people are aware of or remember. Join me as we take a look at some of the things that Canada has had an "impact" on. Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 27: Lets have some ラーメン

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 25:34


I love listening to stories of other cultures and how histories developed for people and places. As it turns out even food has a culture and history all of its own. In this episode I cover the history of the traditional food Ramen from Japan and how it became the cultural icon of a nation. Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Special Episode #3 Castles of N.E.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 22:48


Welcome Back to another special listener requested episode. This is special Episode #3, whats the topic, no cryptic titles this episode! Check it out! Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 26 Neutral Vikings

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 43:58


Welcome back to a long awaited episode of Hidden Histories. In this episode we jump around the globe again to an episode inspired by current events in Sweden and the not so current events that left their mark on history. Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 25 Little Aztecs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 28:15


Just like out last episode Hidden Histories will be taking a different direction for a little bit. Hidden Histories has listeners internationally and over the next few episodes I will be doing an episode about the countries that have the highest listenership. This episode I will be turning to our southern neighbor, Mexico. Come and discover something new with me about the Aztecs! Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Join us on our new twitter page https://twitter.com/HiddenHistorie2 Send the show a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 24, London Burns

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 35:27


Hidden Histories will be taking a different direction for a little bit. Every now and again, I like to review the statistics of my podcast, see where people are listening from geographically and from what kinds of platforms. To that end, I want to take the next several episodes and do a few different things. Hidden Histories has listeners internationally and over the next few episodes I will be doing an episode about the countries that have the highest listenership. This week I will be turning to our neighbor across the pond, England. Come and discover something new with me! Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 23: "You Have Died of Dysentery"

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 52:53


The voyage was long and hard, and the very nature of the trail taken was consistently evolving into something more. Movies have been made, and video games of the past have been used as an educational tool. What do I remember of that time, these few words: "You have died of Dysentery." Join me as Hidden Histories digs into what these words and the area they are from has left in the pages of time. Check our our Facebook page for announcements and interesting historical facts. https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 22 Iowa's Secrets

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 28:43


Its release day listeners and it is time to take an expansive look at a variety of Iowan history. From prehistory to the Mafia, Iowa has a little history for everyone. Check out photos from the (insert spoiler here) on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Hidden Histories Special: A Hidden Rabbit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 17:32


Ever wonder where the Easter Bunny came from, what started his/her story? Me too, and we have an episode to show what we learned! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Special Episode 2: A Return to Caching

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 14:55


Listeners! We are back for a short special episode. Join me as I relay some of the cool historical objects I discovered while Sketch from Geeking out with Shades and Sketch helped me to rekindle my love of geocaching. Check out photos from the adventure on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Here is the geocache that inspired this episode, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1JF2W_haddam-killingworth-cemetery-tour-turkeyhill-again/ Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 21 MN Part 2, Gangster Paradise

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 31:38


Where does a Gangster go for a vacation, a little time away from the heat of the authorities? Why to ST. Paul MN! Join the hidden histories team as we discover the origins of ST. Paul and the unsavory era of the Gangster in part 2 of Minnesota. I promised a few pics of (insert spoiler here) on our Facebook page, check it out! https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHistorie/ Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 20 MN Part 1, The Daktoa War

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 33:18


Its Mid January listeners and we are back in our usual genre of topics. Lets move away from tradition for a bit and head towards WAR! Join me as we explore a little know historical event that occurred in the midst of the Civil War. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 19 The 2018 New Years Special

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 87:53


Happy New Year listeners. We have a special episode to help you and your ring in the New Year. Join the Hidden Histories Team and special guest Sketch as we discover the history behind our New Years' traditions. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 18 Hanukkah? Chanukah? Hannukah?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 21:41


Everything thing has its roots in historical fact, even legends. Sometimes they just get blown out of proportion or buried in more popular traditions. Join me in Episode 18 where we explore the history behind the origins of the Chanukah festival. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 17 Pilgrim Who?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 16:03


Pass the leftovers and light up the tree! No listeners I'm not drunk, its the beginig of the holiday season. Join me while you plan your holiday machinations while I begin my annual musings on what the holidays really were once. Pilgrims, here I come! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 16 Out in the Open

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 45:54


Welcome to the long awaited Episode 16, Out in the Open. The hidden Histories crew had the opertunity to visit Road Island on a special trip to the state to work with the hosts of Geeking out with Shades and Sketch and the TreeCave Studios to delve the RI history found out in the open. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 15, Cheese Heads and the Seashore

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 21:40


Welcome to episode 15 where we visit Wisconsin and delve into the origins of the symbols on their state flag and some correlating historic moments. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 14, Illinois Massacre

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 23:20


Welcome to our next episode covering Archaeological, Architectural and some Gangster history of Illinois. Join us for episode 14! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 13 The Origional Hoosier

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018 36:08


Welcome back to Hidden Histories for a long overdue release of episode 13. This episode we explore the ancient Hoosier area, the origin and meaning of the word Hoosier and who the Original Hoosiers were. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

A Hidden Histories Valentine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 43:41


Happy Valentine's Day Listeners! As a special Valentine from me to you as thanks for your patronage here is a special Episode on the history of the Day of Love with a returning special guest, our resident Holidays Expert! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 12 The First State

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 21:20


Hello listeners and welcome to Episode 12 where we explore the history of DE and the great things DE has contributed to the world. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

A Hidden Histories Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 79:26


Join me with our resident Christmas expert as we run down the origins of Christmas triditions and how this Christian holiday became a cultural one as well. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Hidden Histories and Santa

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2017 62:08


Happy Holidays Listeners. Welcome to another special episode that comes to you from the GOCO from Geeking Out with Shades and Sketch. Sketch was kind enough to let me drop by the GOCO and discuss Santa Clause's Americanized Origins and the many cultures that attributed to it over time. This episode's recording was plagued with technical MIC difficulties which got on my bad side by the end of the recording. Stay tuned until the end of the ep for a blooper that made Sketch LOL Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

A Hidden Histories Thanksgiving

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 56:09


Sorry about the wait but thank you for holding on. In this episode, Myself, and special guest Shades from Geeking Out with Shades and Sketch, and Angela discuss the origins of American Thanksgiving traditions and how the modern-day InformationSocial Media Age is changing how we see the past. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 11 The Town of 3 Names

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 19:31


Happy Release day listeners, sorry about the delay on this release. This episode we explore some of the hidden history of Maryland's Killing Field, Ravens, the Mason-Dixon Line and a town, that has chandedits name three times and then disapeared into history. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 10 Haunted Michigan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2017 26:56


Come and join me for a look at the spookier side of Michigan’s history and the evolution of the holiday Halloween! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 9, Utopia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2017 29:38


As we continue our adventures this episode the histories hidden in Ohio are revealed and some have to be seen to be believed. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 8, Innovations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2017 26:44


Come and join me for episode 8 as we uncover the history hidden in New Jersey. What special innovations and gifts has New Jersey and the town of Hoboken has given not only the country but the world? Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 7, Yellow Dog

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 26:12


Welcome back for Episode 7. In this episode we explore the hidden histories of Pennsylvania, a fountain of youth, legends made real and a town of yellow dogs. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 6, Turning the Tide in NY

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2017 26:50


Welcome back for episode 6 where we discover secret doors and abandoned hospitals in New Your City and the story of the city credited to the turning point of the Revolutionary war. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 5, Taken Towns

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2017 23:47


Episode 5! A bit of a heavy feeling episode where we explore the cause and effect of four Massachusttes towns being wipped from the map. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 4, Live from Duck Island!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2017 52:59


Welcome to our first Live episode with special guest, Sketch from the podcast Geeking Out with Shades and Sketch. In this episode Sketch and I explore the Hidden Histories of Connecticut and the beginnings of the town of Chester. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Special Ep 1 Buried Waters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017 11:24


Welcome to the first Special Episode of Hidden Histories. A listener wrote in with a Hidden History of their own, join us while we explore this forgotten aspect of Hartford CT. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 3, Volcanic VT

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2017 17:16


Welcome to Episode 3 where we explore some of Vermont's geological wonders and the birth of the state! Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Episode 2 Mining in NH

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2017 19:49


Welcome to Episode 2 where we explore some of New Hampshire's Geological History and the development of Jackson NH. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

Pilot Episode (AKA Episode 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 12:24


This is our Pilot episode and in it we explore the lost history of the Popham Colony in Maine. Send me a Voice Mail! https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hidden-histories/support

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