Two sisters--one a stoner and one a boozer--surprise each other with a story from history's vault of weird and wonderful lesser known stories (with some familiar favorites too!)
Welcome back! We saved you your favorite spot in the Smoke Circle! Spark up and get curious as the sisters are back together for another themed episode. Kt requested French history for this episode and we have a lot of stories for you! First up, Laurel has a top 5 list of "Most Oui-diculous (get it?!) Moments in French History. Ranging from history's shortest monarchy to hallucinogenic bread, diamond scandals, blackmailed kings, a man who would eat LITERALLY anything. After the break, KT comes back with some literary history about one of her favorite places in the world: Notre Dame de Paris and the book by Victor Hugo which shares its name-- The Hunchback of Notre Dame! ~~~~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~~~~*Mentioned in the Episode:Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo"The Bells of Notre Dame" "Hellfire" ~~~~*Source Materials--Top 5 Oui-diculous French History--https://www.rct.uk/collection/405142/louis-antoine-duke-of-angouleme-1775-1844-0https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-deadly-bread-bewitched-a-french-village-123126177/https://www.history.com/articles/chevalier-d-eon-french-spy-man-womanhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/desire-love-and-identity/chevalier-deonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevali%C3%A8re_d%27%C3%89onhttps://www.history.com/articles/marie-antoinette-diamond-necklace-affair-french-revolutionhttps://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/affair-diamond-necklace-1784-1785https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eatinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare#CITEREFBondeson2006Hunchback of Notre Dame--~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
It's time to celebrate episode 100! To do so, we are tackling one of Hollywood's most famous (maybe infamous?) historical blockbusters--Braveheart. The film turns 30 this month (May 2025) and the sisters spark up and sit down in the Smoke Circle with Dr. Darren R. Reid, associate professor of history at Coventry University. Dr. Reid is himself Scottish so the subject matter is near and dear to his heart.Join us in the Smoke Circle as we dismantle the movie scene by scene, learning the REAL history as we go along, picking our favorite moments and the characters that we loved to cheer for (and the ones we loved to hate)ALSO! DON'T MISS IT! From now until Friday, May 16th, we have our movie watch along to both Braveheart and Outlaw King on our Patreon open to the public so everyone can watch along with us and really get into the spirit with us. But it's only up through May 16th!!Braveheart Watch AlongOutlaw King Watch Along~~~~~~~*Check Out What Our Guest, Dr. Darren R. Reid, is Doing! YouTube @FrontierHistorian Instagram @ThatHistorianInstaTikTok @ThatHistorianTikTok~~~~~~~ *The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~~~~ *Mentioned in the Episode: "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart Blind Harry's Poem "The Wallace"Episodes 51 and Episode 52 with Dr. Reid about Indigenous Representation in FilmEpisode on Tetris and the Nintendo/Sega Console Wars with Dr. Reid~~~~~*Music used:Hidden Past Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to episode 99 of High Tales of History! (Can you believe that we are at 99?!) For this history sesh, we travel back into the sands of time with two stories on raiders of Ancient Egypt. First up, Kt covers Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the subsequent finding and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.Next, Laurel covers the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Egypt's forgotten boy king.~~~~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~~~~*Mentioned in the Episode:Highclere CastleWas It Really A Curse? Study by an epidemiologistRemembering the Unsung Egyptians~~~~*Source Materials--Rosetta Stone--https://arce.org/resource/rosetta-stone-unlocking-ancient-egyptian-language/#:~:text=The%20Rosetta%20Stone%2C%20a%20symbol,during%20Napoleon's%20invasion%20of%20Egypthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Egypt_and_Syria#:~:text=Departing%20from%20Toulon%20in%20May%201798%2C%20Napoleon's,of%20Cairo%20and%20establishing%20a%20French%20administrationhttps://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/the-rosetta-stone-a-journey-from-alexandria-to-london/King Tut--https://daily.jstor.org/was-it-really-a-mummys-curse/https://daily.jstor.org/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-howard-carter-discovered-king-tuts-golden-tomb-180981052/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-the-discovery-of-tutankhamuns-tomb-was-the-most-significant-archaeological-find-of-the-20th-century-180985382/https://www.academia.edu/8287770/Introduction_about_Tutankhamun_and_the_Discovery_of_his_Tombhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/how-was-king-tuts-tomb-discovered-100-years-ago-grit-and-luck-feature?loggedin=true&rnd=1744183316387https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ym30v356pohttps://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-king-tut~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to episode 98 and part two of The History of Divination! After leaving the Ancient Romans in part one, we fast forward to the Tudors and the Elizabethan Era. We'll meet Dr. John Dee, who was Queen Elizabeth I's trusted seer and learn about the attitudes around magic and divination before Elizabeth's successor begins his witch hunts. We'll also uncover the secrets of the tarot, and step into the shadowy parlors of the Victorians with their flickering candlelit séances and spirit (Ouija) boards.After all the history, we spend time with our guest, Saundra, a psychic medium and intuitive tarot reader. She answers our burning questions about being a psychic medium and does a collective reading for the Smoke Circle which...whoo! gave us a whole lotta feels. ~~~~~~~*Check Out What Our Guest, Saundra, is Doing!www.saundrainsagittarius.comTikTok: @saundra.in.sagittariusInstagram: @saundra.in.sagYouTube: @saundra.in.sagittarius~~~~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~~~~*Mentioned in the Episode:Episode 91: A History of WitchesEpisode 90: Werewolf Trials of EuropeEpisode 45: The Satanic PanicJohn Dee's Private Diary (free online)John Dee's Spiritual Diaries (PDF) John Dee's Five Books of Mystery~~~~*Source Materials--https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=history_honorshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/magic-mirror-used-by-queen-elizabeth-is-court-astrologer-has-aztec-origins-180978830/#:~:text=An%20obsidian%20%E2%80%9Cspirit%20mirror%E2%80%9D%20used,tells%20Ashley%20Strickland%20of%20CNNhttps://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-magical-life-of-dr-dee-queen-elizabeth-i-s-royal-astrologerhttps://www.britannica.com/story/nostradamus-and-his-prophecies#:~:text=Nostradamus%20was%20born%20in%20France,book%20entitled%20Centuries%20(1555)https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/tarot-2https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-history-tarot-cardshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/tarot-cards-history-fortune-telling?loggedin=true&rnd=1742065790733https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseographyhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/oujia-board-historyhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/30/ouija-board-mystery-history#:~:text=The%20name%20Ouija%20comes%20from%20a%20rooming%20house%20in%20Baltimore&text=But%20the%20name%20was%20coined,her%20meant%20%E2%80%9Cgood%20luck%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Age-movement~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to episode 97 (season 5, episode 3) of High Tales of History! We knew you'd be here because we saw it happen in our scrying mirror. We have our friend Saundra in the Smoke Circle with us for a two part episode on divination through history. Saundra is a psychic medium and intuitive tarot card reader and we have a blast all hanging out and taking a long trip back to the many divination practices of ancient civilizations.In this two part series, we will travel the Silk Road from east to west, stopping at various civilizations along the way and finishing in Ancient Rome. In part two, we will be picking up again in the Elizabethan Age, visiting those wild Victorians in their Spiritualism Era, and bringing it up through to the New Age Movement and today. Along the way, we will be meeting famous divinators, learning about tarot's evolution from card game to fortune telling, and get a reading from our guest, Saundra!~~~~~~~*Check Out What Our Guest, Saundra, is Doing!www.saundrainsagittarius.comTikTok: @saundra.in.sagittariusInstagram: @saundra.in.sagYouTube: @saundra.in.sagittarius~~~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~*~Source Materials--https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195393361/obo-9780195393361-0287.xml#:~:text=Divination%20is%20a%20universal%20phenomenon,unpublished%20even%20in%20the%202020shttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2347094?read-now=1&seq=1https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-read-bones-like-a-scapulimancer/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astrologyhttps://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2005/2005.06.29/#:~:text=The%20liver%20diviners%20and%20celestial%20diviners%20appear,as%20to%20confirm%20or%20refute%20medical%20advice.&text=The%20latest%20known%20Babylonian%20horoscope%2C%20BH%2027,the%20Greek%20tradition%20by%20just%20seven%20yearshttps://www.academia.edu/44688407/Geomancy_in_the_Islamic_Worldhttps://oxfordre.com/planetaryscience/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.001.0001/acrefore-9780190647926-e-46#:~:text=The%20relationship%20between%20planets%20and,more%20often%20than%20direct%20observationhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Pythia/#:~:text=There%2C%20at%20the%20temple%20center,sacrifice%20of%20a%20black%20ram.&text=It%20is%20a%20Hellenic%20tradition,accordance%20with%20our%20editorial%20policy~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
In episode 96, the sisters jump into some women's history beginning with the amazing and long history of Black midwifery in America. In early America, enslaved Black midwives (as well as Indigenous women) were responsible for birthing nearly all children in the United States. Today, Black midwives only make up between 5 to 9% of the profession while Black women are three to four times likely to die from a pregnancy related cause than white women (National Institutes of Health).In part two, Laurel chats about the amazing Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane, who launched a new kind of investigative journalism. From checking into a women's asylum in order to expose its mistreatment of patients to traveling around the world to coming out of retirement to cover the horrors of World War I in Europe, Nellie lived one hell of a life...~~~~~~~*Mentioned in the Stories:Black Midwifery Collective~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of HistoryFacebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~*~Source Materials--Black Midwives--https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-significance-doulas-and-midwives#:~:text=Early%20African%20American%20midwives%20were,babies%20became%20a%20medical%20specialty.&text=The%20uniform%20dress%20worn%20by%20midwife%20Amanda%20Carey%20Carterhttps://nursing.virginia.edu/news/bhm-black-midwives/#:~:text=Health%20departments%20established%20midwifery%20classes,%5Bis%5D%20so%20white.%E2%80%9Dhttps://wclp.org/black-midwifery-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%20rural%20America%2C%20however%2C%20Black,of%20births%20until%20the%201940'shttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DF8K751pz6k/?igsh=ODdmdzN3eXZpZHJ3Nellie Bly--https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/nellie-bly-0https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nellie-Blyhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/world-nellie-and-other-19th-century-writers/https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/11/nellie-bly-blackwells-island/https://time.com/6074783/psychiatry-history-women-mental-health/~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to the season five opener! It's episode 95 (we will be reaching 100 during this season!) and we have invited our musician bestie, Matty Baker, on to chat about the very long and very deep history of American protest music!From Yankee Doodle to Kendrick Lamar; from the Revolutionary War through the Black Freedom Struggle, Vietnam and queer identity, bounce through American history and the fist shaking songs that went with it.You can listen along to all the songs we mention during the episode, as well as some honorable mentions, and please comment (Patreon, YouTube and Spotify) what songs would you add to the discussion! Check out our YouTube playlist "American Protest Songs" on our channel on Youtube*~~~~Mentioned in the Episode:Episode 58: History of Cannabis, Jazz and the War on DrugsEpisode 25: The Great Beer Run (Vietnam War)Episode 35: The Stonewall UprisingEpisode 70: The History of Sex, part twoEpisode 85: History of Voguing and Drag BallsWar on Disco and Chicago's Disco Demolition NightEpisode 49: 1969 Native Occupation of Alcatraz Island~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistoryYouTube - High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~*Source Materials--https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/yankee-doodle/https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/we-shall-overcome/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-billie-holidays-strange-fruit/17738/https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/history-of-the-womens-rights-movement/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/14462948/protest-music-history-america-trump-beyonce-dylan-mistyhttps://www.nber.org/digest/202208/exploring-160-years-black-white-wealth-gapMeacham, Jon, and Tim McGraw. 2019. Songs of America. Random House.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antebellum#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%3F,dates%20back%20to%20the%201840shttps://aaregistry.org/story/the-antebellum-south-a-brief-story/https://study.com/academy/lesson/life-in-the-south-ordered-society-and-economy-of-the-southern-states.htmlhttps://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/slavery-and-freedom/sorrow-songs/#:~:text=Drawing%20on%20both%20African%20musical,improvisation%2C%20and%20encouraging%20group%20participationhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-superpower-of-singing-music-and-the-struggle-against-slavery.htm#:~:text=When%20spoken%20words%20are%20impossible,the%20dehumanizing%20character%20of%20slavery.%E2%80%9Dhttps://writingeducator.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/race-music-and-segregation-in-new-orleans/#:~:text=North%20of%20the%20French%20Quarter,circle%20to%20display%20their%20moves~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
**The following episode is a bonus "pre-season five" Half Baked mini-episode released for all. The rest of our Half Baked episodes are a part of our Patreon Best Buds Club. Come join Laurel in the Smoke Circle in her old man sweater and get a taste of the Half Baked as we talk the badass that is Harriet Tubman.How much do you know about Harriet Tubman? In this half baked mini episode, Laurel sparks one up and talks about the life of Harriet Tubman, the most successful "conductor" of the Underground Railroad and the "Moses of Her People."Tubman's name is very famous in American history and she was a total badass of a human being. Did you know in addition to helping free potentially hundreds upon hundreds of enslaved men, women and children, she was also a Civil War spy, nurse and the first woman in American history to help lead a major military operation?Sources:Biography.com Editors. “Harriet Tubman.”Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 25 Jan. 2021,www.biography.com/activist/harriet-tubman. Gearhart Levy, Renee. “Maxwell Perspective: The Truths Behind the Myth of Harriet Tubman.”The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, 23 July 2020,www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/perspective/the-truths-behind-the-myth-of-harriet-tubman/Michals, Debra. “Harriet Tubman.”National Women's History Museum, 2015,www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-tubman. https://www.businessinsider.com/harriet-tubman-20-bill-update-redesign-timeline-2030-2021-4https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/combahee-ferry-raidhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-harriet-tubmans-heroic-military-career-now-easier-envision-180975038/~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We've had a "whoops" and season five will just be pushed back a week to February 14th. See you then! In the meantime, if you're needing some High Tales of History in your life, we have posted a Half Baked episode on Harriet Tubman on our Patreon at Patreon.com/HighTalesofHistory which is open to all members (free or paid!) The Harriet Tubman mini-episode will be released on all of our podcast platforms later on Friday evening but if you want it sooner, head over to Patreon.com/Hightalesofhistory and check it out! See you on February 14th!
Hello Smoke Circle! We have been missing you and are looking forward to being back and talking history with you! We return with season five on February 7th talking with one of our bestest best friends, musician Matt Baker, about the long history of protest music in America. Best Bud members on Patreon get access to all new episodes two days early (and if you're not sure about joining, you can sign up for free and stay connected with us.) Patreon Best Buds Club Follow us on Instagram @HighTalesofHistory Or on TikTok @HighTalesofHistoryPod OR on YouTube @HighTalesofHistory
Welcome to episode 94, our season 4 finale! In it, we take a trip down the yellow brick road and meet the man behind the curtain--L. Frank Baum and talk about the creation of his immortal book, The Wizard of Oz. Over the years since the release of the book, many parables and metaphors have been applied to the story as well as inspirations for its characters. Together the sisters spark up, and dive into the life of author L. Frank Baum and the possible real life inspirations for the characters, including Glinda the Good Witch and his feminist suffragette mother in law, Matilda Joslyn Gage. ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: Episode 48: How Indigenous Women Inspired the Women's Rights Movement ~~~~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory YouTube - High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~* Source Materials-- https://www.jstor.org/stable/2710826?seq=11 https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/populism-and-world-oz https://www.jstor.org/stable/44683977?mag=grand-illusions&seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/frank-baum-the-man-behind-the-curtain-32476330/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/american-oz-wizard-white-city/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/ ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Hi there! We saved you a spot in the smoke circle! Puff, puff, pass y'all! Otherwise, KT has some "Cab Sav" for you if you're interested. This week's episode covers a wide span of history starting with Laurel's story of more recent times about the Feather Heist of a scientifically and historically priceless collection of rare birds from the British Natural History Museum. It is WILD so buckle in for the ride. I mean, did you know there is basically a fly fishing underground?! What? After our great heist adventure, KT takes us further back in the history books and tells us about the great Frederick Douglass, who inspired Black History Month. We also get to meet the amazing women in his life that helped him achieve all the great things he accomplished. ~~~~~~ This episode is a "remastering" and made for video version. Some editing has been done since its original release in July 2021. Apologies for some of the audio issues in this episode, it was from our very early recording days! :-) Thank you for your patience! ~~~~~~ The Socials: Instagram-- @HighTalesofHistory TikTok-- @HighTalesof HistoryPod YouTube-- https://www.youtube.com/@hightalesofhistory Patreon-- www.patreon.com/HighTalesofHistory Email -- hightailinghistorypod@gmail.com ~~~~~~ Sources: The Feather Heist-- Cole, Sean. “The Feather Heist.” This American Life, 10 May 2018, www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist. Johnson, Kirk W. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. Penguin Books, 2019. Frederick Douglass-- Cheeks, Vanessa, and Rebecca Rafferty. “The Great Women in Frederick Douglass's Life.” FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S ROCHESTER, Roccitynews, 21 Mar. 2018, rocdouglass.com/2018/03/20/the-great-women-in-frederick-douglasss-life/. Trent, Noelle. “Frederick Douglass.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 Apr. 2021, www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass. *~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
It's episode 93 and it is time for some HIGH seas and some HIGH-sts (heists, we might have been trying a bit too hard there with the word play) First up, Kt takes us to Korea during Japan's invasions of the nation, commonly known as the Imjin War in Korea's Joseon Period (1392 to 1910). There we meet Korea's great admiral, Yi Sun-sin, who won several key battles against the odds, helping to turn the tides of the war. Next, we head to 1911 Paris and watch as the heist of the world's most famous painting unfolds at the Louvre--the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. You won't believe how lax the security was and how easy it was to pluck pieces off the wall and walk out... *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Episode: Map of Korean Peninsula (North and South Korea didn't exist at this time, this map is just to show the geography and location of Korea) Map of the Battle of Meyongeyang Map of the Battle of Noryang High Tales of History Episode 4: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3dXDOSSdwGIHo3rkwNNw9G High Tales of History Episode 8 (Kt's History Crush): https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NP6N73C9DbQLmeBDBfjXm *~*~*~*~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod YouTube-- @High Tales of History Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~*~ Source Materials-- Yi Sun-sin-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yi-Sun-shin https://www.historynet.com/yi-sun-sin/#:~:text=Throughout%20his%20six%2Dyear%20naval,military%20record%20by%20any%20account. https://www2.hawaii.edu/~sford/research/turtle/index.html IMJIN WAR Ep. 21 - The Battle of Myeongnyang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aguf30zoo1k Mona Lisa: “Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa” by R.A. Scotti https://bookshop.org/p/books/vanished-smile-the-mysterious-theft-of-the-mona-lisa-r-a-scotti/8722082?ean=9780307278388 https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stolen-how-the-mona-lisa-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-16406234/ ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
It's episode 92 and we're talking about t*ts and shipwrecks! First up, we dive into North America's Great Lakes and learn about the first known shipwreck in 1679--Le Griffon--and bookend it with the last major shipwreck, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. We also talk about the Great Storm of 1913 and the weather systems that can make the Great Lakes so dangerous! After the break, we saddle up our horses, let our hair down and spark one up for Lady Godiva, who may have gotten her t*ts out for lower taxes! Hurrah! ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: Map of the Great Lakes Map of the Edmund Fitzgerald's Route "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot Episode on Robin Hood Episode on the History of England Episode on William the Conqueror ~~~~*The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory YouTube - High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~* Source Materials-- Shipwrecks-- https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-lost-ship-le-griffon-and-was-it-ever-found/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913 https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-fateful-journey/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cargo-ship-suddenly-sinks-in-lake-superior https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/as-an-underwater-graveyard-the-great-lakes-have-claimed-close-to-10-000 Lady Godiva-- https://www.history.com/news/who-was-lady-godiva https://www.britannica.com/place/Coventry-England https://manorialcounselltd.co.uk/lady-godiva-godly-goodly-real-life-legend/ ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to the Halloween Episode! In episode 91, we first take a dive into one of history's greatest adventure mysteries--The Dyatlov Pass Incident which has been unsolved for over 65 years! In the middle of winter in 1959, 9 experienced hikers disappeared in the Ural Mountains and died under mysterious circumstances. Theories range from avalanche to yeti attack to murder by the KGB. In 2019, Russia re-opened the case and may have come to a new conclusion...with a little inspiration from Disney's Frozen... Next up, KT takes us through a brief history of witches--From their connection to mythology and folklore to why we have certain archetypes and visualizations of witches and the mass witch trials and hysteria all across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: Pictures of Slab Avalanche Theory Werewolf/Witch Trials (Our previous episode number 90) ~~~~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory YouTube - High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com ~~~~* Source Materials-- Dyatlov Pass-- "Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" by Donnie Eichar https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129101315/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov/ https://www.history.com/news/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-death-mystery Witches-- https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140925-where-do-witches-come-from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology) https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ https://www.tamuc.edu/tamuc-history-professor-busts-myths-about-the-salem-witch-trials/ https://www.readandcobooks.co.uk/blog/witchcraft-and-black-magic-history-witches/ ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Well howdy and welcome to episode 90 of High Tales of History! For the month of October we are taking a trip into spooky and horrible histories and in episode 90, we are taking a trip to Europe to hear all about their werewolf trials which came out of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries' anxieties about religious and political clashes as well as a gross attempt to find a scapegoat for these changes and harsh conditions. Next, we head to the court of France's King Louis XIV, a place that is already a hotbed of jealousy, deceit and ambition and add poison and magic spells meant to eliminate enemies and influence their position at court. We also take a side trip to Italy to learn about the Aqua Tofana poison ring which may have been responsible for 600 deaths! *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Episode: Episode 31: History's Worst Serial Killers You've Never Heard Of *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory YouTube - High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Werewolves-- Poisons-- https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Poisons https://www.jstor.org/stable/20618513?read-now=1&seq=2 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1500&context=pubs https://www.academia.edu/29668795/Aqua_Tofana https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana https://retrospectjournal.com/2024/03/03/aqua-tofana-bottled-revenge-of-the-17th-century-wife/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to Season 4, Episode 2 (ep.89)In this episode, Kt hits us with some important medical history--the discovery, I mean, CO-discovery of insulin--and the hot drama that *CO* discovery created! After the break, Laurel brings the story of young Audrey Hepburn and her teens years as a helper in the Dutch Resistance in her heavily Nazi-occupied town.*~*~*~*~*Mentioned in the Episode:Togo and the Serum Run (Balto story)More celebrities in the resistance!Our episode on Josephine Baker*~*~*~*~*~The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- The Best Buds Club!Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistoryYouTube - High Tales of HistoryEmail—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com*~*~*~*~*Source Materials--Insulin--https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/48/12/2270/5642437https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanities-cultures/news/article/2521/the-controversy-of-insulin-and-its-nobel-prize-100-years-onhttps://diabetes.org/blog/history-wonderful-thing-we-call-insulinhttps://www.who.int/health-topics/diabetes#tab=tab_1https://www.google.com/search?q=diabetes&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US792&oq=diabetes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyEggAEEUYORiRAhixAxiABBiKBTIGCAEQIxgnMgwIAhAjGCcYgAQYigUyEwgDEAAYgwEYkQIYsQMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYkQIYgAQYigUyBggFEEUYPDIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxBFGDzSAQg2MDAwajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8Audrey Hepburn--Dutch Girl by Robert Matzenhttps://time.com/5582729/audrey-hepburn-world-war-ii/https://www.military.com/history/how-audrey-hepburn-aided-dutch-resistance-during-world-war-ii.htmlhttps://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+poeple+were+involved+in+resistnace+acticities+in+ww2+europe&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US792&oq=how+many+poeple+were+involved+in+resistnace+acticities+in+ww2+europe&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTE1MTM1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8*~*~*~*~Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to season four! To kick it off, we go to the not so distant past to a remarkable archeological find in Bosnia in 2019--a (probably) 14th century sword in the stone! From there, we travel back further into history to meet the inventor of the one of the most disruptive pieces of technology in at the turn of the 20th century--the diesel engine, created by Rudolf Diesel. While crossing the English Channel on an overnight ferry, Diesel disappeared. Was it suicide? Murder? Was the body found (yet not recovered) even his? The questions that swirled around the mysterious circumstances of his disappearance also fueled conspiracy theories that put two of the world's most powerful men as the culprits for his murder--John D. Rockefeller and Germany's Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II. *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HighTalesofHistory TikTok- @HighTalesofHistoryPod Facebook -High Tales of History or @HighTalesofHistory YouTube- High Tales of History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Sword in the Stone-- https://balkaninsight.com/2019/10/17/medieval-sword-in-discovered-in-stone-enchants-bosnians/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7605165/Archaeologists-discover-medieval-weapon-dubbed-Excalibur.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Excalibur-Arthurian-legend https://www.worldhistory.org/Excalibur/ Rudolf Diesel-- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mysterious-case-of-rudolf-diesel-genius-power-and-deception-on-the-eve-of-world-war-i-douglas-brunt/19723987?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiuC2BhDSARIsALOVfBJFgFLfAi1TsHouVr6riUgtmXvOyCQEoFEG5wg9sm36PXN6iR-l_qMaAiK9EALw_wcB https://www.quora.com/Which-scientists-were-imprisoned-or-killed-for-their-discoveries chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/10/01/100408236.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/rudolf-diesel https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/inventor-rudolf-diesel-vanishes https://time.com/4049401/diesel-disappearance/ https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-rockefeller-rudolf-diesel-murder-theory-is-full-of-holes/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Hello Smoke Circle! We have missed you all and hope you are doing well. Season four will be kicking off in two weeks on Friday, September 13th.Please be sure you are following or subscribed on whatever platform you love to listen on so you get notified right away when episode one of season four drops in a couple of weeks! Also, please follow us on Instagram or on TikTok and stay updated on the show and get some more great history content from your favorite Midwestern stoner history loving sisters!
Welcome to episode 87 also known as Season Three, Episode 8. For our last episode of the season, we are doing some adventure and true crime history! We are joined by Laurel's husband, Kristian, back from Season One Episode 4 to hear about another wild race from history--the 1908 Great Car Race in which 6 cars went on a race from New York to Paris. Next up, Kt takes us through some true crime with some bootlegger history and murder with the tale of the King of the Bootleggers, George Reamus! The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Car Race-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PzFS76T9lc "Behind the Headlights" The Speed Channel https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/automobiles https://thegreatestautorace.com/the-people/ https://www.buffalohistorygazette.net/2018/02/new-york-to-paris-great-auto-race-of.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paris-or-bust-the-great-new-york-to-paris-auto-race-of-1908-116784616/ https://ameshistory.org/tribunearchives/1908-new-york-paris-great-race#:~:text=The%20Great%20Race%20of%201908,12%2C%201908%20in%20Times%20Square ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to episode 86! We are celebrating our three year anniversary of the show with a topic that kicked it all off for us: a kickass female pirate. In this episode we meet al-Sayyida al-Hurra, a queen of her city-state of Tétouan in present-day Morocco. Due to a lack of formal navy against the might of the Portuguese and Spanish fleets, she created one out of privateers and pirates. Her ragtag crews terrorized the European ships and the plunder from them gave her city unprecedented wealth. For this episode, Laurel is flying solo but Kt will be back along with a special guest for episode 87 and our final episode of season three! *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/barbarossa-pirate?rnd=1701054034745&loggedin=true https://www.jstor.org/stable/41850741?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ac304d47af85e54b754e8900bd4f8cd4a&seq=1 https://www.medievalists.net/2022/08/pirate-queen-mediterranean-al-sayyida-al-hurra/ https://historiaislamica.com/en/sayyida-al-hurra-the-muslim-pirate-queen/ https://www.qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
It's episode 85! We are rounding out our celebration of Pride month by going back to the 19th century, four years after the end of the American Civil War, to attend the earliest drag balls in Harlem, New York. Over time, these balls turned into the house ballroom culture and the dance competitions that birthed voguing. After the break, KT takes us through time and around the world to look at the practices around the summer solstice in different cultures. *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Drag Balls and Voguing-- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-self-proclaimed-drag-queen-was-a-formerly-enslaved-man-180982311/ https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/brief-history-voguing https://time.com/5941822/ballroom-voguing-queer-black-culture-renaissance/ https://www.history.com/news/drag-balls-house-ballroom-voguing chromeextension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ezratemko.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/A-history-of-drag-balls-houses-and-the-culture-of-voguing.pdf https://www.historyhit.com/culture/the-history-of-drag-balls/ https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/willi-ninja Summer Solstice-- (coming soon) ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
It's episode 84 and we have history! And horses! And non-binary 18th century preachers! We. Have. Everything. Kt, our resident Horse Girl and Horsetorian, takes us on a tour through history to meet some of its most famous equine figures--from Alexander the Great's Bucephalus to Roy Rogers' Trigger. Next, Laurel travels through history to Revolutionary War era America to meet a non-binary preacher, who traveled the colonies preaching against sin, slavery and inequality known to their followers and history as: The Public Universal Friend. *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- History's Horses-- https://www.treehugger.com/famous-horses-from-history-4869161 https://www.si.edu/spotlight/famous-horses https://www.google.com/search?q=why+are+horses+important+in+history&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US792&oq=why+are+horses+important+in+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB7SAQg2NzAyajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.morganhorse.com/about/museum/the-life-and-times-of-figure/ https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Lexington.html https://www.si.edu/object/general-sheridans-horse-winchester-aka-rienzi%3Anmah_439678 Public Universal Friend-- https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/16/who-was-public-universal-friend-living-outside-gender-binary-revolutionary-times https://wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/public-universal-friend/ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/812092399 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christian_universalism https://www.jstor.org/stable/90009810 ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
In episode 83, KT wraps up her two part series on fantasy authors and friends with J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series. (In our previous episode, she covered C.S. Lewis) From his service in World War One to his time teaching at Oxford and Cambridge to his amazing world building of Middle Earth, KT takes us through the life of J.R.R. Tolkien--there and back again. After the break, Laurel takes us on another literary quest, this time following the life of Christopher Columbus's illegitimate son, Hernando Colón, and his lifelong pursuit of creating the greatest library in the world. **Alert! In case you don't have the updated audio, you'll notice a blank space at the beginning of KT's story. This was to correct the pronunciation of the country she mentioned, which is Luh-SOO-too or Luh-SEW-Toe, depending on where you are in the world** *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Part One of the Author Series with C.S. Lewis *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- J.R.R. Tolkien-- Hernando Colón-- The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716600905/christopher-columbus-son-had-an-enormous-library-its-catalog-was-just-found#:~:text=Hourly%20News-,'Libro%20De%20Los%20Ep%C3%ADtomes%2C'%20A%20500%2DYear%2D,it%20turned%20up%20in%20Denmark https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/11/christopher-columbus-son-worlds-first-search-engine-hernando-colon https://nationalpost.com/news/professor-discovers-centuries-old-attempt-by-christopher-columbuss-son-to-index-every-book-in-existence https://scholarworks.indianapolis.iu.edu/items/74e0df92-1f84-41da-b36c-9fb024baf09e https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/hernandocolon/home/ ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome into the wardrobe for episode 82! At the back you'll find the Smoke Circle where we have snacks, history and...gin. Laurel first takes you to 18th century London when the greater access to spirits made gin a hot commodity and everyone a hot mess...or worse. After the break, KT shares the life and creative mind of Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C.S. Lewis. Lewis authored over 30 books, including the popular Chronicles of Narnia series. *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Gin Lane He also made a Beer Street too *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Gin Craze-- https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678967?read-now=1&seq=9#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/23265151?seq=2 https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/gin-craze-panic-18th-century-london-when-came-england-alcohol-drinking-history/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-history/gin-mania https://www.uwyo.edu/numimage/currency.htm C.S. Lewis-- ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to episode 81! In this episode, Laurel covers the story of the RMS Titanic's sinking and how it remained undiscovered on the ocean floor for the next 73 years until a top secret Cold War mission led to its (almost accidental) discovery in 1985. After we get back on dry land, KT brings us a long awaited topic near and dear to her heart: metal music. From its early foundations and icons to the passing of the torch to new metal sounds, KT covers the history of heavy metal music with a lot of heart. *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: History I'd Like to F*ck with Dawn Brodey Titanic Episode, part 1 HILF Titanic Episode Part 2 Map of the Titanic, Thresher and Scorpion Wreck Sites (link opens to the blog page with map, just scroll down a little) War Pigs by Black Sabbath *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Titanic Discovery-- https://courses.bowdoin.edu/history-2203-fall-2020-kmoyniha/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/titanic-lost-found?rnd=1714057355740&loggedin=true https://www.history.com/news/titanic-final-hours-passengers-lifeboats https://legionmagazine.com/declassified-documents-shed-new-light-on-notorious-sinking-of-uss-thresher/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/april/what-killed-thresher https://courses.bowdoin.edu/history-2203-fall-2020-cdonohue/narrative-of-the-event/the-uss-scorpion/ All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion by Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-first-manned-expedition-sunken-wreck-titanic-180964021/ https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-44488311 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/titanic-was-found-during-secret-cold-war-navy-mission?loggedin=true&rnd=1714057363908 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/100818-titanic-3-d-expedition-shipwreck-science-collapsing?rnd=1714398741201&loggedin=true History of Metal-- https://www.vh1.com/news/8u66qa/unexpected-hard-rock-heavy-metal-influences https://www.steel-boots.com/n/short-history-of-metal-music https://teachrock.org/lesson/the-roots-of-heavy-metal/ https://www.britannica.com/art/heavy-metal-music https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-bands-leading-new-wave-nu-metal https://www.bobthune.com/blog/2020/02/heavy-metal-music-a-rough-timeline https://www.masterclass.com/articles/heavy-metal-music-guide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to season three! We are thrilled to be back with you and thrilled to be back with one of our favorite guests, Dr. Darren R. Reid, history professor at Coventry University in Coventry, England. We previously had Dr. Reid on in episodes 52 and 53 (linked below if you want to hear!) to talk to us about Indigenous representation in popular movies and they quickly became listener favorites. This time around, he's bringing his passion for pop culture history with the story of the game of Tetris. From its origins behind the Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union to becoming the best selling game in the world. Next, Laurel presses "start player 2" and picks it up with the console wars between Nintendo and Sega during the 80s and 90s. It was Sonic vs. Mario, David vs. Goliath, underdogs vs. the video game titans, who emerges as the winner? Finally, Kt brings it to the final level with ancient civilizations and how they handled solar eclipses. What did these great cosmic events mean to ancient peoples? Were they seen as a bad omen? It's a totally different topic altogether because this is Hightailing Through History where two sisters get high and surprise each other with a story from history's vault of the weird and the wonderful! If you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate and review. It means so much and it helps our show grow! *~*~*~*~* Learn more about our guest, Dr. Darren R. Reid: Instagram-- @thathistorianinsta TikTok-- @thathistoriantiktok YouTube-- That Historian His website *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Console Wars Documentary Trailer Console Wars by Blake Harris (book) Kt's Episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Reebok Pump Commercial *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History Email--hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Console Wars-- Console Wars Documentary Console War Book by Blake Harris https://em360tech.com/tech-article/what-happened-to-atari#:~:text=The%20'video%20game%20crash%20of,with%20consoles%20of%20varying%20quality https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27373587 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/protecting-children-dangers-virtual-violence-2016080210036 https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/mattel-barbie-nintendo-sega-tucson/article_d07a1996-984f-11ee-85bf-e731a58ceb31.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_war https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27373587 Ancient Civilizations and Eclipses-- https://www.npr.org/2024/04/07/1243320725/ancient-babylonians-brought-light-to-mysterious-eclipses#:~:text=Unsurprisingly%2C%20in%20the%20ancient%20world,detailed%20records%20of%20celestial%20movement https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-ancient-civilizations-reacted-to-eclipses-180983894/ https://www.britannica.com/list/the-sun-was-eaten-6-ways-cultures-have-explained-eclipses ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
It's our season 2 finale so hop in your wicker basket and get ready for some wild intergalactic travel we have guest Justin McHenry in the Smoke Circle to talk about a fake place that has some very real history--Lemuria! Justin has written the book "Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place" which takes the reader from its real origins in 19th century science all the way through its adoption by new age spirituality! Justin also later gives us a Lemuria true crime story that he only briefly touches on in the book so the Smoke Circle gets all the tea on that, lucky us! But the wild ride doesn't stop there, KT has her own slice of weird history she brings to the episode regarding Australia's war against a mighty foe: standing 6 feet tall with the ability to disembowel a human if things go sideways...the Emu. We are off for the next six weeks and will be back with you again on April 19th, 2024...just in time for our favorite holiday... *wink!* In the meantime, please keep up with us on Instagram @hightailinghistory or on TikTok @HightailingHistoryPod Check out what our guest Justin McHenry is up to! His book: Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place Follow him on Instagram @Justin.Loves.History Or join his Substack at: ourbelatedpast.substack.com *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Lemurs Getting High *~*~*~*~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Lemuria-- Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place by Justin McHenry Emu War-- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Emu-War https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/06/australias-emu-war-john-cleese-outrun-in-race-to-shoot-movie-of-how-flightless-birds-thwarted-armys-machine-guns https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/australias-emu-wars/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to season 2, episode 7! We're celebrating Black history in the Smoke Circle! First up, Laurel takes us back to roaring 20s Paris to meet Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age star, who was not only a singing and dancing star in the early 20th century, but also was a spy for the French Resistance during WWII and spent her later years as an activist for the Civil Rights Movement in America. Next, we puff, puff, pass it to KT, who picks history up in the late 1970s, when disco ruled the airwaves...but not everyone was happy about that. Learn about Chicago's Disco Demolition Night and how "the war" against disco wasn't just about upbeat, danceable music...it also showed some ugly truths about the permeation of white supremacy in America. *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Josephine Baker's Banana Dance Josephine's Charleston (she is *topless*! NSFW) Baker Singing in 1955 War on Disco PBS Documentary Our Episode on Cannabis and Jazz Our Episode on the Stonewall Uprising Our Episode on Jack Daniel's Frankie Knuckles's NYC Boiler Room DJ Set *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- The Best Buds Club! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Josephine Baker-- https://www.biography.com/artists/josephine-baker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/black-french-american-rights-activist-josephine-baker-enters-pantheon https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/josephine-baker-was-the-star-france-wanted-and-the-spy-it-needed-damien-lewis-agent-josephine https://www.history.com/news/josephine-baker-world-war-ii-spy The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy by Peggy Caravantes War on Disco-- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night lhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/arts/television/the-war-on-disco-pbs.html https://rateyourmusic.com/list/FelipeRYM/heavy-bands_projects-fronted-by-a-black-vocalist/ ~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
We're celebrating all different kinds of love in the Smoke Circle for Valentine's Day! First up, Laurel travels through time recounting iconic stories of love and friendship suggested by listeners--from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Next, Kt travels through the life and family tree of Norman king William I--also known as William the Conqueror. *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Family Tree for William the Conqueror Adams/Jefferson Letters Alice B. Toklas's Special Recipe *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Our Love Stories Were Suggested By... Heloise and Abelard from @rue.chemin.vert John Adams and Thomas Jefferson from Dr. Darren R. Reid @thathistorianinsta Marquis de Lafayette and Adrienne from Brendan Dowd at History Nerds United @histnerdsunited Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine from TK at For The Love of History @fortheloveof_historypodcast Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas from Derek at History's Greatest Idiots @historysgreatestidiots *~*~*~*~ Source Materials: Love Stories-- https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14268/pg14268-images.html https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35977/35977-h/35977-h.htm https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Abelard https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/trend-tradition-magazine/trend-tradition-spring-2019/friends-divided https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-interview-historians/ https://www.history.com/news/jefferson-adams-founding-frenemies https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lafayette-marie-adrienne-de-1760-1807 https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/marquis-de-lafayette https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-josephine-bonaparte-love-story-marriage-divorce https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/napoleon-josephine-true-relationship-infidelity-influence?loggedin=true&rnd=1707024549853 https://theconversation.com/napoleon-and-josephines-real-relationship-was-intense-but-they-loved-power-more-than-each-other-218160 https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/josephine-1763-1814 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37499/37499-h/37499-h.htm (Napoleon's letters) https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/gertrude-stein-alice-b-toklas-love-story https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/stein-gertrude-and-alice-b-toklas-1874-1946-and-1877-1967 https://www.getty.edu/news/good-food-conversation-with-gertrude-stein-and-alice-b-toklas/ William the Conqueror-- https://www.royal.uk/william-the-conqueror https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/who-was-william-the-conqueror/ https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-william-the-conqueror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/william-conqueror-parents-0010669 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rollo-duke-of-Normandy https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Norway https://englishhistory.net/vikings/king-canute-the-great/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to part two of the history of American comics with comic book historian and writer, Kevin Garcia. Kevin joins the Smoke Circle to discuss American comic's great (roughly) 150 year history and how intertwined they are with the history of America itself. Through comic books, readers can see reflections of American policies, commonly held beliefs, attitudes about America's place in the world and how America views its citizens, and also, how that all changed over time. From children to adults, comics have been beloved by all ages and all peoples as readers see themselves reflected in the triumphs and tribulations of their heroes. *~*~*~*~*~* Get to know our guest, Kevin Garcia! https://kevingarciasite.wordpress.com/ Kevin's TikTok Kevin's Instagram *~*~*~*~* Further Reading and Resources for the Curious: American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber (Laurel's source for this series) Alex Grand, Comic Book Historians YouTube Channel Aztec and Maya Calendar *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to a great two part series with comic book historian and writer, Kevin Garcia. Kevin joins the Smoke Circle to discuss American comic's great (roughly) 150 year history and how intertwined they are with the history of America itself. Through comic books, readers can see reflections of American policies, commonly held beliefs, attitudes about America's place in the world and how America views its citizens, and also, how that all changed over time. From children to adults, comics have been beloved by all ages and all peoples as readers see themselves reflected in the triumphs and tribulations of their heroes. *~*~*~*~*~* Get to know our guest, Kevin Garcia! https://kevingarciasite.wordpress.com/ Kevin's TikTok Kevin's Instagram *~*~*~*~* Further Reading and Resources for the Curious: American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang (Author) Gurihiru (Illustrator) Katie's Episode on The Creation of Superman Laurel's Episode on The Lavender Scare (McCarthyism, Communist Outing, Morality Codes) YouTube Video from Dr. Darren R. Reid on Superman animated short "Eleventh Hour" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to season 2, episode 3 and the last episode of 2023! To finish it out, Kt takes us through the lives of Viking Age women and what their days might have been like. She also connects this history and time period to the song "Savage Daughter" by Karen Kahan/Wyndreth Berginsdottir, which has been popular on social media platforms. After that, Laurel takes the Smoke Circle on a long walk down nostalgia lane with the interesting and sometimes weird and bizarre history behind the 20th century's most popular Christmas toys. *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: "Savage Daughter" Video and Lyrics *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: Viking Age Women-- Popular Toys-- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-teddy-bear-once-seen-dangerous-influence-young-children-180983234/ https://invention.si.edu/lincoln-logs-inventor-john-lloyd-wright https://www.history.com/news/the-birth-of-lincoln-logs https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2023/10/pop-up-books/#:~:text=The%20first%20official%20%E2%80%9Cpop%2Dup,Library%20of%20Congress%2C%202014). https://www.newberry.org/blog/pop-up-books-history-that-jumps-off-the-page-literally https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramon-Llull https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/monopoly-was-designed-teach-99-about-income-inequality-180953630/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins https://blogs.bl.uk/business/2023/03/lizzie-magie-and-the-history-of-monopoly-1.html#:~:text=So%20in%20November%20of%201935,board%20games%20she%20subsequently%20created) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-slinky-180973016/ https://www.npr.org/2014/07/17/332107370/how-that-pinkish-goo-called-silly-putty-came-out-of-its-shell https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/not-so-simple-simon-proved-young-were-swifter-than-old-180953561/ https://timeline.com/cabbage-patch-craze-867ce8d076c https://www.vice.com/en/article/8gk4dk/the-secret-history-of-cabbage-patch-kids-011 https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/features/teddy-ruxpin-history-disney-atari-2017-return/ https://www.history.com/news/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-came-to-a-crashing-end https://public.com/learn/beanie-babies-boom#:~:text=A%20little%20over%20two%20decades,the%20United%20States%20from%20Canada *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to episode two of season two! In this episode we get to realize our dream of being Bill and Ted: plucking a historical figure out of time and sitting down with them to talk history and hear one of their most juicy (and most excellent!) stories! We are joined in the Smoke Circle by Bryan Austin, first person historical interpreter of Benjamin Franklin as well as other historical people in America's founding. We talk about his experience as a first person interpreter as well as dig into one of the juiciest and potentially scandalous stories from Ben's life--the Craven Street Corpses (did you hear that they found skeletons in the basement of the house Franklin lived in while in London?!) Afterwards, Laurel talks about the lost state of Franklin, named after ol' Benny Franks, which was almost America's 14th state. We also learn about other potential states that nearly became a part of the union. Kt wraps things up with the history of the Boston Tea Party, celebrating its 250 year anniversary on December 16th, 2023! *~*~*~* Connect with Bryan Austin! Let's Be Frank: An Auditory Almanac of the Curious Mind Podcast on Spotify (also on all major podcast platforms) Website for Let's Be Frank Bryan on Instagram -- @bfranklinlive Bryan on TikTok -- @bfranklinlive *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: "Benjamin Franklin" on The Office Benjamin Franklin House and Pictures Map of The State of Franklin *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: Lost State of Franklin-- https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/true-story-short-lived-state-franklin-180964541/ https://www.history.com/news/5-would-be-u-s-states chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7935&context=penn_law_review https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-state-of-franklin-starts-its-brief-existence chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/pdf/barksdale_state_of_franklin.pdf Boston Tea Party-- https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act#:~:text=The%20tea%20tax%20was%20kept,India%20Company%20out%20of%20debt. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-boston-tea-party https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/East-India-Company *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
We are back with episode one of season two! We're excited to be back in the Smoke Circle with you! Kt hits it hard right off the bat with the history of one of her most favorite things in the world--CHEESE. After that, Laurel takes us to Sweden to meet King Christina of Sweden! *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Pictures of Christina of Sweden Images for Vasa Warship *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: History of Cheese-- https://nationalhistoriccheesemakingcenter.org/history-of-cheese/ https://www.idfa.org/history-of-cheese#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20cheese%20was%20made,in%20the%20monasteries%20of%20Europe. https://www.cheese.com/blog/how-it-all-started-history-behind-science-cheese/ https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/ming-dynasty Christina of Sweden-- https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/christina-sweden-1626-1689 https://faculty.washington.edu/ewebb/Rome/Christina.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/books/review/christina-queen-of-sweden-a-royal-mess.html https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2016/12/queen-christina-of-sweden-1626-89/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Hey there! In case you missed it from the last episode, we are currently on a season break, but will be back with season two on December 1. If you're looking to find us in the meantime, please be sure that you are following us on Instagram @HightailingHistory, on TikTok @HightailingHistoryPod, and our YouTube channel @HightailingThroughHistory. We'll see you again in a little less than two weeks! Take care! —Laurel and Kt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Let's get spooky! In our final episode of a very long season one, we cover a long-running mystery called the Tunguska Event. Over 100 years ago, the Earth experienced the largest impact of a cosmic body in modern human history...but no impact was found... Next, Kt takes us on a field trip through England to visit castles with eerie history--complete with ghost sightings, hell hounds and lined up shots of fluid containing human remains...ew. This is our final episode of season 1! We will have a six week break and will be back on December 1, 2023! *~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Test Footage of Tsar Bomba Images of Tree Destruction of Tunguska Event Images of Whitby Abbey *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: Tunguska-- https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=100524 https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/50/1/1.18/201316 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282256596_The_Tunguska_Event https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201806/history.cfm https://www.nasa.gov/history/115-years-ago-the-tunguska-asteroid-impact-event/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-tunguska-mystery-100-years-later/ https://theconversation.com/mystery-solved-meteorite-caused-tunguska-devastation-15154 https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/five-years-after-the-chelyabinsk-meteor-nasa-leads-efforts-in-planetary-defense/ Castles-- *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
**Content Warning: Hightailing Through History is for mature audiences and this particular episode includes content that is...a little more mature and "dirty" than our usual "mature content." Viewer and listener discretion is advised** Welcome to the conclusion of our history of sex series! For part two, Laurel snags her best friend, Kelly, to join the Smoke Circle. If you can't chat about sex's incredibly long history with your bestie, who can you talk to?! In part two, we pick it up in the Age of Enlightenment and finish it out in the present day, discussing the attitudes and practices around sex found in these different eras in time. In addition, our community on social media voted for further getting into bed with other sexual topics like aphrodisiacs, sexual science, erotica and pornography, sex work, contraception and sexual hygiene. Get cozy--with yourself or someone you love--and join us in the Smoke Circle for a wild ride through sexual history! *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Regime de Vivre by John Wilmot Signior D*ldo by John Wilmot Food Scene from 9 1/2 Weeks *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: The Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/histories-of-sexuality/victorianism/4ADD4EB1729128604FC22E75AE75C8B2 https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/victorian-sexualities https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/09/victorian-vibrators-orgasms-doctors/569446/ Note: my sources have maxed out my character limit for show notes. I have included sources for the more "controversial" topic of the Victorian era but if you would like my full source list, please email at hightailinghistorypod@gmail.com I would be very happy to send it! *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to Episode 69! In this two part series, we are diving into the deep topic of sex and its history! In part one, we take it from 385 million years ago up through the Middle Ages discussing the attitudes and practices around sex found in different cultures and eras. In addition, our community on social media voted for further getting into bed with other sexual topics like aphrodisiacs, sexual science, erotica and pornography, sex work, contraception and sexual hygiene. Get cozy--with yourself or someone you love--and join us in the Smoke Circle for a wild ride through sexual history! *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Picture of Microbrachius Dicki Cave Engraving of Female Sex Organs Venus de Villendorf Figurine *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: The Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29661446 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47418532 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/09/18/349474044/looking-beyond-notions-of-erotica-in-prehistoric-art https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/a-brief-history-of-sex-and-sexuality-in-ancient-greece/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/pederasty-homosexuality-ancient-greece-boys-sparta-girls-plato-sappho-consent/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/culture-of-love/a-brief-cultural-history-of-sex-938527.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/21/sex-and-the-constitution-the-ancient-greeks/ https://theconversation.com/philosophy-and-sex-work-how-courtesans-in-ancient-greece-crossed-the-mind-body-divide-168940 https://classroom.synonym.com/interaction-humans-gods-greek-mythology-13678.html https://www.thecollector.com/roman-graffiti-painting-pompeii-herculaneum/ https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/the-pill/contraception-in-ancient-history https://www.historiamag.com/sex-in-ancient-rome/ https://pages.uoregon.edu/klio/tx/re/aug-law.htm *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Kt was sick this past week when we were going to record so we have pushed episode 69 back to September 22nd! See you again soon and thank you for your understanding and patience! :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to Episode 68! We are joined by returning guest Aaron Odom, host of Euripides Eumenides: a Theater History Pod! We have such a great time in the Smoke Circle together (as we always do!) talking about the tangled web of royal family members during the course of WWI--and tangled it is! Next, the sisters tag team a brief history of the jester around the world. From Native American tribes to its ancient history in China, the jester was used for entertainment but also as an unofficial advisor and symbol for the commoner in the monarch's court. *~*~*~*~ Check out Euripides Eumenides! Podcast Instagram-- @Euripides, Eumenides *~*~*~* Mentioned In the Stories: Episode 41 with Aaron talking about Entertainment in Ancient Rome and Wrestling as Theater and Sport Picture of Queen Victoria's Family Tree (just the portion relevant to episode) Tsar Nicholas II and King George V together Visuals from Met Museum of Jester stick *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: History of the Jester-- Fools and Jesters at the English Court by John Southworth www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2019/1/13/medieval-jesters-and-their-parallels-in-modern-america#:~:text=Jesters%20are%20comparable%20to%20today's,Jester%20of%20the%20feudalistic%20courts https://allthatsinteresting.com/triboulet https://thecurator.org/2021/02/02/the-jester-shakespeares-jesters/ https://www.jesterplanet.com/jester/around-the-world/ https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/640914.html https://www.samwoolfe.com/2022/12/ancient-origins-jester.html *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hightailing-history/message
Welcome to episode 67! We cover the ancient and the recent in this one! First up, Laurel takes the Smoke Circle back to the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century. Rome was a revolving door of emperors and constant uprisings and civil wars. During this period of time, one regent queen rose up and broke away from Rome, creating her own empire in a meteoric rise... Next, Kt tells the story of two struggling artists who pitched the idea of a young man bitten by a radioactive spider for a comic hero. Coming so close to not being made at all, Spider Man ended up being one of comics' greatest heroes and it biggest breakout star. *~*~*~* Mentioned In The Stories: Map of the Palmyrene Empire Spider-Man's First Appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 A Little History Podcast with Patrick Little *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: Queen Zenobia-- Queen Zenobia of Palmyra: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Levant's Most Famous Queen by the Charles River Editors https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/history-queen-zenobia-defied-rome https://www.worldhistory.org/zenobia/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Odaenathus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_civil_wars_and_revolts Spider-Man-- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spider-Man-comic-book-character https://around.uoregon.edu/spider-man-60-learning-history-comics https://www.anchorcounselingcenters.com/superhero-blog/week-5-spider-man-learning-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Welcome to episode 66 and boy howdy do we have some interesting history for you! Kt kicks things off with a trip to Mesoamerica to learn about the elite eagle and jaguar warriors of the Mexica (also known as the Aztecs). Armed with fierce weaponry, like the Macuahuitl--a club studded with razor sharp obsidian stone--the warriors were rewarded not on how many enemy kills they could tally...but how many they could capture alive... Next, Laurel tells of a strange historical event with the backdrop of WWII. Roman doctors were diagnosing patients with a strange disease whose symptoms ended in neurological degeneration and the patient's death. Despite its danger, it somehow saved the lives of those diagnosed with it. *~*~*~* Mentioned In The Stories: Images of the Eagle Warriors Images of the Jaguar Warriors The Macuahuitl The History of the Caribbean Episode Fatebenefratelli Hospital Operation Mincemeat Episode Third Wave Social Experiment Episode *~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~* Source Materials: Eagle and Jaguar Warriors-- Syndrome K-- Syndrome K: How Italy Resisted the Final Solution by Christian Jennings Syndrome K Documentary (2019) https://brill.com/view/journals/fasc/6/2/article-p127_127.xml?language=en http://www.italyandtheholocaust.org/italian-racial-laws.aspx https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/italy https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/k-syndrome-disease-saved *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Image of 70s Conversation Pit: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Welcome to episode 65! During our time in the Smoke Circle today we'll be visiting West Africa to learn more about the Agojie who were the all women army of the Kingdom of Dahomey. This fierce group of fighters were featured in the film The Woman King. T'Challa's royal guard in Black Panther, the Dora Milaje, were also loosely based on these women. After that, we tour other places in the world to explore mysterious underground cities. Some have been turned into beautiful works of art while others have been used for safety and shelter during times of war or nuclear fallout! *~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~*~*~* Source Material: Dahomey Warriors-- smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/ https://guardian.ng/life/the-story-of-the-fearless-women-warriors-of-dahomey/ Underground Cities-- https://www.history.com/news/8-mysterious-underground-cities https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220810-derinkuyu-turkeys-underground-city-of-20000-people https://www.france.fr/en/northern-france/article/the-underground-city-of-naours https://www.theidioms.com/worth-your-salt/ https://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/individual-tourist/about-the-mine/history-of-the-mine https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/burlington-bunker https://www.npr.org/2014/12/07/368760646/a-universe-beneath-our-feet-life-in-beijings-underground https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/atomic-rooms-beijing-china-housing *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Welcome to episode 64, our first ever video episode! Kt kicks things off with investigating the dark and often gruesome history behind children's nursery rhymes. Next, Laurel goes through the wild inside job of the NASA moon rock heist in 2002. *~*~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Stories: Episode 2: The Great Feather Heist *~*~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod YouTube- Hightailing Through History *~*~*~*~*~* Source Material: Nursery Rhymes-- https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/07/ring-around-the-rosie-metafolklore-rhyme-and-reason/ https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/darkest-nursery-rhymes/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes NASA Heist-- https://www.space.com/11804-nasa-moon-rock-sting-apollo17.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/confessions-of-a-moon-rock-thief/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/moon-rock-thief-thad-roberts/582757/ The Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist by Icon Documentaries Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Welcome to episode 63! In this episode Laurel dives into the life of American musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe, often called the Godmother of Rock n' Roll. She was a direct musical inspiration for many iconic male performers of 1950s rock. Names like Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis all were in awe of Rosetta's powerhouse voice and talent on her Gibson SG guitar. She performed with the Who's Who of Black jazz musicians like Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway at Harlem's Cotton Club and went on to have a four decade-long career! Why, then, have so few people heard of her? Next, Kt takes us south to learn about the history and the peoples of the many islands that make up what is known as the Caribbean. Learn what happened before Columbus and other European powers came along and celebrate the perseverance, independence and culture of the people there today. As of June 2023, the United States officially recognizes National Caribbean American Heritage Month in the month of June. *~*~*~*~ Mentioned in the Stories: Cab Calloway and the Nicolas Brothers in "Stormy Weather" (this is amazing!) Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing "Strange Things Happening Every Day" Rosetta at the Blues and Gospel Caravan show in Manchester, England Map of the Caribbean *~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~* Source Materials Sister Rosetta Tharpe-- https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardzimmerman/2016/01/10/the-legendary-sister-rosetta-tharpe-in-5-songs/?sh=cc77f132b14a https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/timeline-the-years-of-sister-rosetta-tharpe/2487/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/18/sister-rosetta-tharpe-gospel-singer-100th-birthday-tribute https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sister-Rosetta-Tharpe https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/544226085/forebears-sister-rosetta-tharpe-the-godmother-of-rock-n-roll https://aaep1600.osu.edu/book/06_Tharpe.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/migrations/great-migration#:~:text=The%20Great%20Migration%20was%20one,the%201910s%20until%20the%201970s. History of the Caribbean-- *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Hey cool kids. Welcome to Episode 62. It this episode, the sisters take a moment to explore what it means to be Midwestern Americans: why do we love ranch dressing so much? Why does it take so long to say good bye and the use of the exclamation "ope!" Kt shocks us all by initiating the bottle, leaf, grinder battle for the first time in our 62 episodes, which was absolutely unprecedented and shocking. Laurel kicks off the history party with talking about Indigenous two spirit people of the North American Great Plains and Southwest. Laurel's portion discusses what the modern term "two spirit" means and a few notable figures in history to which this term would apply. She tells us about Lozen, an Apache warrior and shaman; Osh-Tisch, a baté from the Crow Nation; and We'wha, a talented artisan and cultural ambassador for the Zuni tribe. Next, Kt takes us through the history of the mysterious Sword of Goujian, which was buried in an underwater tomb for over 2,000 but showed no signs of tarnish upon its discovery, looking just as fresh as if it were made the day before. *~*~*~*~ Mentioned in the Stories: Images of Lozen, Osh-Tisch (on left in the photo) and We'wha Image of the Sword of Goujian Close Up of Blade's Design *~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~* Source Materials Two Spirit Peoples-- https://lgbtqhealth.ca/community/two-spirit.php#:~:text=The%20creation%20of%20the%20term,term%20niizh%20manidoowag%2C%20two%20spirits. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/11/two-spirit-people-north-america https://www.kqed.org/arts/13845330/5-two-spirit-heroes-who-paved-the-way-for-todays-native-lgbtq-community https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wewha https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/osh-tisch https://wams.nyhistory.org/industry-and-empire/expansion-and-empire/lozen/ https://www.history.com/news/lozen-apache-woman-warrior Sword of Goujian-- *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Did you know that London had an all-women gang for at least 80 years through the 19th and 20th centuries (perhaps even for 175 years!) Neither did we! Their story seems to be a footnote in history but these gals were fierce and one of London's most feared gangs. Laurel introduces us to the gang, their potentially long history as well as their glamorous queens who led the group with military precision and an iron fist. Next, Kt takes us to Hawaii to meet the amazing man who brought surfing to the world, Duke Kahanamoku. He was a world record swimmer, surfer and Olympian and is an enduring example of aloha to the world. *~*~*~*~ Mentioned in the Stories: Picture of Alice Diamond The Show that will *feature* the Forty Elephants called A Thousand Blows Pictures of Duke Kahanamoku Waterman Documentary Filmography for Duke Kahanamoku Our Episode on Queen Lili'uokalani, Hawaii's Last Sovereign Monarch *~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~* Source Materials The Forty Elephants-- McDonald, Brian. Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants. Milo Books Ltd, 2015. https://www.wondriumdaily.com/criminal-secret-society-the-story-of-forty-elephants/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld https://stmuscholars.org/who-says-a-woman-cant-be-gangsta-alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants/ Duke Kahanamoku -- *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Welcome to episode 60! Get ready for some adventurous history. Laurel kicks things off with one of history's biggest, ugliest scientific feuds. At the center of it are two paleontologists--Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles (O.C.) Marsh. Once friends turned bitter rivals, their race to be at the forefront of their field led to decades of mud-slinging and personal and professional ruin but left us with a wealth of knowledge in paleontology! Next, Kt takes us through the history of wayfinding, a thousands of years old tradition of navigation that allowed Pacific Islanders to travel the vast expanse of the treacherous Pacific Ocean using the sun, stars, waves, debris and migratory patterns of birds (and more) *~*~*~*~ Mentioned in the Stories: Pictures of Edward Drinker Cope and O.C. Marsh Pictures of Mosasaurus and Megalodon Our Episode on Queen Lili'uokalani, Hawaii's Last Sovereign Monarch Video On Exploring the Pacific #1 Video on Exploring the Pacific #2 The Story of Mau Piailug Passing on Wayfinding *~*~*~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~* Source Materials The Bone Wars-- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dinosaur/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/ https://interactive.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other https://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed https://daily.jstor.org/the-dinosaur-bone-wars/ Wayfinding-- https://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/polynesian8.html https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/navigation-and-transportation/wayfinding-and-navigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsiOyVpV-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8bDCaPhOek *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
In Episode 59, Kt takes the reins and recounts the history of the Pony Express, which bridged the gap in mail and communication delivery while the railroad and telegraph were making their way to the American west coast. Through rain, shine, snow and hostilities, the young men of the Pony Express got the job done! Next, Laurel tells of the fun--but oddly mysterious--history and production of glitter. From its beginnings in Upper Paleolithic cave paintings in the form of mica and other crushed minerals, to its mass production in the U.S. state of--where else?--New Jersey. Glitter has had a long history being used by all kinds of people all over the world so why is the production of it today so shrouded in secrecy? Come for the sparkle, stay for the mystery in episode 58 of Hightailing Through History! *~*~*~*~ Additional Resources and Links: Cosmetic Companies that use Ethically Sourced Mica Plant Based Glitter Companies Mica Mines Controversy Togo and the Serum Run *~*~*~*~ The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~ Source Material: Pony Express-- https://postalmuseum.si.edu/research/articles-from-enroute/the-story-of-the-pony-express.html https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20era%20before%20electronic,the%20Rocky%20Mountains%20became%20obvious. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pony-express-debuts https://www.ponyexpress.org/copy-of-quick-facts#:~:text=Horses%20Used%3A%20Mustangs%2C%20Morgans%2C%20Pintos%2C%20and%20Thoroughbreds.&text=Mochila%3A%20Saddlebag%20designed%20especially%20for,by%20saddle%20maker%20Israel%20Landis.&text=Quickest%20Run%3A%20Carrying%20President%20Lincoln's,7%20days%20and%2017%20hours. Glitter-- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057740813001150 https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mica https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brief-history-glitter-where-it-originated-1647779 https://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/2015/12/16/nature-journal-micas-long-history-cherokee-wnc/77412130/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/glitter-plastics-ocean-pollution-environment-spd?loggedin=true&rnd=1677252492274 *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
Join sisters Laurel and Kt with fellow history and cannabis enthusiasts, Nick and Kelsey from Half Baked History! Together for a special 4/20 celebration, they discuss cannabis's long-term relationship with human beings stretching back 12,000 years! From its early cultivation and use to its spread around the world as medicine (and a good time); from its rise in the jazz scene through its prohibition and the all out war on drugs, cannabis has been through a lot, but it's been by humanity's side throughout! For more on those serving sentences for non-violent cannabis charges and how to help get them released, visit https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/ Check Out Half Baked History! Podcast--Half Baked History on Apple Podcasts Instagram--@halfbakedhistry Twitter--@halfbakedhistry *~*~*~*~ The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~ Source Materials for Laurel and Kt: Grass Is Greener Documentary (currently on Netflix) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-behind-the-dea-s-long-war-on-marijuana/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html https://theemeraldmagazine.com/new-orleans/#comments https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2015/august/pondering-pot/ https://www.csg.org/2023/02/13/state-approaches-to-marijuana-policy/#:~:text=As%20of%202023%2C%2020%20states,marijuana%20possession%2C%20cultivation%20and%20transfer https://research.dom.edu/the-war-on-drugs--history-policy-therapeutics/history *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurel-rockall/message
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