Not Your Father's History

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Not Your Father's History is a weekly podcast hosted by Annika and Katie who discuss noteworthy and non-conventional topics in history that may have been overlooked. From the missing women in our history books to the unknown trends to events that leave us spooked, Not Your Father's History takes a f…

Annika Andersen and Katie Phillips


    • Oct 1, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 28m AVG DURATION
    • 46 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Not Your Father's History

    Threadbare Lies of White People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 107:46


    Welcome back to another episode! This week, we're telling the (horrifying) story of Madame Delphine LaLaurie and the inspiring story of Ida B. Wells. Enjoy!  CONTENT WARNING: The story of Madame Delphine LaLaurie has parts which are extremely graphic and contains extreme violence. Listener discretion is advised.  Also! Go to our Instagram page and enter in the giveaway to win some sweet NYFH swag! Do it! Right now!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Agitation Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 103:27


    Welcome back! This week, we're telling the stories of Mother Jones, the "Great-Grandmother of Agitation", and Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Enjoy!  Also! Go to our Instagram page and enter in the giveaway to win some sweet NYFH swag! Do it! Right now!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Labors of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 104:48


    It's here. It's happening. It's Labor Day 2019! Join us this week as we tell the tales of Mary Wollstonecraft, early feminist author and romantic outlaw, and Leonora Barry, labor activist (DUH!). Listen up! Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Women of Legend

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 105:12


    Happy Monday! This week join us as we discuss the stories of Alice Paul, American suffragist, and Rhiannon, the Celtic Queen of the Fairies. Enjoy! Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale   

    Sunk Cost Fallacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 80:45


    Goddesses, communists, and actors, oh my! Welcome back to Not Your Father's History and this week we're telling the tales of Xochiquetzal, the Aztec goddess of feminine energy, and Jean Ross, activist and singer. Listen up!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    One Thousand Small Cat Statues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 77:08


    Welcome back to another episode! Are you ready to unleash your inner goddess? This week, you'll hear the stories of Bastet, Egyptian goddess of fertility, and Iva Toguri, the not-so-infamous Tokyo Rose. Enjoy!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Precision, Accuracy, and Politicization

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 85:02


    Another week and another episode! There's drama, war, cooking, ants, and Nate makes a podcasting debut. Join us as we hear the stories of Fannie Farmer and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Listen up!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Shieldmaidens for Congress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 91:14


    Remember us?  Welcome back to another episode of Not Your Father's History! This week, we discuss writer Grace Paley and legendary Viking, Lagertha. Enjoy!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Seize the Means of Reproduction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 107:41


    Is it Game of Thrones or is it Not Your Father's History?  Welcome to another episode filled with drama, war, crazy dudes, and fabulous ladies. This week, we're discussing the stories of Queen Isabella, the "She-Wolf" of France, and Kay Boyle, a 20th Century author with an amazing story to tell. Enjoy! Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Another Very Late Earth Day (ft. Soil Hummus)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 99:55


    Look. Just pretend it's Earth Day.  Join us in this very late and very special Earth Day episode where we discuss Gabrielle and Louise Howard, the organic farming sisters, and Alice Hamilton, American physician and public health advocate. Listen up!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Annika of Green Gables

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 96:39


    Another week, another episode! Join us this time on Not Your Father's History as we tell the stories of Qiu Jin and Lady Eve Balfour. There's drama, action, revolution, and...farming? Listen up!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Reverse MKUltra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 109:10


    It's your favorite day of the week - new episode day! This week, Annika brings you the mystery surrounding Mary Pinchot Meyer and Katie has two stories to tell (don't worry they're connected), Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine, Sydney's Crime Queens. Enjoy!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    The Prospect Grows Gloomier for Misogynists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2019 107:20


    Another week, another episode! This week, join us for Women's History Month and the stories of Louise Bryant, American journalist, and Jackie Mitchell, strikeout pitcher. Listen up!  Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Grand Theft Warship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 107:52


    March is Women's History Month! But first, one more story in honor of Black History Month.This episode: Elisabetta Sirani, Baroque painter of bold women, and Robert Smalls, Civil War Hero, business man, and politician. Want show updates? Follow us on social media!Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Personally Fist Fighting Hitler

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 93:20


    It's officially been a year since the podcast started! Thank you for listening!This episode: Famed entertainer Josephine Baker and pioneering aviator Bessie Coleman. Want show updates? Follow us on social media!Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale    

    Dancing Queens

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 107:43


    In honor of Black History Month, Annika discusses Katherine Dunham, world renowned dancer, choreographer, activist, and teacher. But first, Katie covers Olive Thomas, the original flapper girl and the "Most Beautiful Girl in New York." Want show updates? Follow us on social media!Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Speak Softly and Carry A Large Riding Crop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019 114:52


    It's our 30th Episode! Annika covers the exploited women of early Hollywood and Katie is talking about Emma Goldman, The Most Dangerous Woman in America! Content Warning: Discussion of abortion, rape, and non-consensual medical procedures. Want show updates? Follow us on social media!Instagram: @not_your_fathers_historyTwitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Recognize, Reflect, Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2019 111:49


    It's a long one! Katie tells the tale of Queen Zenobia, Queen of the East, and Annika has the story of early socialist revolutionary, Rosa Luxemburg! Want show updates? Follow us on social media! Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Twitter: @NYFHpodcast Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Movies and Marauders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 100:38


    Happy New Year! Annika and Katie are back in 2019 with forgotten Hollywood director Lois Weber and beloved Islamic pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra. Want show updates? Follow us on Instagram! @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    The Wikipedians

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 68:46


    The mysteriously delayed episode is here! Come spend an hour with us and hear the story of Felice Schragenheim and Lily Wust in addition to the history of the Swedish holiday, Saint Lucy's Day. Happy Holidays to all our listeners!  Want show updates? Follow us on Instagram! @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Big Uterus Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 92:57


    Happy Hanukkah! This week, Annika discusses utopian socialist, Ernestein Rose, and Katie covers Indian princess turned British spy, Noor Inayat Khan. Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    I Can Shoot Better Than That

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 76:58


    Welcome back! Did you miss us? You better have.This week, Katie and Annika are talking about Hannie Schaft, Dutch resistance fighter, and Alice Ball, turn-of-the-century microbiologist. Also, we have our first ever advertisement which means we have no idea what we're doing! If it doesn't show up, we blame PodBean! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Liberatis Feminista Platha!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 90:21


    In the final themed October episode, hear the gory details of Elizabeth Báthory the Vampire Queen of Hungary and the sad life of author and poet Sylvia Plath. Also, Katie and Annika shout fake Latin in a fit of feminist rage. Happy Halloween! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    World Congress of Sorcery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2018 78:42


    For the third themed October episode, the ladies cover Brazilian author Clarice Lispector and the ghost ship SS Ourang Medan! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Don't Laugh at Mr. Peeples

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 71:11


    This week, Katie has a spooky story about serial killer Lavinia Fisher and Annika covers the first published black novelist, Harriot E. Wilson! Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Twelfth Flower on the Left

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 91:08


    The ladies are starting off October talking about author Mary Ann Evans, AKA George Eliot and the history of Russian Witches. Listen up! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Canaries in Suits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 84:27


    In our 20th episode, we talk about Dragon Emperor Wu Zeitan and latina labor activist Luisa Moreno- Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    Civil Rights and Celtic Fights

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 91:02


    Another week, another episode! This time, the girls make NYFH history and tell the story of our first male figure: Baynard Rustin, a forgotton powerhouse of civil rights. Along with Boudica, the Celtic warrior queen who took on the Roman war machine. Tune in! Follow us on Instagram: @not_your_fathers_history Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: @SwingWhale

    We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 94:19


    Katie and Annika are back, discussing presidential candidate Belva Ann Lockwood and British labor advocate Jayaben Desai. Follow us on Instagram! @Not_Your_Fathers_History Artwork: www.laurenheathart.comMusic: @SwingWhale

    Labor Day Warrior Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 69:34


    Join us to celebrate Labor Day with the story of union activist Crystal Lee Sutton and Algerian heroine Lalla Fadhma N'Soumer. Follow us on Instagram! @Not_Your_Fathers_History Artwork: www.laurenheathart.comMusic: @SwingWhale

    We're Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2018 64:40


    Follow us on Instagram! @Not_Your_Fathers_HistoryThis week we're back with the lineage of Melvinia Mattie Shields McGruder and the amazing life of Nellie Bly.Also, help us welcome our new social media manager Alyssa and our new audio tech Nate!Artwork: www.laurenheathart.comMusic: @SwingWhale

    "En Quote"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 96:48


    This week, the girls have a chat about the "Damnable Dames" of Seattle and a (brief) history of western witches. Stay tuned!

    The Lead Purser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 76:56


    On this week's episode, Annika and Katie discuss Neerja Bhanot, hero of Pan Am Flight 73, and Elizabeth Freeman, the first freed woman in Massachusetts. And Copper makes his podcasting debut by interrupting as often as possible. Enjoy! 

    Eagle Maniac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 91:40


    Annika and Katie are back with another episode bringing you the stories of the Mirabal Sisters and Elizabeth Woodville. Listen up!  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SoundWhale

    Coffee and Talkee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 87:02


    This week, Annika and Katie tell the stories of private investigator, Kate Warne, and LGBTQ activist, Ruth Simpson. Listen up!

    Providence and Concubines

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 99:52


    In another long episode, Annika and Katie bring you the stories of Hurrem Sultan, legal wife of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Wang Zhenyi, astronomer and poet in 18th Century China.  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SoundWhale

    Displanting Season

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 67:40


    The girls are back this week to tell the stories of Sybil Ludington, the teen who outrode Paul Revere, and Virginia Hall, the Limping Lady.  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SoundWhale

    Your Mother's History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018


    Annika and Katie celebrate Mother's Day with some extraordinary mothers in history, including the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and ancient Egypt's midwives and physicians.  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SoundWhale

    A Very Late Earth Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 97:52


    WE'RE BACK! After another round of technological problems, Annika and Katie are back with an Earth Day themed episode featuring Rachel Carson and the history of the first Earth Day.   

    Bird on the Shoulder

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 66:01


    In this episode, the girls take a dive into the lesser known side of feminist history by exploring the lives of Viola Desmond and Queen Anacaona.  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SoundWhale

    The Vienna Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2018 69:48


    After last week's technological misadventure, Annika and Katie finally bring you another episode about some ladies of science (and the silver screen): Lise Meitner and Hedy Lamarr.  Artwork: www.laurenheathart.com Music: SwingWhale 

    Habeas Corpus Maybe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 81:15


    This week on Not Your Father's History, Annika and Katie spend some time traveling with the pirate queen Grace O'Malley and learning about the German anti-Nazi activist, Sophie Scholl.  Artwork: Lauren Heath Music: SwingWhale

    One in a Billion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 67:15


    On this episode of Not Your Father's History, the girls celebrate International Women's Day with badass, immigrant Theresa Malkiel and the untold story of Anne Boleyn.  Artwork: Lauren Heath  Music: SwingWhale

    Mary Andre

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 54:21


    This time on Not Your Father's History, Annika and Katie discuss the occupation of Wounded Knee and the mysterious Revolutionary War figure, Agent 355. Artwork: Lauren Heath (www.laurenheathart.com) Music: SwingWhale (www.soundcloud.com/swingwhale) 

    Where's the biopic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 75:03


    In this week's full episode, Annika and Katie bring you the untold story of Harlem's Queen of Numbers and some historical lesbians.  Artwork: Lauren Heath www.laurenheathart.com Music: SwingWhale www.soundcloud.com/swingwhale 

    The Plack Blague

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 58:42


    Welcome to our "pilot" episode! We're going to be a weekly podcast bringing you the history you may have missed. We hope you enjoy and don't forget to subscribe.  Artwork: Lauren Heath www.laurenheathart.com   Music: SwingWhale www.soundcloud.com/swingwhale 

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