TRoH exists because dry school history textbooks and whatever World War II shows your dad likes to nap along to just don't cut it anymore. We're not going to bore you with state-standardized lesson plans. Instead, we'll tell you stories that you can't wai
Settle down with your Dunks and a cruller, and believe us when we tell you that this episode is a friggin' wild ride. Lauren goes after landlords, lambasts the male tendency to ~embellish~ stories, and embraces her secret inner Masshole to tell Sam the story of an oft-forgotten character in the tale of Paul Revere's famed midnight adventure. To learn more about the show, check out our website: www.therestofhistorypod.weebly.com IG: @therestofhistory Sam on Twitter: @sm_burnett Lauren on Twitter: @lauren_pfeil Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/restofhistory/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-rest-of-history-pod/message
What was life like for an LGBTQ+ person living before Stonewall? Good question. Let's meet some eighteenth-century examples of queer pioneers. Delving into her niche interests (*cough* obsessions), Sam tells Lauren all about female husbands— people assigned female at birth who lived as men despite tremendous risk— and, of course, the women who married them. Grab your plus one, put on your dancing shoes, and consider this episode your cocktail hour. To learn more about the show, check out our website: www.therestofhistorypod.weebly.com IG: @therestofhistory Sam on Twitter: @sm_burnett Lauren on Twitter: @lauren_pfeil Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/restofhistory/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-rest-of-history-pod/message
Louis, Louis, and Who-ie? Did you know that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI had four adopted children? Well, Sam definitely didn't. We invite you to join us at the Court of Versailles as we discuss who Lauren was in her past lives, adoption in the eighteenth century, and why children are so often excluded from historical narratives. To learn more about the show, check out our website: www.therestofhistorypod.weebly.com IG: @therestofhistory Sam on Twitter: @sm_burnett Lauren on Twitter: @lauren_pfeil Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/restofhistory/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-rest-of-history-pod/message
Take a trip through time with Sam and Lauren as they enter the magical world of nineteenth-century Ireland. Only it's really not that magical. Instead, it's actually rather horrifying. Join us for our debut episode where Sam teaches Lauren all about the sensational 1895 murder of Bridget Cleary— a young woman burned alive for being a fairy changeling. To learn more about the show, check out our website: www.therestofhistorypod.weebly.com IG: @therestofhistory Sam on Twitter: @sm_burnett Lauren on Twitter: @lauren_pfeil Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/restofhistory/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-rest-of-history-pod/message
Join us (Sam and Lauren) as we do a deep-dive into, well, what exactly it is that we'll be doing here! The two of us have long been convinced that history is cool, and we're endeavoring to prove it to you. To learn more about the show, check out our website: www.therestofhistorypod.weebly.com IG: @therestofhistory Sam on Twitter: @sm_burnett Lauren on Twitter: @lauren_pfeil Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/restofhistory/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-rest-of-history-pod/message
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