Ye Olde Tea

Alright you lusty freebooters, this week, nestled amongst quick sips from Fiona and Caroline, is a very special guest! Alexia Antoniou spills the (very well researched) tea about Clovis I, the first king of the Franks, AKA Clovis the Petty. We cover the TV you need to be watching, nasty horse girls, and the truth within the spin. Also jugs. Very important jugs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ever wonder what it's like to live with Fiona and Caroline? This is it. We didn't have any well researched stories for you this week so instead we chat about life and our very own tea! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week Caroline tackles a hometown inspired story with John Wilkes and Edwin Booth, and Fiona talks about her favorite pickup line, The Irish Potato Famine. DONATE TO HELP NATIVE PEOPLES DURING THIS PANDEMIC Supported by Anchor and Coloratura: The Opera Dolls use code TEA20 for 20% off your order --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Week who even knows of quarantine, Fiona regales us with the tale of Lucy Mercer, the mistress of FDR and Caroline heads further west to talk about the only female Buffalo soldier, Cathay Williams. Sponsored by Anchor, the easiest way to make a podcast, and Coloratura: The Opera Dolls code TEA20 for 20% off. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week Caroline tells the story of Terry Thompson and the Zanesville animal massacre. CW for this story- suicide, animal cruelty. Fiona gives us the history lesson we should've gotten in school about the Last Queen of Hawaii- Lili'uokalani. Sponsored by Anchor and Coloratura: The Opera Dolls. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

SPECIAL SURPRISE TIME! We have a guest this week, none other than the luminous Hannah Herbert- Hunt! She shares the story of Lou Graham, the Seattle madame that fixed the economic troubles of the west. Fiona and Caroline throw in some quick sips of tea that will have you laughing and gasping and cringing, oh my! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode 2 of the quarantine season means we are going CRAZY! Please excuse all the maniacal laughter. We cover 2 awesome ladies today- Caroline talks about Tituba and the Salem Witch trials and Fiona covers Alice Roosevelt Longworth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the season 2 premiere, Fiona gives us a tour of the Winchester Mystery House, and Caroline stays on quaran-THEME by talking about Mary Mallon aka Typhoid Mary. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

From the comfort of their respective childhood homes, Caroline covers Mary Fields, AKA Stagecoach Mary, and Fiona talks about cursed gems like The Hope Diamond and The Cursed Amethyst. Wash ya hands!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As we descend into the apocalypse, Fiona continues her romp through ancient Egypt with the story of King Tut and the Curse of the Pharaohs. Caroline delves into a Squeaky Fromme connection with the story of Julienne Bušić. Wash your hands! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Caroline squeaks out the story of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and Fiona hits up ANCIENT EGYPT BITCHES with the tale of Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fiona kicks off women's month with the tale of the first self made female millionaire, Madame CJ Walker. Caroline lists all the reasons Leap Castle is haunted. Fiona also threatens to stab Caroline, just so you know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Caroline talks about the lovers and literature of George Sand. Fiona does Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

First up, Fiona covers the OG Instagay, Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey. Caroline tells the story that started the podcast, featuring W.B. Yeats. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the show! It comes out on Thursdays now, okay? Cool. This week gets a little explicit in the first half as Caroline talks about the juicy rumors surrounding Catherine the Great of Russia. Then, Fiona tells us some crazy new laws in Turkmenistan put in place by the wackiest, dog- hating dictator EVER, Saparmurat Niyazov. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fiona deigns to tell us the story of the affairs of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, and Caroline talks about disappearing children during the reign of Louis XV. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Caroline doesn't speculate at all about the "accidental drowning" of Natalie Wood. Fiona gives the deets about her ancestor, slutty widow Maria Halpin's affair with our sexiest president. *WE DO NOT OWN TACO CAT* --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fiona tells the story of Lady Caroline Lamb, the OG Crazy Ex Girlfriend and Caroline talks about Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Follow us on Instagram @yeoldetea!