History Fix

Shea LaFountaine
  • 5,0 (2)
  • HISTOIRE
  • CHAQUE SEMAINE
Balado History Fix

In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historyfix or Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine. Your donations make it possible for me to continue creating great episodes. Plus, I'll love you forever! Find more at historyfixpodcast.com

  1. Ep. 80 Columbus Part 1: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero

    -2 J

    Ep. 80 Columbus Part 1: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero

    Few humans in history have sent out more shockwaves than Christopher Columbus. His four voyages to the Americas changed our whole existence, culturally, spiritually, ethnically, economically, politically, geographically, morally possibly more than any single person ever has. When Columbus' ships first dropped anchor off the islands of the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, as the anchor struck the sandy bottom of the crystal blue Caribbean waters, it issued in a new era, the modern era. Columbus ha...

    35 min
  2. Ep. 79 Lucrezia Borgia: How History May Have Cast This Infamous Daughter All Wrong

    15 SEPT.

    Ep. 79 Lucrezia Borgia: How History May Have Cast This Infamous Daughter All Wrong

    Before Henry VIII, before Louis XVI, there was a dynasty in Italy so corrupt, so scandalous, gluttonous, hedonistic, that the others don’t even compare. But this was not a royal family. These were not kings, they were popes, cardinals, bishops. These were holy men, men of the church. Men whose unholy actions may very well have helped spark the dissatisfaction that led to the protestant reformation. These men were part of the house of Borgia, one of the most infamous families in Italy by the t...

    37 min
  3. Ep. 78 Childbirth: How a Deadly Ordeal Got Deadlier Before It Got Safer

    8 SEPT.

    Ep. 78 Childbirth: How a Deadly Ordeal Got Deadlier Before It Got Safer

    The bloody history of childbirth is riddled with death and despair. It's a burden that was carried almost entirely by women, behind closed doors, something men took no part in. And, because of that, we know very little about it today. What we do know is that it was an extremely dangerous affair. Mortality was so high, many women wrote a will as soon as they found out they were pregnant. The 18th century saw the beginning of the "medicalization" of childbirth when inexperienced forcep bearing ...

    41 min
  4. Ep. 77 Triangle Factory Fire: How a Horrific Tragedy Sparked a Movement to Save Workers Lives

    1 SEPT.

    Ep. 77 Triangle Factory Fire: How a Horrific Tragedy Sparked a Movement to Save Workers Lives

    On March 25th, 1911, a fire erupted on the 8th floor of the Asch building in New York City. The 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of this building housed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory which employed around 500 people, mostly young immigrant women, to sew women's blouses under sweatshop conditions. The owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, believed the building to be fireproof and refused to take any fire safety measures. They also locked the exit doors, fearful that the women would steal from them i...

    43 min
  5. Ep. 76 Michael Rockefeller: How a Famous Son's Mysterious Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All

    25 AOÛT

    Ep. 76 Michael Rockefeller: How a Famous Son's Mysterious Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All

    Michael Rockefeller was the great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. He was also the son of Nelson Rockefeller, New York governor, Vice President of the United States, and a well known art collector. Michael had big shoes to fill. To do that, he followed in his father's art collecting footsteps, traveling to the Asmat region on the west coast of New Guinea to collect wood carvings for his father's Museum of Primitive Art in Manhattan...

    42 min
  6. Ep. 75 Jockey's Ridge: How a Fearless Mother Stood Down a Bulldozer to Save a Natural Wonder For All the People

    18 AOÛT

    Ep. 75 Jockey's Ridge: How a Fearless Mother Stood Down a Bulldozer to Save a Natural Wonder For All the People

    Perched between the ocean and the sound in Nags Head, completely dominating the narrow sliver of land that makes up part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is a monumental sand dune, a mountain of lush golden sand. This dune system, known as Jockey’s Ridge, is somewhere around 4,000 years old and can reach heights of over 100 feet. It’s majestic, it’s miraculous, the tallest living sand dune on the east coast, a unique ecosystem home to a myriad of coastal creatures, a landmark and navigation t...

    45 min
  7. Ep. 74 Polio: Why a Disease Existing Since Ancient Times Took Millennia to Become a Problem

    11 AOÛT

    Ep. 74 Polio: Why a Disease Existing Since Ancient Times Took Millennia to Become a Problem

    Polio has been around since ancient times but it was a very quiet disease for most of history, affecting few people and raising little alarm. It wasn’t until the 20th century that polio began to appear among the masses, terrifying epidemics, a mysterious disease that seemed to target children out of nowhere, paralyzing them, killing them. No one knew how it spread. No one knew how to treat it. No one knew how to stop it. They quarantined. They avoided swimming pools and water fountains. They ...

    41 min
  8. Ep. 73 Theodosia Burr: How a Famous Daughter's Disappearance Remains a Mystery

    4 AOÛT

    Ep. 73 Theodosia Burr: How a Famous Daughter's Disappearance Remains a Mystery

    Check out Outer Lore! In January of 1812 a schooner named The Patriot disappeared off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks. This dangerous stretch of coastline has claimed some 3,000 ships, earning it the nickname "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Aboard the Patriot was Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of infamous US vice president Aaron Burr, on her way to visit her father in New York. The disappearance of The Patriot and its famous passenger remain a mystery to this day. The discovery of a p...

    37 min
Tout afficher (89)

Notes et avis

5
sur 5
2 notes

À propos

In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historyfix or Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine. Your donations make it possible for me to continue creating great episodes. Plus, I'll love you forever! Find more at historyfixpodcast.com

Informations

  • Créateur
    Shea LaFountaine
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    89
  • Classement
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © 2024 History Fix
  • Site Web de l’émission
    History Fix

Vous aimerez peut-être aussi

Pour écouter des épisodes au contenu explicite, connectez‑vous.

Suivez l’actualité de cette émission

Connectez-vous ou abonnez-vous pour suivre des émissions, enregistrer des épisodes et obtenir les dernières mises à jour.
Sélectionnez un pays ou une région

Afrique, Moyen-Orient et Inde

Asie-Pacifique

Europe

Amérique latine et les Caraïbes

Les États-Unis et le Canada