187 episodes
Vulgar History Realm
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4.1 • 25 Ratings
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A feminist women's history comedy podcast about the scandalicious stories of people from olden times. Hosted by Ann Foster.
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Author Interview: June Hur (A Crane Among Wolves)
Today's guest, June Hur, is the author of historical novels that read like K-dramas. Her latest, A Crane Among Wolves, is set in Joseon-era Korea during the reign of tyrant King Yeonsan.
Learn more about June and her books at junehur.com
Buy a copy of A Crane Among Wolves from bookshop.org
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Author Interview: Ella McLeod (author of The Map that Led to You)
We're talking about pirate history this week with Ella McLeod, author of the new YA novel The Map That Led To You! In her research, Ella dove into the world of folklore, pirateology, nautical history, and the voices of people left out of history.
Buy a copy of The Map That Led to You
Ella's Instagram
Ella's podcast, Comfort Creatures
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Theme music by The Severn Duo
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Las Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution (with Cristina Lumague)
We're getting into a revolutionary, pants-on vibe this week with a look at Las Soldaderas: women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited.
Guiding us through their pants-wearing ways is Cristina Lumague, longtime editor of Vulgar History!
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References:
Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History by Elizabeth Salas and Elizabeth Blackshear Flinn
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives
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Cristina's podcasts:
Historias Unknown https://www.historiasunknown.com/episodes/
Espooky tales https://www.espookytales.com/follow
Espooky Tales socials: tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales IG https://www.instagram.com/espookytales
A Little Bit de Todo (short daily podcast, available May 5th) https://episodes.fm/1735794761
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Thanadelthur (with Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth)
Today we're talking about Thanadelthur, a Dene woman who had a profound impact on the Dene people in Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba during the eighteenth-century fur trade. Much of Thanadelthur's story is shared through oral storytelling among the Dene community. Today's guest, Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth is a member of the Hatchet Lake Dënesųłiné First Nation in Treaty 10 territory.
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References:
The Legend of Thanadelthur: Elders’ Oral History and Hudson’s Bay Company Journals by Rosalie Tsannie-Burset
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Episode image by Wai Tien from The Peacemaker: Thanadelthur by David A. Robertson
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Matoaka aka Pocahontas (with Lauren DeLeary)
We're joined today by Lauren DeLeary to talk about the true story of Matoaka, commonly known as Pocahontas. Her story has been misinterpreted countless times from the 16th century through today, perhaps still best known from the animated Disney film. Lauren was the screenwriter of Missing Matoaka, an alternate audio track to the Disney film, presenting her as the first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman.
Learn more about Missing Matoaka: The True Story of Pocahontas
Learn more about the inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
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References:
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma by Camilla Townsend
The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Dr. Linwood “Little Bear’ Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star”
Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America by Benjamin Woolley
The True Story of Pocahontas: Historical Myths Versus Sad Reality by Vincent Schilling (Indian Country Today)
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Hatshepsut (with Gina Berry)
We're joined by friend of the podcast Gina Berry to discuss the longest-ago figure ever discussed on the show: Hatshepsut! It's a long one, so pace yourselves because you want to hear every detail of this remarkable King's life and reign.
References:
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
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Customer Reviews
Bloody Brilliant!
This podcast is brilliant! It is a nice change to have a history podcast solely about incredibly powerful and influential women in history regardless of their background or how good of a person they actually were. You are given a chance to learn about different women from different periods in time and some more or less well known than others.
Funny, informative, and vaguely camp!
Have recommended this podcast to almost everyone I know! Never knew that my niche interest in looking at badass historical women from a vaguely camp point of view was shared by so many-but boy was I delighted by this discovery. Episodes are funny, informative, and completely addictive. Also Ann’s voice is strangely comforting.
Entertaining
This podcast series is entertaining and funny at times. My issue is there seems to be some wrong information included amongst the stories (for example, Portugal was never bigger than it is now- from the Inês episode) and that it’s not vulgar enough? I just feel like there needs to be a little more effort put into research and fact checking. But it’s honestly not bad! Also more American history would be interesting!