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Lindsay is joined by author Judith Starkston to discuss her book, Priestess of Ishana.
A curse, a conspiracy and the clash of kingdoms. A defiant priestess confronts her foes, armed only with ingenuity and forbidden magic.A malignant curse from the Underworld threatens Tesha’s city with fiery devastation. The young priestess of Ishana, goddess of love and war, must overcome this demonic darkness. Charred remains of an enemy of the Hitolian Empire reveal both treason and evil magic. Into this crisis, King Hattu, the younger brother of the Great King, arrives to make offerings to the goddess Ishana, but he conceals his true mission in the city. As a connection sparks between King Hattu and Tesha, the Grand Votary accuses Hattu of murderous sorcery and jails him under penalty of death. Isolated in prison, Hattu’s only hope lies in Tesha to uncover the conspiracy against him. Unfortunately, the Grand Votary is Tesha’s father, a rash, unyielding man, and now her worst enemy. To help Hattu, she must risk destroying her own father.Step into this exotic world of historical fantasy, with its richly imagined details of the Bronze Age, evocative of the Near East. In a whirlpool of magic, politics, family crisis and love, Tesha pursues justice over the dark forces arrayed against her.
Judith Starkston has spent too much time reading about and exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Early on she went so far as to get two degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories. This has gradually gotten more and more out of hand. Her solution: to write fantasy set in the exotic worlds of the past. Fantasy and Magic in a Bronze Age World. Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award.
Judith has two grown children and lives in Arizona with her husband. Because writing is best done with community, Judith belongs to her local chapter of Sisters in Crime and the California chapter of the Historical Novel Society. Ms. Starkston is represented by Richard Curtis.
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Lindsay is joined by Kirsten Rudberg from the Byte-Sized Blessings podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, as well as the importance of language, that women are resilient, and how to be an inspiration to young children everywhere.
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2022 Islapedia compilation

2021 California Missions article

2019 National Park Service article

2018 VC Star article by Cheri Carlson

2017 CommonLit article by Jessica McBirney

1981 Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology article by Travis Hudson

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Lindsay and Madison discuss The Lady Juliana, as well as why pit stops are important during any long trip, that women are more resilient than we’re given credit for, and how to go down in history in a good way.
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2023 Owlcation article by Ravi Rajan

2021 Academia.edu article by Joseph L Davis

2021 Ranker article by Setareh Janda

2019 News.com article by LJ Charleston

2018 News.com article by LJ Charleston

2016 Dictionary of Sydney article by Penny Edwell

2007 Lady Julian poem

Free Settler or Felon Convict and Colonial History

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Lindsay is joined by Jessie Browning from the Prickly & Blooming podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

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Lindsay and Emily from Pineapple Pizza Podcast discuss The Colfax Massacre, as well as why the Reconstruction Era , that there’s a big difference between a “riot” and a “massacre,” and how to not to whitewash history.
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2024 Free Speech Center article by John R. Vile

2023 NBC News article by Claretta Bellamy

2023 Smithsonian Magazine article by Danny Lewis

2020 Daily Kos article by Denise Oliver Velez

Bill of Rights Institute article by Julie Silverbrook

Britannica

Colfax Memorial

History Channel

United States Senate article

Wikipedia

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