High Tales of History

High Tales of History
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High Tales of History

Two sisters get stoned and surprise each other with a story from history's vault of the weird and the wonderful! Covering topics all around the world and all through time that you won't find in your history books!

  1. 1 DAY AGO · BONUS

    Season Five Coming Soon!

    Hello Smoke Circle! We have been missing you and are looking forward to being back and talking history with you! We return with season five on February 7th talking with one of our bestest best friends, musician Matt Baker, about the long history of protest music in America. Best Bud members on Patreon get access to all new episodes two days early (and if you're not sure about joining, you can sign up for free and stay connected with us.) Patreon Best Buds Club Follow us on Instagram @HighTalesofHistory Or on TikTok @HighTalesofHistoryPod OR on YouTube @HighTalesofHistory

    3 min

  2. JAN 3

    Wicked: The Fascinating and Unexpected History of the Wizard and Witches of Oz

    Welcome to episode 94, our season 4 finale! In it, we take a trip down the yellow brick road and meet the man behind the curtain--L. Frank Baum and talk about the creation of his immortal book, The Wizard of Oz. Over the years since the release of the book, many parables and metaphors have been applied to the story as well as inspirations for its characters. Together the sisters spark up, and dive into the life of author L. Frank Baum and the possible real life inspirations for the characters, including Glinda the Good Witch and his feminist suffragette mother in law, Matilda Joslyn Gage. ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode 48: How Indigenous Women Inspired the Women’s Rights Movement Resources on Wounded Knee: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-west/lakota-accounts-of-the-massacre-at-wounded-knee https://americanindiancoc.org/looking-back-the-battle-of-wounded-knee/ ~~~~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History ⁠ Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com⁠  ~~~~* Source Materials--https://www.jstor.org/stable/2710826?seq=11 https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/populism-and-world-oz https://www.jstor.org/stable/44683977?mag=grand-illusions&seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/frank-baum-the-man-behind-the-curtain-32476330/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/american-oz-wizard-white-city/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/⁠ ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 4m

  3. 12/06/2024

    The Great Feather Heist | Frederick Douglass: The Icon Behind Black History Month

    Hi there! We saved you a spot in the smoke circle! Puff, puff, pass y'all!  Otherwise, KT has some "Cab Sav" for you if you're interested. This week's episode covers a wide span of history starting with Laurel's story of more recent times about the Feather Heist of a scientifically and historically priceless collection of rare birds from the British Natural History Museum.  It is WILD so buckle in for the ride.  I mean, did you know there is basically a fly fishing underground?! What? After our great heist adventure, KT takes us further back in the history books and tells us about the great Frederick Douglass, who inspired Black History Month.  We also get to meet the amazing women in his life that helped him achieve all the great things he accomplished. ~~~~~~ This episode is a "remastering" and made for video version. Some editing has been done since its original release in July 2021. Apologies for some of the audio issues in this episode, it was from our very early recording days! :-) Thank you for your patience! ~~~~~~ The Socials: Instagram-- @HighTalesofHistory TikTok-- @HighTalesof HistoryPod YouTube-- https://www.youtube.com/@hightalesofhistory Patreon-- www.patreon.com/HighTalesofHistory Email -- hightailinghistorypod@gmail.com ~~~~~~ Sources: The Feather Heist-- Cole, Sean. “The Feather Heist.” This American Life, 10 May 2018, www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist. Johnson, Kirk W. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. Penguin Books, 2019. Frederick Douglass-- Cheeks, Vanessa, and Rebecca Rafferty. “The Great Women in Frederick Douglass's Life.” FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S ROCHESTER, Roccitynews, 21 Mar. 2018, rocdouglass.com/2018/03/20/the-great-women-in-frederick-douglasss-life/. Trent, Noelle. “Frederick Douglass.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 Apr. 2021, www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass. *~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 19m

  4. 11/22/2024

    Yi Sun-sin, Korea's Greatest Admiral | The Theft of the Mona Lisa

    It's episode 93 and it is time for some HIGH seas and some HIGH-sts (heists, we might have been trying a bit too hard there with the word play) First up, Kt takes us to Korea during Japan's invasions of the nation, commonly known as the Imjin War in Korea's Joseon Period (1392 to 1910). There we meet Korea's great admiral, Yi Sun-sin, who won several key battles against the odds, helping to turn the tides of the war. Next, we head to 1911 Paris and watch as the heist of the world's most famous painting unfolds at the Louvre--the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. You won't believe how lax the security was and how easy it was to pluck pieces off the wall and walk out... *~*~*~*~*  Mentioned in the Episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Map of Korean Peninsula (North and South Korea didn't exist at this time, this map is just to show the geography and location of Korea) Map of the Battle of Meyongeyang   Map of the Battle of Noryang High Tales of History Episode 4: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3dXDOSSdwGIHo3rkwNNw9G  High Tales of History Episode 8 (Kt's History Crush): https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NP6N73C9DbQLmeBDBfjXm  *~*~*~*~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory   TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   YouTube-- @High Tales of History Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory ⁠ Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com⁠  *~*~*~*~*~ Source Materials-- Yi Sun-sin--  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yi-Sun-shin  https://www.historynet.com/yi-sun-sin/#:~:text=Throughout%20his%20six%2Dyear%20naval,military%20record%20by%20any%20account.  https://www2.hawaii.edu/~sford/research/turtle/index.html IMJIN WAR Ep. 21 - The Battle of Myeongnyang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aguf30zoo1k  Mona Lisa: “Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa” by R.A. Scotti https://bookshop.org/p/books/vanished-smile-the-mysterious-theft-of-the-mona-lisa-r-a-scotti/8722082?ean=9780307278388  https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stolen-how-the-mona-lisa-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-16406234/  ⁠~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 53m

  5. 11/08/2024

    Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes | The Naked Ride of Lady Godiva

    It's episode 92 and we're talking about t*ts and shipwrecks! First up, we dive into North America's Great Lakes and learn about the first known shipwreck in 1679--Le Griffon--and bookend it with the last major shipwreck, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. We also talk about the Great Storm of 1913 and the weather systems that can make the Great Lakes so dangerous! After the break, we saddle up our horses, let our hair down and spark one up for Lady Godiva, who may have gotten her t*ts out for lower taxes! Hurrah! ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Map of the Great Lakes⁠ ⁠Map of the Edmund Fitzgerald's Route⁠ ⁠"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot⁠ ⁠Episode on Robin Hood⁠ ⁠Episode on the History of England⁠ ⁠Episode on William the Conqueror⁠ ~~~~*The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History ⁠ Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com⁠  ~~~~* Source Materials-- Shipwrecks-- ⁠https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-lost-ship-le-griffon-and-was-it-ever-found/⁠ ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913⁠ ⁠https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-fateful-journey/⁠ ⁠https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cargo-ship-suddenly-sinks-in-lake-superior⁠ ⁠https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/as-an-underwater-graveyard-the-great-lakes-have-claimed-close-to-10-000⁠ Lady Godiva-- ⁠https://www.history.com/news/who-was-lady-godiva⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.britannica.com/place/Coventry-England⁠ ⁠https://manorialcounselltd.co.uk/lady-godiva-godly-goodly-real-life-legend/⁠ ⁠~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 21m

  6. 10/25/2024

    The Dyatlov Pass Incident | A History of Witches

    Welcome to the Halloween Episode! In episode 91, we first take a dive into one of history's greatest adventure mysteries--The Dyatlov Pass Incident which has been unsolved for over 65 years! In the middle of winter in 1959, 9 experienced hikers disappeared in the Ural Mountains and died under mysterious circumstances. Theories range from avalanche to yeti attack to murder by the KGB. In 2019, Russia re-opened the case and may have come to a new conclusion...with a little inspiration from Disney's Frozen... Next up, KT takes us through a brief history of witches--From their connection to mythology and folklore to why we have certain archetypes and visualizations of witches and the mass witch trials and hysteria all across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: ⁠ ⁠Pictures of Slab Avalanche Theory⁠  ⁠Werewolf/Witch Trials ⁠ (Our previous episode number 90) ~~~~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History  Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com  ~~~~* Source Materials-- Dyatlov Pass-- ⁠"Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" by Donnie Eichar⁠  ⁠ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8⁠  ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20210129101315/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov/⁠ ⁠ https://www.history.com/news/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-death-mystery⁠  Witches-- ⁠ https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches⁠ ⁠ https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140925-where-do-witches-come-from⁠  ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology)⁠  ⁠https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/⁠  ⁠https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft⁠  ⁠https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches⁠  ⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/⁠  ⁠https://www.tamuc.edu/tamuc-history-professor-busts-myths-about-the-salem-witch-trials/⁠ ⁠ https://www.readandcobooks.co.uk/blog/witchcraft-and-black-magic-history-witches/⁠  ~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 35m

  7. 10/11/2024

    The Werewolf Trials of Europe | The Affair of the Poisons

    Well howdy and welcome to episode 90 of High Tales of History! For the month of October we are taking a trip into spooky and horrible histories and in episode 90, we are taking a trip to Europe to hear all about their werewolf trials which came out of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries' anxieties about religious and political clashes as well as a gross attempt to find a scapegoat for these changes and harsh conditions. Next, we head to the court of France's King Louis XIV, a place that is already a hotbed of jealousy, deceit and ambition and add poison and magic spells meant to eliminate enemies and influence their position at court. We also take a side trip to Italy to learn about the Aqua Tofana poison ring which may have been responsible for 600 deaths! *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Episode: Episode 31: History's Worst Serial Killers You've Never Heard Of *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Werewolves-- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ https://www.history.com/news/werewolf-trials-europe-witches https://cvltnation.com/howling-hour-inside-european-werewolf-trials/ https://listverse.com/2023/10/31/10-wild-and-terrifying-facts-about-the-european-werewolf-trials/ Poisons-- https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Poisons https://www.jstor.org/stable/20618513?read-now=1&seq=2 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1500&context=pubs https://www.academia.edu/29668795/Aqua_Tofana https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana https://retrospectjournal.com/2024/03/03/aqua-tofana-bottled-revenge-of-the-17th-century-wife/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 19m
  8. The Controversial Discovery of Insulin | Audrey Hepburn: Freedom Fighter

    09/27/2024

    The Controversial Discovery of Insulin | Audrey Hepburn: Freedom Fighter

    Welcome to Season 4, Episode 2 (ep.89)In this episode, Kt hits us with some important medical history--the discovery, I mean, CO-discovery of insulin--and the hot drama that *CO* discovery created! After the break, Laurel brings the story of young Audrey Hepburn and her teens years as a helper in the Dutch Resistance in her heavily Nazi-occupied town. *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Episode: Togo and the Serum Run (Balto story) More celebrities in the resistance! Our episode on Josephine Baker *~*~*~*~*~The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History Email—hightailingthroughhistory@gmail.com *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Insulin-- https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/48/12/2270/5642437 https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanities-cultures/news/article/2521/the-controversy-of-insulin-and-its-nobel-prize-100-years-on https://diabetes.org/blog/history-wonderful-thing-we-call-insulin https://www.who.int/health-topics/diabetes#tab=tab_1 https://www.google.com/search?q=diabetes&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US792&oq=diabetes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyEggAEEUYORiRAhixAxiABBiKBTIGCAEQIxgnMgwIAhAjGCcYgAQYigUyEwgDEAAYgwEYkQIYsQMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYkQIYgAQYigUyBggFEEUYPDIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxBFGDzSAQg2MDAwajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Audrey Hepburn-- Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen https://time.com/5582729/audrey-hepburn-world-war-ii/ https://www.military.com/history/how-audrey-hepburn-aided-dutch-resistance-during-world-war-ii.html https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+poeple+were+involved+in+resistnace+acticities+in+ww2+europe&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US792&oq=how+many+poeple+were+involved+in+resistnace+acticities+in+ww2+europe&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTE1MTM1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1h 21m
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Two sisters get stoned and surprise each other with a story from history's vault of the weird and the wonderful! Covering topics all around the world and all through time that you won't find in your history books!

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    High Tales of History
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    98
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