Talk History To Me

Alexis Fenton & Christian Behrend
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A semi-casual history podcast where we cover topics that pique our interests. We hope to cover a wide range of topics, from Eras to individuals, whatever intrigues us. Hopefully you enjoy digesting pieces of random history like we do with just the right amount of nitty-gritty details!

Episodes

  1. 07/08/2020

    9 - Super Guppy

    Christian's choice - this episode will cover the unique legacy of the super guppy aircraft, an aircraft that Christian had the pleasure of working in for a brief period of time. https://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/guppy.html#photogallery http://www.allaboutguppys.com/ https://www.air-and-space.com/guppies.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYl8zPW9Gho https://books.google.com/books?id=D5hUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=Norman+Mansdorf&source=bl&ots=tvp-HyC8nI&sig=ACfU3U3ItFwmvu6rvwl3_ZxroAokGV7zAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDub2pg7TqAhVEba0KHXIBAh8Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Norman%20Mansdorf&f=false http://www.allaboutguppys.com/pg/377pgf.htm https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch10.htm https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-spacecraft-arrives-in-ohio-aboard-the-super-guppy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNCvCGf9DEuWntC5Pkq0wA/videos

    42 min

  2. 07/06/2020

    8 - The Batavia

    Alexis' choice of a topic, The Batavia was a Dutch ship in the 1600s that shipwrecked off the coast of Australia with 340 people onboard. What followed was nothing short of a horror story which involved murder and mutiny. The majority of the episode content comes straight from the Commander's journal: http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._136_pelsaertjournal.pdf Other Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company https://www.sea.museum/2016/06/04/barbarism-and-brutality-surviving-the-batavia-shipwreck http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Pages/media_archive/Restoration-under-way-at-Abrolhos-Batavia-site.aspx

    41 min

  3. 04/29/2020

    7 - Mt Everest

    The daunting and mysterious mountain with an infamous past. https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Everest https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal http://www.surveyhistory.org/sir_george_everest1.htm https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/tallest-mountain-world/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers http://www.alexlowe.org/projects/kcc/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Troubled-2014-Everest-Climbing-Season-The-1994985 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/may/23/mount-everest-first-successful-ascent-in-pictures https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-facts/index.html https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/ https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi https://www.redbull.com/us-en/everest-world-records

    37 min

  4. 04/22/2020

    6 - Captain James Cook

    Captain James cook was an ambitious explorer who is famous for his three voyages which included him travelling to places Britain had never been before.  https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/charles-green-astronomer-1 https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/learning-center/articles/wheat-rust-diseases#phcontent_4_divAccordion https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Banks http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-second-voyage-of-james-cook http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/furneaux-tobias-12932 https://cdn.britannica.com/21/144721-050-88F2E4A9/James-Cook-Pacific-voyages.jpg https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/exploration/southerncontinent http://zeehaen.tripod.com/pub_4/did_clauptolemy_ab_australia.htm https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-third-voyage-of-james-cook https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Laka https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Montagu-4th-Earl-of-Sandwich

    34 min

  5. 04/15/2020

    5 - Her Majesty's Prison Shepton Mallet

    One of the oldest operating prisons in the world, this prison has a rich history starting in the early 1600s up until its closure in 2013. With such a long history, there are so many stories to tell and so many skeletons to uncover.https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotlandhttps://tinyurl.com/yxygv5eqhttps://tinyurl.com/rmduyyxhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Howard-British-philanthropist-and-social-reformerDisney, Francis (1992). Shepton Mallet Prison ...

    35 min

  6. 04/08/2020

    4 - John Houbolt

    The man who fought for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) and played a critical role in the Apollo missions Sources: https://wehackthemoon.com/bios/john-c-houbolt https://www.nasa.gov/langley/hall-of-honor/john-c-houbolt https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch8.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit_rendezvous https://www.space.com/25570-nasa-moon-pioneer-john-houbolt-obituary.html https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/739934923/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening https://www.nasa.gov/content/john-c-houbolt-unsung-hero-of-the-apollo-program-dies-at-age-95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atM5lmX5tPk https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880069339.pdf

    20 min

  7. 04/01/2020

    3 - Camouflage

    The long history behind military camouflage and the men who studied it https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature109521/ https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/07/02/how-not-to-be-seen-the-art-science-and-history-of-camouflage/ https://www.army.mil/article/40245/west_point_explores_science_of_camouflage http://www.imperium-romana.org/uploads/5/9/3/3/5933147/vegetius-roman-army.pdfhttps://worksthatwork.com/7/the-art-and-science-of-military-camouflage https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/sky-simulated-white-flamingoes-study-book-concealing-coloration-animal-kingdom-23949 http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/4/hiddentalents.php https://daily.jstor.org/teddy-roosevelt-evolution-camouflage/ https://arthistoryunstuffed.com/the-dazzle-camouflage-of-norman-wilkinson/ https://grahamshawcross.com/2012/05/31/abbott-thayer-countershading-and-camouflage-theory/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/a-brief-history-of-camouflage/

    29 min

  8. 03/28/2020

    2 - Eratosthenes

    Eratosthenes (which we WILL mispronounce a few times) was a well-rounded researcher. He made significant contributions to society, including creating a new field of study, and helped shaped the way we see the world today. 1"Eratosthenes." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 21 Jun. 2014. Web. 10/11/2015 . 4“Eratosthenes and the Size of the Earth.” Astronomy 101 Special Webpages. Bucknell University. Web 2"Eratosthenes of Cyrene". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 11 Oct. 2015 3“Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-194 BC).” http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html 5“Measuring the Circumference of the Earth.” Cynthia Stokes Brown. Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth. Web. 6“Maps and Geography.” Ken Jennings. Simon and Schuster, 2014. 7“Eratosthenes.” Famous Mathematicians. http://famous-mathematicians.org/eratosthenes/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_23  https://www.ancient.eu/Eratosthenes/ https://www.ancient.eu/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/

    19 min

  9. 03/18/2020

    1 - King Charles VI of France

    Known as King Charles the beloved or King Charles the Mad. This episode dives into the life of Charles VI and his time as the ruler of France in the late 1300s. Sources: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_VI_of_France https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-VI-king-of-France https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-V-king-of-France http://www.ancientpages.com/2016/01/22/charles-vi-france-king-made-glass/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11741/2/alger_whole_thesis.pdf https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_V_of_France https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/

    22 min

  10. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    Introduction

    An introduction to the podcast

    3 min

Trailer

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A semi-casual history podcast where we cover topics that pique our interests. We hope to cover a wide range of topics, from Eras to individuals, whatever intrigues us. Hopefully you enjoy digesting pieces of random history like we do with just the right amount of nitty-gritty details!

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    Alexis Fenton & Christian Behrend
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