Interdisciplinary History Pod

Interdis History Podcast

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Two twentysomething undergrads who said, "to heck with it," and created a podcast to talk about history in an accessible, interesting, and hopefully fun way. We will do this though discussions, book/film reviews, storytelling, interviews and of course...puns. Join us as we explore how history connects with daily life and other academic disciplines. https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist/membership

01/10/2022

Time Travel Ft. Nerd Crusade

In this episode we reconnect with friends of the Nerd Crusade to discuss time travel in popular media and how common tropes within the genre can effect understandings of historical events. This episode was recorded as part of Nerd Crusade's Holiday Rush live stream fundraiser for Santa's Anonymous Edmonton. Academic Articles, Films, Videos, Television, and Books mentioned on the podcast- Academic Articles: Recovery of Damaged Information and the Out-of-Time-Ordered Correlators Bin Yan and Nikolai A. Sinitsyn Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 040605 – Published 24 July 2020 https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.040605 Tempting Fate The Historian as Time Traveler by Karin Wulf Tempting Fate | Perspectives on History | AHA Drawing the historian back into history: creativity, writing, and The Art of Time Travel By Meg Foster https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMvl7ESeqLA4zOX0OLCmsEmeprRSsKu4TbWWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGqt0uyrLVRuePfgeyx43zx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=31h&K=127698790 Videos on Time Travel: A Concise Breakdown of How Time Travel Works in Popular Movies, Books & TV Shows | Open Culture Books: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon A Stitch in Time Series by Kelley Armstrong TV Shows: Timeless Outlander Loki Doctor Who Films: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Avengers- Endgame If you are looking to listen to more podcasts like this, we highly recommend checking out Nerd Crusade's podcast on all available podcast directories, or Lit with Vik as well.
09/03/2021

Episode 14: A Virtual Field Trip Double Feature- Tales of Strange Museums

In this episode, Viktoria and Sloan discuss two mysterious and strange museums that tackle a historical subject with an interdisciplinary perspective. Do be warned, here be weirdness. Keep listening for musings on tunes, toilets and much more. Related Links: Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner - Musée des ondes Emile Berliner (moeb.ca) Muzeum histoických nočníků a toalet (muzeumnocniku.cz) Our Interview with Dr. Seika Boye: https://anchor.fm/interdis-history-group/episodes/Episode-7-On-Research--Curation--and-Collaboration-A-Conversation-with-Dr--Seika-Boye-er0jlo/a-a4o50kk Tire sur la neige video (Sorry all the available videos were in French. This does have English subtitles if you do not mind.) https://youtu.be/OWBflQkF9bw You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist If you have an idea for an episode, wish to partner with us, or have an idea for a topic you want to see us cover, please shoot us an email at interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. We would also appreciate it if you took the time to share our podcast with your friends and family if you have the chance, or please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It is so important and helps us a lot. We really appreciate it. Thank you for listening! Stay safe and wear a mask! Love Vik and Sloan
08/07/2021

Episode 13C: Alias Grace Part 3

In this episode we discus penal reforms of the mid nineteen century, asylums and the Victorian spiritualist movement. This episode concludes a three part series where we have examined the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era. Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published. Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Citations and further reading: McCoy, Ted.(2012) Hard Time: Reforming the Penitentiary in 19th Century Canada. Chu, E. M.-Y., van Santen, J., & Harbishettar, V. (2018). Views from an asylum: a retrospective case note analysis of a nineteenth century asylum. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(10), 1141–1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1575-1
07/21/2021

Episode 13B: Alias Grace Part 2

In this episode, Viktoria discusses gender and sexuality in mid 19th century Canada, and Sloan looks at the shows depictions of class stratification. Content warnings for mention of sexual assault and abortion. This episode continues as the second of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era. Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published. Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Citations and further reading: Burley, David G. (1994). Particular Condition in Life : Self-Employment and Social Mobility in Mid-Victorian Brantford, Ontario. McGill-Queen’s University Press. Darroch, G. (1988). Class in nineteenth-century, central Ontario: A reassessment of the crisis and demise of small producers during early industrialization, 1861-1871. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 13(1/2), 49. David Gagan. (1976). “The Prose of Life”: Literary Reflections of the Family, Individual Experience and Social Structure in Nineteenth-Century Canada. Journal of Social History, 9(3), 367–381. O'Neill, Teresa.(2016) Unmentionables: The Victorian Ladies Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners. Stanley, Sandra Kumamoto. (2003) "Eroticism of class and the Enigma of of Margaret Atwood's 'Alias grace'." Tulsa Studies in Woman's Literature. 22, No. 2: 371-386 Rimstead, Roxanne. (2002) "Working class Intruders: Female Domestics in Kamouraska and Alias Grace" Canadian Literature 175: 44-65
07/02/2021

Episode 13A: Alias Grace Part 1

This episode kicks off the first of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era. In this first installment of looking at Alias Grace, Viktoria discusses depictions of urban and rural domesticity, and Sloan unpacks experiences of immigration. Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published. Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Source Materials and Further Reading Kenneally, Michael. 2014 "Irish Immigration to Nineteenth Century Canada: Alternative Narratives" Keough, Willeen G. 2013 "Unpacking the Discursive Irish Woman Immigrant in Eighteenth- and Nineteen-Century Newfoundland" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670882.2012.759709 Melnyk, George. 2018 "The County of Half Welcomes: Canada's Checkered History With Refugees" Palmer, Bryan D. 1993 "Nineteenth-Century Canada and Australia: The Paradoxes of Class Formation"
05/26/2021

Episode 12: Food History and Food in Historical Study

Inspired by the virtual launch event for the digital archival exhibition From Our Mothers' Kitchens': Cooking in Rural Canada put on by Archival and Special Collections at the University of Guelph, this episode features Viktoria and Sloan discussing topics in food history and theory. Viktoria gives some perspective into the historiographical trends in the way historians treat food in history. Sloan presents arguments made by scholars as to the potential for interdisciplinary work on topics relating to historical food and recipes. Together in this episode your hosts hope to get you thinking about the things we eat as primary sources of our era and to consider how future historians will look back on our contemporary. If you wish that you were listening to our podcast live on a street corner or public park so that you could drop some spare change in a conveniently placed ball cap on the ground: you can do the next best thing by joining our Patreon for a few dollars a month at: https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist Citations Claflin, Kyri, and Peter Scholliers. 2012. Writing Food History : A Global Perspective. English ed. Berg. Pilcher, Jeffery M. 2017 Food in Word History. 2nd edition. Themes in World History. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Voss, Kimberly Wilmot. 2014. The Food Section : Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist
05/11/2021

Episode 11: An Interview on Knowledge Keeping with Terri Suntjen's from 2 Crees in a Pod

In this episode we hear from Terri Suntjen’s, Director of indigenous Initiatives at MacEwan University and cohost of the 2 Crees in a Pod podcast. Terri speaks to us about the work she and many others are doing in academic circles and in the broader Edmonton community to engage with Canada’s Indigenous past, present and future. We also hear from Terri on the importance of honoring traditional understandings of knowledge and teaching practices as Indigenous scholars and community members work to repair the legacies of colonialism. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and will have links below to additional resources. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/2-crees-in-a-pod/id1517083728 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yMGM5MzQyOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== https://www.facebook.com/2creesinapod/ Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist
04/16/2021

Episode 10- (The Whole World is) Watching History: The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Hello everyone! We are so glad to be back from our brief hiatus with a fantastic episode. In today's show, we will be discussing the new critically acclaimed Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, discussing historical context and giving our thoughts along the way. (Yes, we do love Sacha Baron Cohen) This film kept us thinking long after it ended, and we hope you all enjoy listening to our thoughts about it and maybe check it out for yourself! A special thanks to our patrons Tommy B and Sheila Clarke! We are so grateful for your support. It means the world to us. Relevant links and resources: Invoking Summary Criminal Contempt Procedures: Use or Abuse? United States v. Dellinger: The "Chicago Seven" Contempts: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1287445 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Playing Bobby Seale in 'The Trial of the Chicago 7': https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/p3h/6XN2020102407 Lessons of the '60s. (ebscohost.com) Drawing the line - Filmmakers employ an edgy animation style to re-create the drama at the 1968 Democratic National Convention: ContentServer.asp (ebscohost.com) PUBLIC REACTION TO POLITICAL PROTEST: CHICAGO 1968. (ebscohost.com) Then and Now: New Examinations of the Sixties: https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMTo50Sep7Q4v%2BbwOLCmsEmeprNSsq24S7OWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGqt0uyrLVRuePfgeyx43zx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=31h&K=42858542 The Chicago Seven and the Sanctuary Eleven: Conspiracy and Spectacle in U.S. Courts- https://www.jstor.org/stable/24497870 Framing Protest: The Chicago Tribune and the New York Times during the 1968 Democratic Convention: AJC1301.vp (ebscohost.com) You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist If you have an idea for an episode, wish to partner with us, or have an idea for a topic you want to see us cover, please shoot us an email at interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. We would also appreciate it if you took the time to share our podcast with your friends and family if you have the chance, or please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It is so important and helps us a lot. We really appreciate it. Thank you for listening! Stay safe and wear a mask! Love Vik and Sloan

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Thanks for checking us out! You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Transcription- Funky Music plays… Vik: Hello, my name is Viktoria Sloan: And I’m Sloan. We are two friends based in Edmonton, Alberta and are undergraduate students at Macewan University. Vik: I am studying for my History major and double minoring in classics and English. Sloan: I am double majoring in Sociology and History. VIK: And we are also your hosts for the Interdisciplinary History Podcast. This will be a show where we examine history through its relationships with other disciplines. Sloan: We decided to start producing this show because we believe that there is power in the way we understand the past. Vik: and that the greater perspective which comes from the interplay of intersectional approaches can have transformative potential Sloan: We believe that those who study history have a lot to offer and to learn from those who engage in other academic disciplines, and also just for humans who engage with other humans Vik: and that the perspectives, methodologies and theories of other disciplines lead to a deep, critical, and more meaningful understanding of the past Sloan: Through interviews, discussions, reviews, guest speakers and more, Vik and I will delve deeply into the interconnections between history and the lives we lead. Vik: With a lot of chuckles and bad puns of course. Sloan: And all the charming banter two socially awkward nerds can muster. Vik: You can find our podcast on your favourite podcast directory under Interdisciplinary History Pod or keep up to date with us on our social media. Sloan: On Facebook, you can find us by searching Interdisciplinary History Group at Macewan, or you can find us on Twitter and Instagram at the links in the description Vik: On any of these platforms, you will find a link to our website to find citations, bonus content, blog posts, information about events and more. From there, you can subscribe to our email list so you are notified every time we share something. Sloan: you can also get in touch with us through our website or social media if you have an idea/suggestion for a topic you’d like us to explore. Vik: and before we sign off we would like to acknowledge that this podcast is produced in Edmonton on Treaty 6 land, the traditional gathering place for many indigenous people. We honour and respect the history, languages, ceremonies and culture of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit who call this territory home. Sloan: Our first episode will be up sometime in the last week of October. Stay tuned and stay safe! Vik: (whispers) Wear a mask. And not just for Halloween. Funky music fades out.

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04/06/2021

Fatima from Between Us

I listened to the episode with the owner of the bookstore, and I loved every moment of it! I love reading, but reading history books has been so boring to me. I love the approach she took about reading historical fiction, and I’m looking forward to listening more to other episodes!
Must listen

01/26/2021

mellulu

Very informative! Very entertaining!
Great history lessons!

01/21/2021

Women Entrepreneur

This is such a good podcast to learn more about history and what nots! I enjoy listening and definitely recommend !
A true game changer

01/16/2021

grk-pancham

This podcast dives deep into history and gives you some thoughtful insight about a variety of topics! Nowadays, there can be a lot of podcasts throwing random content at you, but this podcast is clear and concise! It provides you with the little bit of value you need to learn something new and push through your day! It’s a must listen so definitely check it out!

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Interdis History Podcast
Years Active

2020 - 2022
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19
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Explicit
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Interdisciplinary History Pod

Interdisciplinary History Pod

Episodes

Time Travel Ft. Nerd Crusade

Episode 14: A Virtual Field Trip Double Feature- Tales of Strange Museums

Episode 13C: Alias Grace Part 3

Episode 13B: Alias Grace Part 2

Episode 13A: Alias Grace Part 1

Episode 12: Food History and Food in Historical Study

Episode 11: An Interview on Knowledge Keeping with Terri Suntjen's from 2 Crees in a Pod

Episode 10- (The Whole World is) Watching History: The Trial of the Chicago Seven

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