Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel

Rebecca Siegel
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Join your best friend Rebecca for a session of piping hot old gossip.

  1. 1d ago

    Adolf Hitler Had a Fake Girlfriend

    Eva Braun + Adolf Hitler = a MESS.    In this, our final episode of the season, we’ll talk about the weird relationship-situationship that existed between these knuckleheads, WWII, nazi stuff, and fashion, and we’ll get into what was real and what was pretend.    Triggers: Self harm, suicide, holocaust, antisemitism, murder   Cover image: my sister Intro song: My daughter   Image credit Wikimedia    Selected Bibliography Books:  Downfall, by Volker Ulrich Eva Braun by Heike B. Görtemaker Nazi Wives, by James Wyllie   Podcast The People’s Profiles: Eva Braun, the Fuhrer’s Wife

  2. 6d ago

    Special Treat! History Daily Episode

    It's a history mashup!! Friends, I adore this podcast and I think you will too. Listen, subscribe, share! https://www.historydaily.com

  3. Sep 24

    Adolf Hitler Was Bad at Kissing

    Let’s talk about the big dog and his weird love life! This episode is highly disgusting, and I am kind of sorry about that. But it’s funny, too. We’ll get into WWII, nazis, love, dating, and the very complicated tale of Geli Raubal, Hitler’s half niece and one true love.    MAJOR trigger warnings today: Suicide, incest, holocaust, antisemitism, SA, murder, gun violence   Cover art: my sister Intro song: my daughter Images: Getty, Alamy, Wikimedia   Selected Bibliography  Books: Ascent, Volker Ulrich Hitler and Geli, by Ronald Hayman Hitler’s Suicide Women, by Andrew van Ginkel.    Fun Podcast:  Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories, episodes 232 and 233 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vH4kcVmomFOv9Unr5hQxw?_authfailed=1   Remember, besties. There is always a way out. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

  4. Sep 17

    Theodor Morell Hawked Vitamins

    Let’s talk about Theodor Morell, Adolf Hitler’s most favorite doctor, and maybe also his drug dealer?? This episode is chock full of bathroom humor, WWII history, Nazi drama, and some very poor choices.    Trigger warnings: Addiction, antisemitism, Holocaust    Selected Bibliography   ·      Blitzed, by Norman Ohler ·      Downfall, by Volker Ullrich  ·      Secret Diaries of Hitler’s Doctor, by David Irving ·      Until the Final Hour, Traudl Junge    Intro song: my daughter Cover art: my sister   Images: Getty Ullstein Bild Dtl, Alamy JEYFWK

  5. Sep 10

    August Eigruber Liked Hitler's Mustache

    Let’s talk about WWII, Nazi art theft, concentration camp murders, and the second ugliest mustache you’ve ever seen. August Eigruber’s story takes us to Mauthausen, Paris, and deep into the Altaussee Salt Mines.    Trigger warnings: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Murder   Selected Bibliography   Books Eight Days in May, by Volker Ullrich Hitler (Ascent and Downfall), by Volker Ullrich Monuments Men, by Bret Witter and Robert M. Edsel   Online Resource Stanford University’s Virtual Tribunal: International Criminal Tribunal Records (1945-Present): https://exhibits.stanford.edu/virtual-tribunals/catalog/jw764yb5101   Documentary The Rape of Europa, by Richard Berge   Intro song: my daughter Cover art: my sister

  6. Sep 3

    Traudl Junge Didn't Ask Questions

    Traudl Junge was not just Hitler’s secretary, she was also a fountain of piping hot tea. This is a toughie. You’ll see why. We get into WWII, marriage, real estate, trains, bedspreads, and a LOT of bunker talk.  Selected Bibliography: Books ·      Ascent, by Volker Ulrich ·      Letters to Hitler, by Heinrik Eberle  ·      Until the Final Hour, Traudl Junge  ·      Voices from the Bunker, by Pierre Galante, Gertrude Junge and Eugene Silianoff   Movies ·      Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary, by André Heller  ·      Downfall     Intro song: my daughter Cover art: my sister   Images: public domain, Alamy

  7. Aug 27

    Wernher von Braun Married his Cousin

    From German rocket scientist to war criminal to NASA golden boy to Disney star! Let’s talk about Wernher von Braun, the Space Race, Operation Paperclip, WWI, WWII, the Treaty of Versailles, and so much more. Trigger warnings: antisemitism, holocaust, murder, incest  Intro song: My daughter Cover art: My sister    Selected Bibliography Books Into that Silent Sea, by Francis French and Colin Burgess Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, by Asif A. Siddiqi Wernher von Braun, by Christopher Lampton The Rocket and the Reich and Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War, Michael J. Neufeld   Film Man in Space, 1955  Disney  Images: Getty

  8. Aug 20

    Leni Riefenstahl Fake Cried to Get Her Way

    Leni Riefenstahl was a dancer, an actor, a filmmaker, and a real jerk! And also a liar! Let’s get into it in a probably too-long chat about WWII, propaganda, film, Hollywood, Hitler, and plenty of other Nazi stuff.   Trigger warnings: Holocaust, murder, antisemitism, SA, racism   Selected Bibliography   Books: Artists Under Hitler, by Jonathan Petropoulos Hitler’s People, by Richard J. Evans Hitler’s Women, by Guido Knopp   Documentaries:Riefenstahl, Andres Veiel  Time of Darkness and Stillness, Nina Gladitz The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, by Ray Müller

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