
164 episodes

Vulgar History Realm
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4.7 • 267 Ratings
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A feminist women's history comedy podcast about the scandalicious stories of people from olden times. Hosted by Ann Foster.
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Rachel (aka La Grande Rachel aka Mademoiselle Rachel aka Rachel Félix) (with Allison Epstein)
My name is Ann, joined this week by Allison, to talk about a t**s out women who only needs one name: RACHEL.
References:
Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comédie-Francaise by Rachel H. Brownstein
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09571558211045052
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rachel-eliza-rachel-felix
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6068-felix-elisa-rachel
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As mentioned in the episode, here are images of Rachel's tomb.
And here is Wikimedia Commons's page of images of Rachel, almost entirely in various togas, her signature look.
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Learn more about ALLISON and their books at allisonepstein.com
Subscribe to Allison's Substack at rapscallison.substack.com
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Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories (many pieces are also of roles that Rachel played!) at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout
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Brunhild of Austrasia (with Shelley Puhak)
Remember awhile ago, we did three episodes about the iconic Queen Fredegund? And she was so iconic we re-named the scandilicious scale after her? WELL
By popular request, we're back to look at Fred's arch-nemesis, Brunhild of Austrasia. To keep my #TeamFred energy from overwhelming things, our guest this week is Shelley Puhak, author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Formed The Medieval World aka, the person who introduced Fred and Brun into all our lives!!
Learn more about Shelley and her work at shelleypuhak.com.
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Here's the Radegund book Shelley spoke about. Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen by E.T. Dailey (published by Oxford University Press).
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Author Interview: Katherine Howe (A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself )
Today we're joined by Katherine Howe to talk about her pirate-y new novel, A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself.
Learn more about Katherine and her work at katherinehowe.com
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Mary Ann Bugg (with Meg Foster)
This week, it's a Foster duet as we're joined by Dr. Meg Foster (no relation) to talk about Australia's legacy of bushrangers, and her recent book Boundary Crossers: The Hidden History of Australia's Other Bushrangers. If you don't know who the bushrangers were, don't worry, that's the first thing Meg explains.
Our discussion focuses on Mary Ann Bugg, a mixed-race Worimi woman often left out or misrepresented in bushranger sagas.
Learn more about Meg and her work at hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-meg-foster
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Listen to the Patreon bushrangers super spectacular featuring Allison Epstein, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-these-guys-82314035--
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Author Interview: Emma Southon (A Rome Of One's Own: Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire)
Today, we're joined by Emma Southon to talk about lesser-known women of Roman history and her new book, A Rome of One's Own: Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire.
Learn more about Emma and her work at emmasouthon.com
Listen to Emma's podcast History Is Sexy historyissexy.com
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Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl (with Lucy Hinnie)
It's a slightly belated Halloween super special/ continuation of the Mary, Queen of Scots saga this week! We're talking about Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl: older sister of one of the Four Marys and also a witch who was never arrested or punished for it.
Our guest is Lucy Hinnie, an Early Career Researcher, Wikimedian and digital humanist. She is currently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, and a Digital Skills Wikimedian for Wikimedia UK.
Learn more about Lucy and her work at lucyrhinnie.co.uk
Get all the tea about Lucy's time working at Holyrood Palace in The Vulgar History Aftershow on Patreon!
Eleanor Janega's blog about why you are (probably) not the granddaughter of the witches they couldn't burn
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References:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-160
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fleming,_Countess_of_Atholl
Queen Mary’s Women: female relatives, servants, friends and enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots by Rosalind K. Marshall
The Scottish witch-hunt in context edited by Julian Goodare
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Here's the "A Catte" pillow designed by Jan Jupiter avail in the merch store
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Get merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)
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Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories, including the Anne Boleyn pendant, at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout
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Support Vulgar History on Patreon
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Customer Reviews
Iconic women’s history podcast
I can’t believe I just only discovered Vulgar History this year. It ticks so many of my boxes. Feminist. Women’s history. Comedy. Yes, all of the above, please! The research is top-notch. The stories are riveting. I love this show!
Refreshing viewpoint
Entertaining and eye-opening to hear about history through women
My favorite after dinner treat
I started listening a few weeks ago and have come to absolutely love this podcast. I want to be best friends with the host. Her style is less academic and more “let me tell my friends juicy scandals from history” and I am so here for it. I especially appreciate her love of fashion and boredom with recaps of battles. If you like women’s history and have a sense of humor this is the podcast for you.