Episodes
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
The Endangered Species List
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Grant turns his focus closer to biology, as we look at the history and the meaning of two lists of endangered species. What does the scope of the Endangered Species Act reveal about the national imagination when compared to its predecessors? How can listing turn to recovery? What can we claim to know about the status of biological life when a majority of creatures are not assessed?
Links!
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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Office Supplies
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Vacation is over, and Alaina takes us back to the land of cubicles and time sheets. There are secret origins, intrigue, and controversy inside every supply closet and catalog. How does an idea go from a novelty to a necessity? Is credit more important than royalties? Who is responsible for paper clips?
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 69 prompt is: What is your favorite extinct creature?
Tuesday Jan 01, 2019
A Look Back at '18
Tuesday Jan 01, 2019
Tuesday Jan 01, 2019
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2019, full of promise and hope. We send off the year that was with a pair of remembrances. First, Alaina teaches us about the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, the deadliest disease known to mankind. Then, Grant tells the story of the Second Defenestration of Prague, and how a 1618 disagreement over building a pair of churches sparked the Thirty Years War.
Links!
- Smithsonian magazine on the spread of the epidemic
- CDC guide to finding a flu shot near you
- The window through which they were defenestrated
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 68 prompt is: What are you looking forward to in 2019?