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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
In this episode, Alaina resurrects one of her old series: looking at the live-action feature films of the Walt Disney studio. Following the deaths of the studio's founding brothers, and the beginning of a long period of rocky financials, Disney's film output was, well, boring and bad. We look over their movies from 1970-1975 to point out the few bright spots, place people and trends into their contexts, and bring up the much better work these artists were capable of.
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- The matte paintings of the era
- Books by Mako's father, Taro Yashima: The New Sun, Horizon is Calling, Crow Boy
- Lament for Confederation, Chief Dan George, 1967
- Breaking Mayberry episode 87: Who Gave my Baby a Tribal Tat?
- Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die (iTunes) (RSS)
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Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Happy anniversary! To celebrate a year of trapped travel, we're covering a place we've both been in the before times, and fulfilling one of our top listener requests to boot. Medieval Times Dinner Tournament is famous for its pick-and-choose approach to historical "accuracy", and that one Jim Carrey movie. Let's see what experience we can share from its website, and what insights we glean from the reviews.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Happy Valencrimes Day! This year's topic observes the strictest traditions, so we're talking about a series of murders in 1800s Chicago. Thomas Neill Cream used his medical practice and willingness to help those in need to prey on the desperate and disadvantaged. But his true targets may not have been the people he poisoned, but the ones he attempted to blackmail by accusing them of the murders.
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- Cream on Casebook.org
- CDC strychnine facts
- London, Ontario
- Fred Demara, the Great Impostor
- Mechanista in G – RX-75-4 Guntank
- Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die
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 111 prompt is: Who is your favorite martial artist?
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
In 1982, seven people in the greater Chicago area died from taking Tylenol capsules that had been filled with cyanide. No clear evidence was found pointing to a culprit, and no motive has been determined. What remains is a story of consumer safety, and how law enforcement acts when they have no leads.
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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 108 prompt is: Who is your favorite monk?
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Welcome to 2021! We bring in the year with the 900th anniversary of a shipwreck that threw England into chaos, and the 200th anniversary of a piece of culinary folk history. The White Ship sank, and people of every social station drowned the same. Tomatoes came to New Jersey through the same unexciting means as any crop, but a striking story will kep alive regardless.
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Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Welcome back, dear ghoulish listeners, as we celebrate the season with tales of three reported haunts in detroit, Michigan. First, is a massive and active building whose tragic architect still walks the halls. Next is an abandoned hotel, former home to a serial poisoner. Last is now a vacant lot, but was once the headquarters of an occult prophet who died at the hands of an unknown axe murderer.
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- Detroit's Masonic Temple
- Alhambra Apartments
- Images and news articles from the 1929 St Aubin's Street Massacre
- The Oldest History of the World
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 105 prompt is: What is your favorite plant?
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
It's vacation season, and the open road beckons. Rather than give in to that siren song, Alaina is teaching us about several sites meant to separate travelers from their walking around money. It's time for some roadside attractions!
Links!
- https://lucytheelephant.org/visiting/
- The Elephantine Colossus going up, and coming down
- https://www.rotaryjailmuseum.org/
- https://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/museums/squirrel-cage-jail.html
- https://www.farmersmuseum.org/
- Cardiff Giant "exhumed"
- Cardiff Giant Tent Show
- Cardiff Giant's current resting place
- Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
- https://detroit.curbed.com/2018/7/17/17562004/marvins-marvelous-mechanical-museum-magic-attraction
- The Cardiff Giant replica at Marvin's
- LAST SHOOTING on Six Feats Under
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
We have returned! After a brief hiatus, History Honeys is back. This week, Alaina is teaching us about the history of deaf education, and the development of contemporary sign languages. How are sign languages linguistically dynamic and unique? Why are divisions in US deaf culture generational? How are contentious claims laundered as the default, even at the cost of future harm?
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- National Association of the Deaf
- American School for the Deaf
- Galludet University
- The Life and Death of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
- William Stokoe's obituary at Galludet University
- Unlocking the Curriculum
- How "Deaf President Now" Changed America
- Trailer for Deaf West's production of Spring Awakening
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Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Sudden changes in society are reflected in the daily lives of people. This week, Alaina demonstrates that with a selection of stories about the things people wore in the US and UK during the Second World War. Rationing, shifting wworkplace demographics, and new materials all had an immediate effect on what people wore. And, looking at what people wore can reveal stories of bigotry.
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- Luminous Flowers for blackout fashion
- Siren Dress
- 1918 ad for coveralls
- 1937 women's overalls
- 1940 working women's overalls
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Ninety years ago today, the code of standards known as the Hays Code was put into effect, shaping the form and content off all mainstream film for decades to come. In this episode, Alaina teaches us where it came from, what purpose it served, and how it fell out of use. Is self-regulation a matter of morality or profit? Does power lie in the rules or their enforcer? Did people in the 1940s actually share beds?
Links!
- The MPAA
- The Sins of Hollywood by Ed Roberts
- Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio
- The 1927 "Dont's" and "Be Carefuls"
- The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
- Betty Boop's pre- and post-enforcement designs
- Sex Archie bonus 15: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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 97 prompt is: How has the global pandemic affected your life?