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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
In the 1980s America's health infrastructure failed to adequately respond to an epidemic, which showed in greater contrast failures across society. This week, Grant is teaching us about one group's commitment to correct that failure through civil disobedience. By prioritizing disruption over image, and relentlessly claiming the moral high ground, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power drastically improved the lives of people living with HIV and reduced its spread.
Links!
- ACT UP NY
- The ACT UP Historical Archive
- June 5, 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Pneumocystis Pneumonia, the first published report on what would be named AIDS
- Larry Kramer 1982 Interview On AIDS with NBC News
- Don Francis' Frontline interview
- 1,112 and Counting
- Gran Fury
- Six Feats Under's Monsterhearts 2 campaign
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 99 prompt is: Share a recipe!
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
In this episode we're thankful for modern medicine, and tools that help us heal with less harm. At least, that's how X-rays work now. Alaina teaches us about the early days of these mysterious rays, the scientists, inventors, and doctors who sacrificed their own health to develop them, and some of the odder purposes this miracle technology was put to.
Links!
- Rontgen's first recorded X-Ray image, of his wife's hand
- Newsreel demonstration of Shoe Fitting Flouroscope
- Vintage photos of patients getting X-Rays
- One of Marie Curie's radiological cars
- The International Museum of Surgical Science
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 91 prompt is: What is your favorite revolution?
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
It's that time of year again, when Alaina teaches us about the haunted and spooky spots of a certain place, and we do the intro in silly Dracula voices! This year we're getting sub-tropical and talking about the Florida Keys. An island chain once rich from shipping and now a vacation destination, the Keys have been shaken by natural disasters and disease, as well as a few notably creepy individuals. Have these events left a psychic and spiritual stain on the land, or is that just a way to sell more t-shirts? Let's explore!
Links!
- FloridaKeys.com
- Historic and contemporary pictures of the Oversea Railroad
- "The Keys’ most treacherous reef is a scenic delight"
- Picture of the Carysfort Light
- Key West Cemetery at Atlas Obscura
- Florida Keys History & Discovery Center, home to Robert the Doll
- Picture of Robert the Doll
- Gene Otto, wearing the sailor suit he passed on to Robert
- Fort Jefferson, National Park Service
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 89 prompt is: What is your favorite piece of public art?
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Alaina's gotten inspiration through immunization. Today we're talking about three potentially deadly diseases whose vaccines come in a convenient combo. Why were those dog teams so desperate to move their serum? Do you owe your health to a team of women in Michigan? So the rust DOESN'T matter in itself?
Fellowship 2nd Edition on Kickstarter
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 75 prompt is: Who is your favorite playwright?
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?
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
In the 1980s a plague struck America, and because of who it hit hardest, America was happy to let it run its course and let them die. The arts are how we make sense of that, and point toward what comes next. Alaina takes us through the conception and reception of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, perhaps the most highly-regarded play of the 20th Century. We also learn more about the real person depicted in it, and share our personal connections to the work. Is it possible to separate the personal from the political, or the path of history from faith? Can a work revitalize its medium, or should credit go to the historical moment that produced it? Can something still be too long even if every part of it is brilliant?
Links!
- Angels in America
- HBO Miniseries
- Angels in America: The Complete Oral History
- Behind the Scenes on a Two-Play Day
- Avert.org
- New York Times review of the opera adaptation
- Vanity Fair article on Roy Cohn's mentorship of Donald Trump
- The Purple Pamphlet
- Gextra Life donation page
- Gextra Life YouTube playlist
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.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
It's the Holidays, and we'd like to share one of our traditions with you. Alaina tells us about the creation of a classic film, The Sound of Music. First, we delve into the creation of the fictional family Von Trapp, then look at their actual lives which inspired it. How much fidelity is owed to the truth in an adaptation? What lengths would you go to in resisting a fascist takeover? What unexpected benefits come with accepting refugees?
It's also been exactly six months since episode 1! Thank you for all the love and support!
Links!
- The Von Trapp family singers (current lineup)
- The Von Trapp Family Lodge
- The Sound of Music on IMDB
- Julie Andrews receiving the Kennedy Center Honors
- Lady Gaga's Sound of Music tribute at the 87th Academy Awards
- The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall (thanks Sarah!)
- MadFuzz store use promo code HH2016 for 16% off until December 31st!
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Hello everyone! Here's the 4th episode of History Honeys! Alaina catches us up on Tuberculosis, then drills down to how the disease shaped fashion, then shares stories of how other diseases caused fads, and some stories of how fads caused illnesses. Is anything in history truly isolated? Is there any limit to what people will do for fashion's sake? Have we been using a loaded coin all along?
The listener mail prompt for next episode is plays and musicals! Tell us your favorite show and we'll try to read it on air. Send those emails to historyhoneyspodcast at gmail!