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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Grant takes us back to mid-century America to talk about an emblematic episode of the Cold War. During the Second World War, a number of Americans went behind the government's back to aid an ally. Less than ten yers later, two of them were blamed for millions and millions of deaths, and sentenced to death on coerced and extremely tenuous testimony. Can the letter of the law stand against its use as a weapon? Did an act of state cruelty feed further cruelty, and could clemency have reduced fear? Is this just a game of chicken gone wrong?
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 61 prompt is: Share a play everyone should read!
Tuesday Aug 21, 2018
Tuesday Aug 21, 2018
In this episode, Grant talks about the United States' Public Broadcasting Service, the most trusted institution in the country. A need for non-commercial programming became a need for a federally-supported structure, which quickly became a national treasure. How does the profit motive shape content? What will it take for public broadcasting to continue? How much time could we spend just reminiscing?
Links!
- PBS
- The Corporation for Public Braodcasting
- Newton Minow's "A Vast Wasteland" speech
- The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
- Fred Rogers' 1969 Senate subcommittee testimony
- PBS Digital Studios
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 59 prompt is: Favorite more of air travel!
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Grant tells us the story of the MS St Louis's cruise in the spring of 1939. A cruise ship filled with 937 passengers left Nai Germany to escape persecution. In the end, most of them returned to it. How do you recognize a genocide before active extermination begins? What is stopping us from caring for those in danger? What does this have to do with 2018 America?
Links!
- Voyage of the Damned (1976 film)
- US Holocaust Museum page on the MS St Louis
- Canada's "Wheel of Conscience" memorial
- Twitter account listing those passengers who were killed
- The US State Department's formal apology
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 57 prompt is: Favorite child star!
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
In the last days of the English empire, the people of Iran wanted to shake off the economic imperialism of British Petroluem. The movement spread, and the Americans got involved to defend the status quo. Grant teaches us about the factions in play, the tactics used, and the beginning of the US's policy of regime change. When has imperialism improved the lives of people living under it? How can we accept the narrative that inciting chaos creates stability? Who's next?
Links!
- Declassified CIA documents
- Confession of a SAVAK torturer
- 1953 British news report
- Support Final Bid on Kickstarter now!
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 Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
In 1881, a man killed the President of the United States. In 1901, another man killed another President of the United States. Grant teaches us about these two: their motivations, their preparations, their trials, and the effects of their acts. Is assassination a part of American politics? How do such different people meet at the same conclusion?
Links!
- Charles Guiteau’s reasons for assassinating President Garfield, 1882
- Guiteau's brain at the Mutter Museum
- I am Going to the Lordy
- The Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo
- University of Buffalo page on Leon Czolgosz
- The Emma Goldman Papers Project
- Mokey's Instagram
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 50 prompt is: favorite Girl Scout Cookie!
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
As people get mythologized, the ideas they had and work they did that go against the dominant narrative are left behind. In this episode, Grant takes a look at the politics of four people cast in other roles since their deaths. Does issue activism in the US lead to anti-capitalism, or the other way around? How can these beliefs create alliances when the details can be so very different? Will the FBI ever just, like, chill out?
Links!
- The Politics of Helen Keller by Keith Rosenthal
- Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
- Showdown for Nonviolence; Look Magazine, April 1968
- The Public Writings and Speeches of Margaret Sanger
- The BPP 10-point program; 1972 revision
- 1969 Huey Newton essay from Ebony Magazine
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Grant combines two of his running themes with an armed rebellion staged by an unusual Christian sect. The mid-1800s were a time of global upheaval, that in China manifested as the deadliest civil war of all time, hastening the end of the Imperial dynasties. Millions died in battle. Millions were executed by armies. Millions more died due to man-made famine. How thin is the line between a silly cult, a tragic disaster, and a new dynasty?
Links!
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 40 prompt is: favorite animal fact!
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
In 1974, Portugal's autocratic regime was overthrown by a nearly bloodless coup. Rather than descent into chaos or public executions, it was a revolution of steady transition to democracy and soldiers wearing flowers. Can democracy come from an undemocratic act? Who holds the responsibility in decolonization? Can you crack the song code?
Links!
- This Week report from May 2nd, 1974
- E Depois do Adeus performed at Eurovision 1974
- Grândola, Vila Morena
- April Captains
- Gextra Life 2017 donation page
- The Silent Scream of Melania Trump on Inkshares
- Littlest Pet Cast
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Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
Six months ago, Grant mentioned he'd come back to talk more about a significant person, and now he's making good! Hizzoner, Richard J Daley, was Da Mare for over 20 years. Last and perhaps greatest of the big city bosses, he wielded unchallenged power in the city which came with national influence. Even so, he was always the South Side altar boy, diligently studying the financials. Where there is power, must there be ambition? If everybody's getting a piece, is it still corruption? Who doesn't love the Sox?
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 30 prompt is: favorite summer event/festival/tradition!
Tuesday Apr 25, 2017
Tuesday Apr 25, 2017
The Space Race was contested by governments and scientists, but the first explorers were a cadre of stray dogs from the streets of Moscow. These dogs sit at the intersection of mid-century optimism, political posturing, and questionable ethics.
Links!
- A Chapter on Laika's pop culture memory
- Soviet Space Dogs, a book of merchandise and tributes to the dogs.
- Gallery of images from Soviet Space Dogs