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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
As we look back on the year that passed, Grant is reminded of an even more explosive one: 1848. The great powers of Europe had made themselves the center of the world, and then those powers collapsed as a broad coalition of citizens rose up in the name of freedom. But whose freedom counts most? Is this a story of nations or of classes? Why are revolutions graded pass/fail?
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Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
In this episode, Grant tells a familiar story from a less-popular angle. Venezuelan oil interests, for-profit media, and a right-wing coalition launched a coup against the early years of Hugo Chavez' presidency. It also had all the hallmarks of 21st Century American Imperialism, but with a veneer of deniability. Who planted the seeds of today's unrest? How can you see true intent through rhetoric? Why hasn't Elliott Abrams been tried for war crimes?
Links!
- Text of the 1999 Constitution
- Al Jazeera mini-documentary on the events of 2002
- 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
- Venezuela coup linked to Bush team - The Guardian
- SEX ARCHIE
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Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
The early 1990s gave rise to many fads, trends, and subcultures. Riot Grrrl has been dismissed as just another of them, but had far greater ambitions and achieved far greater things. Motivation, inspiration, and cooperation led a group of activists to change the conversation, until the structures they railed against stepped in to change it back. What's the difference between having a message and controlling the narrative? Can the information we're giving you, filtered through the years, be trusted to make an accurate picture of an underground scene that was unfairly covered in the media? How can digital spaces replicate the conditions that fostered Riot Grrrl?
Links!
- Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
- Girl Germs, a podcast about Bratmobile's first album, Pottymouth
- Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
- Jigsaw
- The Riot Grrrl Collection
- Gallery of Zine covers
- Newsweek's infamous Riot Grrrl story
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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!
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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?
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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 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
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 36 prompt is: favorite historical house!
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
- Find your polling place! Know what's on your ballot! GO VOTE!
- Independence National Historical Park
- Elfreth's Alley
- Christ Church
- Eastern State Penitentiary
- Mutter Museum
- Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
- Knoebel's
- Sweet Charlie's Ice Cream, Big Gay Ice Cream
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
America's founders have been immortalized, lionized, and mythologized; but one seems to have fallen through the cracks. Grant shares what he's learned about John Jay, the forgotten father. Was he instrumental to the birth of the United States, or did he just happen to be in the right place at the right time? Is he forgotten because he left things half done in his career, or because he used his retirement to rest? Why on Earth is this episode mostly about a horse Alaina made up?
- Jay's Federalist Papers
- Portrait by Gilbert Stuart
- The Selected Papers of John Jay, blog
- African Burial Ground Monument
- Mr Ed gets contact lenses
- Gextra Life donations page, Stream archive
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
Grant takes a turn at Chicago tragedy with the Haymarket Affair. In May 1886 a bomb was thrown, igniting a shootout that killed over a dozen people and changed the fight for workers' rights forever. Can equality be gained in a system run by those who profit from inequality? Are the voices of the dead louder than those of the living? While we don't know who started the fight, can we even know who won in the end?
- The "Revenge!" circular
- The handbills announcing the rally
- Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook, reviewed by Ada Grey
- (formerly) on-site memorial, police memorial, Martyrs' memorial
- The Lucy Parsons Project
- Gextra Life donations page, stream archive
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Good morning! Today Grant goes for two and talks about the Anabaptists, a movement of related Protestant sects dating back to the early days of the Reformation. Are our civil liberties inspired by people who dropped out of the society they protect? How can small communities survive in isolation, and how could they survive without isolation? Why are people living in modernity fascinated by those who chose not to be?
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 whateverother platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 8 prompt is: favorite amusement park ride or attraction!