Door Key
I find myself drawn to the more social side of history than dates or battles. While I do think dates and battles are important, I find questions like ‘When did Catherine of Aragon realize she'd lost Henry VIII’s love to Anne Boleyn?’ or ‘Just what exactly was Aaron Burr's deal?’ to be what really fascinates me about history. This is the lens that I view history from on the Door Key Podcast (and the accompanying Substack newsletter) because I'm a dork with a deep love of history who wants to talk about it.
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 84
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
John Adams (Replay)
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John Adams was the second President of the United States. This episode is an overview of his life - from his childhood, t…
The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (Replay)
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This episode talks about the shooting of seven members of a Chicago bootlegging gang of mobsters. This event, which happe…
Julia Child (Replay)
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Julia Child was an American chef, cooking teacher, author, television personality - and so much more!
This episode was ed…
![[BONUS] The history of MS (Replay)](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8a4xh74i8jhbe9rd96t6bgnjjqhi?.jpg)
[BONUS] The history of MS (Replay)
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March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, so this episode goes into the history of this disease - discussing its past,…
Alice Roosevelt (Replay)
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Alice Roosevelt was the daughter of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, but it was her outgoing…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Replay)
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This episode is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or as I call him throughout the episode, Amadeus. This episode discusses h…
Studio 54 (Replay)
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This episode is all about Studio 54, the New York disco that was just as famous for being extremely selective about who t…
King Tut (Replay)
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This episode discusses the life, death, and the eventual discovery of the tomb of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, o…
Houdini
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The final episode of the 2024 Spooktacular talks about the life of Harry Houdini. Houdini would rise from a challenging c…
Causes of Death in 1632
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The fourth episode of The Spooktacular looks at listed causes of death in 1632! It's a fascinating look into 1632, highli…
The Donner Party
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The third episode of the Spooktacuar is about The Donner Party! This was a group of American pioneers who left for Califo…
The Sweating Sickness
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This episode of the Spooktacular is about The Sweating Sickness! This mysterious and deadly disease swept through England…
Jamestown
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This first episode of 2024’s Spooktacular explores the history of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in th…
The Hatfields and McCoys
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This episode looks into the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud.
This was a bitter and violent rivalry between two American fami…
The Princes in the Tower
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This episode discusses the Princes in the Tower mystery! After the death of King Edward IV, his sons princes Edward and R…
Marie Curie
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This episode discusses Marie Curie, who was born in Warsaw in 1867. She eventually moved to Paris, where she conducted gr…
Helen Keller
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This episode discusses the life of Helen Keller. Born in 1880, Helen was left blind and deaf from an illness at 19 months…
Bonus episode: 5K downloads!
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Door Key has reached the milestone of five thousand downloads! This is a bonus episode to say thank you - going over some…
Zheng Yi Sao, The Pirate Queen
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Door Key is talking about Zheng Yi Sao, the Pirate Queen this episode!
Zheng Yi Sao lived in China during the late 1700s a…
A Conversation with historian Jackson van Uden
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My friend historian, political scientist, and author Jackson van Uden and I had a conversation about totalitarian regimes…