Girl Historians
A comedy podcast where Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne attempt to be historians.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Shamrock Shake's ties to the IRA?
in this very special St. Patrick's day episode, the girls cover the famed Mcdonald's Shamrock shake- and it's mascot Uncle O'Grimacey. Was he wiped from Mcdonald's marketing for his ties to the IRA? …
SIX WIVES #7: The Messy Succession and End of the Tudors
In the finale episode of the Six Wives, Blair and Carley recap the reigns of all three of Henry VIII's children- a succession that's bloody and dramatic and ends with the conclusion of the tudor Dyna…
SIX WIVES #6: Catherine Parr, the Final Wife
On this episode, the girls recap the final wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Parr. The most married, most published, and most 6th wife of them all. We also cover, thoughts on modern dating, canned tuna, …
Lizzie Borden took an Ax (w/Ashley Norton)
On this ep of GH, the incredible Ashley Norton joins us to tell us the tale of Lizzie Borden, the alleged axe murderer of yore and star of the "Lizzie Borden took an Ax" poem.
Lizzie Borden took an ax
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SIX WIVES #5: The Tragedy of Katherine Howard
Today, the girls are coming back into the scene with the 5th wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard. Tbh, this is such a tragic story and a bit of a sadder episode. In a way, this is a perfect episode …
Wu Zetian: China's only Woman Emperor (w/Xiran Jay Zhao)
In this VERY SPECIAL episode, we are honoured to welcome author, icon, and history genius Xiran Jay Zhao!!! Xiran and the girls go over the reign of Wu Zetian- the first and only female emperor of Ch…
SIX WIVES #4: Anne Of Cleves, Queen of England
in the TRIUMPHANT return to our six wives of Henry XIII saga, Carley and Blair dive into Anne of Cleves, the 4th and the longest surviving wife. We unpack her reputation as the "ugly one" and her jou…
A Very Chatty Welcome to 2025 and also Bob Dylan
Welcome back to Girl Historians!! It's 2025 and we are so stinking pumped for the year ahead girls. In this episode, we make up for the lack of a 10th icon by doing a very chatty episode loosely abou…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Amelia Earhart
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
In this episode, we cover avia…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Stardew Valley
NOTE: yes we have skipped icon number 10 due to a devastating technical glitch, so we are skipping to icon 11. Hopefully we will remedy this soon!! So sorry girls.
In honour of the Holiday Season, we …
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Harvey Milk
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
in this episode, we talk about…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Sweeney Todd
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
in this the 8th day of icons, …
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Jimi Hendrix
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
on the 7th day of icons my tru…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Patty Hearst
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
on the 6th day of christmas my…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Zheng Yi Sao
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
In this episode we learn about…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Emily Dickinson
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
Today we bring you the ICONIC …
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Jack the Ripper
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
In this episode we recount the…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: Louisa May Alcott
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
It's our little Girl Historian…
THE 12 DAYS OF ICONS: OJ Simpson
In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...
It's our little Girl Historian…
The History of Santa Claus
In this Girl Historians HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR The girls cover the history of Santa Claus, and frankly it is a lot freakier than you think it will be. Santa has a posse and they're all terrifying.
We als…