Vulgar History: Revolution
A feminist women's history comedy podcast. We look at history through a feminist lens, focusing on the women often removed from the narrative. This season, we're looking at the Revolutions of the 18th century: the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the French Revolution.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 274
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The 16th-Century Jewish Woman Who Ran A Pepper Empire
Doña Gracia Nasi was born in Portugal to Spanish parents, then because of the whole Reconquista and Inquisition scenarios, wound up in Antwerp, Venice, and then Istanbul. She ran a wildly impressive …
01:22:55 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
International, part 39: Chinese Pirate Queen, Zheng Yi Sao
It's the internationale season finale and we're going out with a PIRATE STORY!!! Zheng Yi Sao aka Shi Yang aka Ching Shih was the most successful pirate of all time. Not just the most successful lady…
01:16:22 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
International, part 38: Empress Cixi: Final Years (pt 2/2)
After part one laid a lot of track, part two is just all engines go as we look at the subsequent forty-seven years. There were two cult-based rebellions! Three emperors, all chosen by her! A marble b…
01:28:44 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
International, part 37: China's Empress Cixi (pt 1/2)
OK this is a major episode, so get ready for the twists and turns of a truly unforgettable saga. Cixi was born to a Manchu family in China in the 19th century and, as a teen, was selected to join the…
00:53:30 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
International, part 36: Ancient Iranian Warrior Queen Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria is one of the earliest recorded tits out women of history. She was the Queen of Halicarnassus hundreds of years before Cleopatra, and midway through the events of the Old Testame…
00:57:31 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Author Interview: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos (The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd)
You may not have heard of Sarah Kidd, but you likely have heard of her third husband: Captain Kidd, the famous pirate. I'm joined by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, author of the first-ever full length …
01:15:27 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Author Interview: Kit Heyam (Before We Were Trans)
As soon as I read Kit Heyam's new book "Before We Were Trans" I knew I had to try and get them on the podcast. And happy day, Kit agreed! We talk in this chat about the messiness of trans and queer h…
00:48:25 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
International, part 33: Manuela Sáenz: Post-Revolution (pt 2/2)
Doña Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru was the illegitimate daughter of Spanish nobility in Quito (in modern day Ecuador). Side by side with Simón Bolívar, she was instrumental in Spanish colonies e…
01:10:53 |
Wed 02 Nov 2022
International, part 32: Manuela Sáenz: Revolutionary (pt 1/2)
Doña Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru was the illegitimate daughter of Spanish nobility in Quito (in modern day Ecuador). After a political awakening, she became involved in the patriot revolution …
01:03:43 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
International, part 31: Lola Montez and the Gold Rush (part 2/2)
Part two of our exploration of Ireland's most scandalous heroine covers the second part of Lola Montez's life. Can't mention any details here, it's all best experienced as guest Allison Epstein (A Ti…
01:15:18 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
International, part 30: Irish Grifter Lola Montez (pt 1/2)
Lola Montez is such a groundbreakingly dirtbaggy grifter and icon, we had to invite friend of the pod Allison Epstein (author of A Tip for the Hangman) to share this wildly bananas saga. The saga is …
01:10:04 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
International, part 29: Queen Min Takes Over The Kingdom (pt 2/2)
In the second part of the saga of Queen Min, we see her extremely competently take control of the Joseon kingdom during a wildly chaotic period in time. China, Japan, Russia, and the US are all at pl…
00:56:05 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
International, part 28: Korea's Queen Min Surprises Everyone (pt 1/2)
This season's internationale world trip heads to the Joseon Kingdom (modern-day Korea) in the late 19th century.
In part one of two, we meet the teenage girl (name unknown; I explain why in this epi…
00:54:15 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Author Interview: Sarah Horowitz (Red Widow: The Scandal That Shook Paris and the Woman Behind It)
Marguerite Steinheil was a French woman in the 19th century who was embroiled in two pretty tabloid-adjacent deaths: the sex death of the French President, and then the gruesome murder of her husband…
01:00:04 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
International, part 26: Empress Sisi: Final Years (3/3)
This week we get into the third act of Sisi's life story which includes a LOT of horseback riding, a LOT of off the beaten path internationale tourism, the Mayerling Incident, and then her eventual l…
01:02:16 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
International, part 25: Empress Sisi's Unhappy Marriage (pt 2/3)
Last week was the set-up, this week we delve into Sisi's whole deal. Again we're joined by Lana Wood Johnson (author of Technically You Started It and Speak For Yourself), Sisi superfan. Learn more a…
01:02:16 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
International, part 24: Empress Sisi: Teen Horse Girl (pt 1/3)
Empress Elisabeth, known to almost everyone as Sisi, was a Bavarian royal who married the Emperor of Austria (a Hapsburg!!). Because this is an era and region I didn't know much about, we're joined b…
01:03:51 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
International, part 23: Hortense Mancini's Sisters (pt 6/6)
We all know by now how iconic Hortense Mancini was. Is it any wonder that the other Mazarinettes were just as cool? This week, we tie up the Hortense saga with a look at the stories of Anna Marie Mar…
00:54:45 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
International, part 22: Hortense Mancini's Lasting Legacy (pt 5/6)
This episode gets into Hortense's final years, which involve: two mother-daughter reunions, how she dealt with three rapid changes in who the monarch is, CM continuing to be the best best friend to e…
01:08:18 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
International, part 21: Hortense Mancini Invents Champagne (pt 4/6)
Bonjour and welcome to Hortense's Salon Internationale! In this week's episode, we learn more about Hortense Mancini's time as Charles II's maitresse-en-titre, her relationship with Charles's daughte…
01:03:19 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
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