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
International, part 3: The Muslim Pirate Queen of Morocco
This week's internationàle destination is North Africa, by way of the Iberian Peninsula. Sayyida al-Hurra, who is known by that name even though it's not actually her name (it's all explained in the …
00:56:07 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
International, part 2: Portugal's doomed lovers
This week Vulgar History's Internationale travels bring us to 14th century Portugal, where Inês de Castro (1325-1355) was kind of a big deal. Her charisma and cleverness were such that she made her w…
00:50:39 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
International, part 1: The Disabled Woman Who Ruled Ancient Kashmir
Welcome to season 5 of Vulgar History, where things are taking an internationàle flair, starting with this story from 10th century Kashmir! The saga of Rani Didda contains THREE coin minting moments,…
01:12:22 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Author Interview: Shelley Puhak (The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World)
I was so excited to talk all things Fredegund vs Brunhilde with Shelley Puhak, author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged The Medieval World. Learn more about Shelley, her books, and u…
00:45:30 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Movie Discussion: Shakespeare In Love (1998)
Enjoy this preview of a new spinoff podcast, Vulgarpiece Theatre!
Every month or so, Ann Foster, Allison Epstein, and Lana Wood Johnson will rant our way through scandilicious costume dramas. First …
01:42:17 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
The Scandalous Saga of Sweden's Pirate Princess Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa
Sweden's Princess Cecilia was: a teenage party girl, short-lived BFF to Elizabeth I, leader of a pirate fleet, successful diplomat, a petty queen who lived for drama, and our newest tits out icon!!
R…
01:13:19 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Author Interview: Lucy Jago (A Net for Small Fishes)
Author Lucy Jago joins us to discuss her new book, A Net For Small Fishes. This historical fiction novel explores the real-life story of Frances Howard and her companion Anne Turner, both of whom wer…
01:17:21 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
La Voisin, The French Abortionist Tried As A Witch
Catherine Monvoisin, aka La Voisin was a thriving entrepreneur/sorceress in 17th century France. She provided cosmetics, potions, charms, demonic rituals, and midwifery services to people of all clas…
01:19:21 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Mary Shelley: The Goth Teen Who Wrote Frankenstein
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the calm in the eye of the storm that was literally everyone in her life: her parents, her stepmother, her stepsister, her husband, her husband's BFF, literally EVERYONE …
01:14:12 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Elizabeth Woodville, The English Queen Who Was Also (Maybe) A Witch
Elizabeth Woodville was the first commoner AND the first English woman to marry an English King (in the most super secret sexy wedding ever??), but more importantly for Halloween reasons, was maybe d…
00:51:15 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Your Favorite Royal's Favorite Royal: Fredegund, Part Three
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with this three-part exploration of the legend that was FREDEGUND! Her story concludes with yet more innovative military victories, unrelenting badas…
01:06:58 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
Your Favorite Royal's Favorite Royal: Fredegund, Part Two
In part two of this Super Special, we delve into Fredegund's Warrior Queen Era as well as learning more about her Wile E. Coyote-like relationship to Brunhilda. Also: absinthe! And: Breton stripes!
R…
01:02:12 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Your Favorite Royal's Favorite Royal: Fredegund, Part One
Fredegund, Queen of Neustria was a 6th century enslaved girl turned Queen turned regent turned maybe my fav historical person. This is part one of a two part super special episode, because there's to…
01:01:16 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Women Trapped In Towers, part 8: The Lady In The Eyepatch
Doña Ana de Mendoza was a 16th century Spanish princess who wore a goddamn eyepatch for no reason anyone could figure out, and if that isn't enough to interest you, I don't know what else to say to c…
00:49:59 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Women Trapped in Towers, part 7: England's Uncrowned Queen Sophia Dorothea
Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666-1726), or as we call her in this episode, S.D., is known as England's Uncrowned Queen. She was raised by loving parents who also loved her, but then got married off to …
00:59:42 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Women Trapped in Towers, part 6: The Real-Life Rapunzel
Lady Arbella Stuart (1575-1615) is one of the lesser-known figures from Tudor and Stuart history. She was Mary Queen of Scots's niece and granddaughter to both Margaret Douglas and Bess of Hardwick. …
00:57:33 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Women Trapped In Towers, part 5: Queen Margot's Wedding Massacre
Marguerite de Valois (1553 – 1615) was a French princess whose life was truly non-stop scandiliciousness. Poison gloves! Two assassinations! Scandalous memoirs! A fanatic monk! Carrying around the de…
01:27:30 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Women Trapped In Towers, part 4: The Niece of Henry VIII
Lady Margaret Douglas was the only daughter of Margaret Tudor, making her a niece of Henry VIII on the Scottish-disinherited-side. Her parents had an acrimonious divorce which led to Margaret herself…
00:47:32 |
Wed 26 May 2021
Women Trapped in Towers, part 3: The Mad Queen Who Lived With Ghosts
Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León, is still often referred to as "The Mad Queen." But as Taylor Swift would say, "no one likes a mad woman/ you made her like that." And in Isabel's case, …
00:43:23 |
Wed 19 May 2021
Women Trapped in Towers, part two: The Oldest Woman Executed for Treason
This second episode in this series about Women In Towers And the Assholes Who Sent Them There is the season's second Margaret. Margaret Pole was just about as royal as you could be back then without …
00:55:23 |
Wed 12 May 2021
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