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
Women Leaders, part 6: Genocidal Warrior Queen, Isabella I
Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) was one of the most significant figures in world history. We continue this season’s theme of Women Leaders In History And The Men Who Whined About Them with the Isab…
01:04:14 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
Women Leaders, part 5: Almost-Queen Matilda
Empress Matilda (1102 - 1167) was the daughter, wife, and mother of Kings. She also should have been England's first crowned female monarch, but the patriarchy got in the way. She also once escaped b…
00:57:48 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Women Leaders, part 4: Killing Vikings With Murder Bees
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians was a significant figure in English history. Not only did she repel Viking invaders through the clever use of BOILING BEER and BEES, she also worked alongside her brot…
00:56:54 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Women Leaders, part 3: Boudica (Literally) Burned London Down
Boudica was Queen of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe during the Roman conquest of Britain. She led a rebellion of united tribes against their Roman invaders, leaving a path of death and bloodshed in her wa…
00:47:16 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Women Leaders, part 2: Ancient Rome's Most Murderous Woman
Julia Agrippina Augusta, aka Agrippina Minor aka Agrippina the Younger, was a completely badass woman in ancient Rome. She leveraged her power as first the sister of the Emperor, then the wife of the…
01:09:27 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
Women Leaders, part 1: Cleopatra Was That Bitch
As the first part of our new series "Women Leaders And The Men Who Whined About Them," we take it all the way back to the first century BCE and the legendary Egyptian Pharaoh Cleopatra VII. Growing u…
01:15:08 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
So This Asshole: Count Cagliostro: A Messy Diva Who Lived For Drama
Bonus!!
This is a preview of So This Asshole, a new spinoff podcast available through my Patreon. This side series will share the wild stories of some of the many, many assholes involved in the stori…
00:40:17 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
Women Behaving Badly, part 6: The Super Secret Spy
Lucy Percy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (1599-1660) was a British noblewoman known for her espionage work surrounding the English Civil War. But she was not just a spy... was a #LADYSPY, mentored by one…
00:53:07 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Women Behaving Badly, part 5: Mary Toft Pulled (Several) Rabbits (Out Of Her Vagina)
Mary Toft (1701 - 1763) was an English peasant who became notorious for her involvement in her family's scheme to pretend she'd given birth to seventeen rabbits. The story is profoundly, continuingly…
01:00:16 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
Women Behaving Badly, part 4: Elizabeth Báthory Bathed in Blood (Not Really)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman who, for a time, oversaw more properties and estates than anyone else in Europe. Her undoing came about…
01:01:36 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Women Behaving Badly, part 3: She Stole Marie Antoinette's Necklace
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Comtesse de la Motte (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was an illegitimate descendant of the French royal family who became famous on her own as AN INCREDIBLY CLEVER CON AR…
00:39:30 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Women Behaving Badly, part 2: She Poisoned Her Enemy In Jail
Frances Howard Carr, Duchess of Somerset (31 May 1590 – 23 August 1632) was a British noblewoman who, among other things, pled guilty to murder and also most likely faked her own virginity inspection…
00:41:04 |
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Women Behaving Badly, part 1: Caroline of Brunswick, Rebel of the Regency
Caroline of Brunswick (17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom for a year, but that's basically the least interesting thing about her. Where does our inaugural story subj…
01:01:46 |
Wed 06 Nov 2019
Introducing Vulgar History
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Sun 01 Sep 2019
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