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
Trans History: The Lieutenant Nun
Antonio de Erauso* was a trans man from Spain who went to South America in the 17th century, looking for adventure. The story of his life is full of murder, narrow escapes, and llamas.
Author Gabri…
00:50:08 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Giving Credit To History's Disregarded Women
Women's accomplishments across history are often dismissed as exceptions. But why are most scientists, reporters, sports stars, politicians, and businesspeople all men?
Allison Tyra joins us to disc…
01:24:13 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Canadian History: Thanadelthur, the Peacemaker
Because of wildfires affecting northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, I'm re-releasing this episode about a woman who lived in these areas: Thanadelthur. She was a Dene woman who had a profound impact o…
01:20:40 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
Movie Discussion: Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) is a movie based on a play based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel from 1782. What does this have to do with the French Revolution? Lots, including that Marie Antoinette…
01:13:14 |
Wed 28 May 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 6): The Secret Female Journalist
Manon Roland was a super-smart bookworm who amazed those around her from an early age with her intelligence (and strong opinions). When the French Revolution kicked off, she sent letters from Lyons t…
02:06:33 |
Wed 21 May 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 5): The Triple Agent
Etta Palm d'Aelders was a Dutch woman so sexy that she got hired as a spy for three different countries (simultaneously). One of these countries was France, which is how she wound up in Paris during …
00:57:54 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Movie Discussion: Conclave (2024)
To celebrate Pope Leo XIV, I pulled this out of the Patreon vault so everybody can enjoy our spoiler-filled discussion.
Last year when the movie Conclave came out, Allison and I both went bananas. L…
01:44:34 |
Fri 09 May 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 4): She Killed Him In The Bathtub
Charlotte Corday is a notorious figure from the French Revolution, best known for assassinating Jean-Paul Marat. Who was she, why did she do this, what art was inspired by her act, was she the Luigi …
02:08:35 |
Wed 07 May 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 3): A Toxic Bisexual Love Story
Let’s go girls! Claire Lacombe and Pauline Léon came from different backgrounds: Claire was an actress from the countryside, and Pauline grew up in Paris the daughter of chocolatiers. But what they h…
01:32:20 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 2): The Actress With A Sword
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt was one of the most notorious people in the French Revolution. She arrived in Paris ready for revolution, used her theatrical experience to design unforgettable ou…
02:13:27 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
French Revolution: Radicals (part 1): The Feminist Writer
For the next seven weeks, we'll be looking at women who were actively involved on the Revolution side of the French Revolution in a miniseries we'll call Liberté, égalité, sororité: You Can't Stop T…
02:22:41 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Canadian History (part 5): The First Jew In Canada Was Trans
Esther Brandeau was a Jewish teen from France who (in true Catalina/Antonio de Erauso style) dressed in boy's clothes, chose a very fun pseudonym, and got a variety of jobs on ships. This is how they…
00:26:03 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Author Interview: Hallie Rubenhold (Story of a Murder)
Belle Elmore was born in a Brooklyn tenement and became a star on London's music hall scene. She devoted herself to fundraising for the Music Hall Ladies Guild and formed close friendships with her f…
00:55:54 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Canadian History (part 4): Acadian Martyr Madame La Tour
Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, Madame La Tour, was a French woman in the 17th century remembered for her heroic deeds after she moved to the French colony in modern-day New Brunswick, Canada.
Learn more…
00:35:41 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
Women Leaders, part 9: The Murderous Medieval Queen (Rerelease)
Joanna of Naples (1326-1382) was Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily for thirty action-packed and highly scandilicious years. This story has it all: kidnappings! Revenge murders! Evil popes! Evil …
01:14:28 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Canadian History (part 3): Anahareo Married A Liar
Anahareo, also known as Gertrude Bernard, was a Canadian writer, animal rights activist and conservationist of Algonquin and Mohawk ancestry. She also invented having a bob with bangs.
Canadians: ge…
00:38:58 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Women Leaders, part 8: Queen Anne: Bisexual Icon (Rerelease)
Anne I (1665 – 1714), best known as the main character of the movie The Favourite, was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland and then of Great Britain and Ireland for twelve years. Her life story is…
01:04:24 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Canadian History (part 2): WWII Resistance Fighter, Mona Parsons
I'm back and as Canadian as ever, ready to share the nonstop twists and turns of the story of Mona Parsons! Featuring: my hometown, and maybe my ancestor? And also, hard launching What'shisface, my b…
00:55:36 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Eugénie of France, the Rebel Empress (with Nancy Goldstone)
Eugénie of France was one of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe. Nancy Goldstone's new book Rebel Empresses explores Eugénie's efforts to rule amid the scandal, int…
01:36:03 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Canadian History (part 1): Civil Rights Icon, Viola Desmond
Time to learn about Canadian history! In this first Canadian Heritage Minute(s) we learn about:
Why Canada has united in rage-patriotism
What "elbows up" means
And, most importantly, the story of…
00:26:54 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
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