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
Author Interview: Veronica Chapa (Malinalli)
A real-life historical figure, the woman known as Malinalli, Malintzin, La Malinche and Doña Marina is best known as the Nahua interpreter who helped Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés communicate wi…
01:30:23 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Fagin the Thief: Live from Minneapolis with Allison Epstein!
Here's a recording of the event that I did last week in Minneapolis at Magers & Quinn booksellers with Allison Epstein! You may recognize a familiar voice from the audience, which is Minneapolis loca…
01:06:08 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Women Leaders, part 7: The Madness of Juana La Loca (Rerelease)
Juana I of Castile (1479-1555) was the third child of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. She's remembered now for being "Juana La Loca/Juana The Mad" but, in fact, that reputation was just …
01:02:28 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Introducing: Fear Daily
Greetings Vulgar History listeners! We're thrilled to bring you an episode of another show we hope you'll enjoy: Fear Daily!
Fear Daily takes you into the shadows of the past, unearthing the 1990's …
00:25:46 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Women Leaders, part 6: Genocidal Warrior Queen, Isabella I (Rerelease)
Isabella I of Castile was one of the most significant figures in world history in some of the worst possible ways. in this throwback episode from 2020, we follow her journey from little girl trapped …
01:14:24 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
The Jewish Lady Gangster Who Ran New York City
Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum was a Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the first widely renowned crime boss in America. Friend of the podcast Alli…
02:04:23 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Women Leaders, part 5: Almost-Queen Matilda (Rerelease)
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…
01:12:20 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
The Beyoncé of the Antebellum, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Before the American Civil War, Black opera singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield reigned supreme on Northern stages—even performing at Buckingham Palace. Novelist Tiffany L. Warren joins us this week to…
00:57:21 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Author Interview: Surekha Davies (Humans: A Monstrous History)
In an age when corporations increasingly see people as obstacles to profits, Surekha Davies's book Humans: A Monstrous History traces the long, volatile history of monster-making to chart a better pa…
01:03:24 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Author Interview: Helen King (Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts)
Breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb. Across history, these body parts have told women who they are and what they should do. Although knowledge of each part has changed through time, none of them tells…
00:50:20 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Author Interview: Elle Machray (Remember, Remember)
Black British history reaches all the way back to the Roman age, so why do many people assume it began with the 20th-century Windrush generation? Author Elle Machray joins us to discuss the real Blac…
00:51:13 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Haitian Revolution: The First and Last King of Haiti
No discussion of 18th-century revolutions is complete without including the Haitian Revolution. We're joined this week by Marlene L. Daut to learn about Henry Christophe, a key leader in the Haitian …
01:34:01 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Women Leaders, part 4: Killing Vikings With Murder Bees (Rerelease)
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…
01:01:01 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Movie Discussion: A Knight's Tale (2001)
As my gift to you all, enjoy this newly-edited (just for audio issues, not for content!) discussion of the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale with myself, Allison Epstein, and Lana Wood Johnson! Spoiler: we …
02:22:42 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
The Irish Lady Pirate, Gráinne O’Malley
Gráinne Ní Mháille was a 16th-century woman who led the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland. She is an iconic heroine of Irish history, so we needed an iconic Irish-Scottish guest and that's why …
01:07:20 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Author Interview: Mary McMyne (A Rose By Any Other Name)
William Shakespeare dedicated many of his sonnets to someone known only as the Dark Lady. Novelist Mary McMyne imagines that this was maybe a witch named Rose in her new novel, A Rose by Any Other Na…
00:55:13 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age (with Annie Reed)
Cassie Chadwick, one of history's most successful con artists, was a master of reinvention. In the dusk of the Gilded Age, she swept from town to town, assuming fresh identities to swindle a fortune …
00:58:15 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Author Interview: Therese Oneill (The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America)
Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in Therese Oneill's new book Unbecoming A Woman were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And th…
00:55:13 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Vaccination Pioneer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. She learned about the practice of smallpox inoculation while in the Ottoman Empire, and lobbied to bring the pr…
01:08:55 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
The Mysterious Foreign Princess Who Wasn't What She Seemed
It's a crossover special! Last month, I went on The Art of Crime to share the story of Princess Caraboo (not her real name). And today, we're playing that episode here in the Vulgar History feed. Gav…
00:55:03 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
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