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
Catherine de'Medici, Part Three
All scandalicious things must come to an end, and so it is with the unrelentingly wild saga of Catherine de'Medici. But how will she score on the Fredegund Memorial Scandilicous Scale???
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Here's a …
01:10:28 |
Wed 03 May 2023
Author Interview: Valerie Fridland (Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English)
This week we're talking about the history of language with Dr. Valerie Fridland, author of the new book Like Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English. Valerie has a PhD in linguistics and …
01:11:08 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Catherine de'Medici, Part Two
The second part of Catherine de’Medici’s story, or, how do you solve a problem like De Guises?
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Here's a link to the fundraiser: Tits Out For Trans Rights
Here's a link to Lana Wood Johnson's two Y…
00:59:23 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Author Interview: Vanessa Wilkie (A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England)
It's a super special! This time we're joined by Vanessa Wilkie, author of the new biography A WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: THE SPECTACULAR RISE OF ALICE SPENCER IN TUDOR ENGLAND.
This book has crossover with …
00:55:26 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Catherine de'Medici: Part One
No discussion of Mary Queen of Scots is complete without talking about her one time mother-in-law, Catherine de'Medici. In part one, we set the stage for Catherine's long life of relentless scheming.…
00:57:21 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Author Interview: Max Wallace (After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller)
***Note: the audio quality is a bit different in this one because my computer was having a fit, but don't worry, it's still a great episode and SO IMPORTANT and I'm glad to release it despite some au…
00:41:55 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Author Interview: Paterson Joseph (The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho)
Author (and actor) Paterson Joseph joins us to share the story of Charles Ignatius Sancho, a Black man from Georgian England whose story deserves to be much more widely known. Which is why Paterson w…
00:41:34 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Mary, Queen of Scots: Mary's Mother, Marie de Guise: Part Two
The second part of Marie de Guise's story is no less chaotic than the first part, as she winds up single-handedly running Scotland while fending off the Asshole Scottish Lords, dealing with her usele…
01:31:45 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Mary, Queen of Scots: Mary's Mother, Marie de Guise: Part One
Time to learn about Marie de Guise, the mother of Mary Queen of Scots! De Guise expert Lana Wood Johnson joins us to talk about just how influential Marie's family was, how and why she wound up in Sc…
01:13:56 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
The Gorgeous Legacy of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti
Friend of the podcast Gina Berry joins us to talk about one of her favourite women from history: Nefertiti! In this incredibly long conversation, we get into exactly how long ago Nefertiti lived (VER…
02:38:55 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Mary, Queen of Scots: Mary's Grandmother, Margaret Tudor: Part Two
This week in the thrilling conclusion of Margaret Tudor's story we get: two terrible husbands! Several infant and child kidnappings! Sneaking across the border more than once! A shocking alliance on …
00:44:12 |
Wed 15 Mar 2023
Mary, Queen of Scots: Mary's Grandmother, Margaret Tudor: Part One
In season 6, we'll be looking at the story of Mary, Queen of Scots. And where better to start off than with her grandmother, whose life was also oddly setting up several precedents for Mary to the po…
00:46:55 |
Wed 08 Mar 2023
Author Interview: Molly Greeley (Marvelous: A Novel)
Molly Greeley's new historical fiction novel, MARVELOUS, is based on the real-life story of Petrus Gonsalvus and his wife, Catherine. Petrus aka Pedro had a condition called hypertrichosis which mean…
00:56:32 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Author Interview: Jac Jemc (Empty Theatre)
It's the 100th episode** of Vulgar History, and who better to chat with than author Jac Jemc! Jac is the author of the new book EMPTY THEATRE, which is a story mostly about Empress Sisi and her Cousi…
01:04:05 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
The Ancient African Queen Who Defeated the Romans
This week's guest is Princess O'Nika Auguste, a Saint-Lucian writer, theologian, historian, poet-critic, researcher, and digital content creator. She's here to talk about Amanirenas, Queen of the Kin…
00:54:53 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
So This Asshole: Napoleon Bonaparte
This episode of So This Asshole used to live behind a paywall on Patreon, but now is free for all to hear! In it, friend of the pod Allison Epstein takes the lead to discuss a person they hate very m…
01:25:36 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
Author Interview: Emran Iqbal El-Badawi (Queens and Prophets How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam)
This week, I'm sharing my chat with Emran Iqbal El-Badawi, Program Director and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Houston, where he is also Chair of Modern and Classi…
00:39:00 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
Author Interview: Flora Fraser (Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora MacDonald)
This week, I'm sharing my chat with author Flora Fraser about her newest historical biography: Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora Macdonald.
Flora Macdonald was a Scottish woman who lived in the 1…
00:50:26 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Author Interview: Joanna Hickson (The Queen's Lady)
This week I got to talk with Joanna Hickson, author of seven books (so far!) about 15th-century English women, mostly from the Tudor era.
The occasion for our chat is the paperback release of her lat…
00:49:20 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
So This Asshole: Charles Dickens Was A Terrible Husband
A special treat for you! This episode of used to only live behind the paywall on Patreon, but Charles Dickens was simply too much of a dirtbag to keep the story from you all.
** Note that this was or…
00:43:59 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
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