This week, we're talking with author Craig Shreve about his new novel, The African Samurai.
Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai of African descent.
Learn more about Craig Shreve and his books at craigshreve.com and follow him on social media @ cgshreve
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Author Interview: Craig Shreve (The African Samurai)

A feminist women's history comedy podcast hosted by Ann Foster. How do you solve a problem like Marie Antoinette?

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It's season seven! This year we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? Marie Antoinette was famously executed during the French Revolution. To understand how that happened means understanding the French Revolution, which means understanding the spirit of revolution that occurred around the world in the 18th century. This is why the first part of season seven is sub-titled Age of Revolution.
Things kick off with the story of Marie-Josephe Angelique, an enslaved Black Portuguese woman who may or may not have burned down Montreal in 1734.
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References:
The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper
Wikipedia
https://globalnews.ca/news/211853/montreal-to-honour-slave-marie-josephe-angelique-with-park-name/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-hanging-of-angelique-book-review
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique
https://this.org/2017/03/27/new-film-takes-a-much-needed-glance-into-canadas-uncomfortable-past-with-racism-and-slavery/
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Marie-Josèphe Angélique

Today's guest, June Hur, is the author of historical novels that read like K-dramas. Her latest, A Crane Among Wolves, is set in Joseon-era Korea during the reign of tyrant King Yeonsan.
Learn more about June and her books at junehur.com
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Author Interview: June Hur (A Crane Among Wolves)

We're talking about pirate history this week with Ella McLeod, author of the new YA novel The Map That Led To You! In her research, Ella dove into the world of folklore, pirateology, nautical history, and the voices of people left out of history.
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Ella's Instagram
Ella's podcast, Comfort Creatures
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Author Interview: Ella McLeod (author of The Map that Led to You)

We're getting into a revolutionary, pants-on vibe this week with a look at Las Soldaderas: women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited.
Guiding us through their pants-wearing ways is Cristina Lumague, longtime editor of Vulgar History!
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References:
Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History by Elizabeth Salas and Elizabeth Blackshear Flinn
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives
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Cristina's podcasts:
Historias Unknown https://www.historiasunknown.com/episodes/
Espooky tales https://www.espookytales.com/follow
Espooky Tales socials: tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales IG https://www.instagram.com/espookytales
A Little Bit de Todo (short daily podcast, available May 5th) https://episodes.fm/1735794761
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Las Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution (with Cristina Lumague)

Today we're talking about Thanadelthur, a Dene woman who had a profound impact on the Dene people in Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba during the eighteenth-century fur trade. Much of Thanadelthur's story is shared through oral storytelling among the Dene community. Today's guest, Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth is a member of the Hatchet Lake Dënesųłiné First Nation in Treaty 10 territory.
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References:
The Legend of Thanadelthur: Elders’ Oral History and Hudson’s Bay Company Journals by Rosalie Tsannie-Burset
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Episode image by Wai Tien from The Peacemaker: Thanadelthur by David A. Robertson
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Author Interview: Craig Shreve (The African Samurai)

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