Armchair Apocrypha

In a very quarantine episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew goes into the times and travels of spiritualist, feminist, and anarchist Alexandra David-Neel, while Rachael takes a look at one of Chicago's foremost settlement houses and the woman who founded it.

In this week's episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew tells the tale of Virginia Hall, the American WWII spy dubbed "The Limping Lady." After, Rachael delves into the history and meaning of the zodiac.

On this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew delves into the history of Alberta Jones, the first woman attorney in Jefferson County, one of the first black women to pass the bar, and the victim of an unsolved murder. Afterward, Rachael delves into the history of the Japanese role-playing game Pokemon.

In this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew delves into the story of Zenobia, an ancient Empress from what is today Syria. After, Rachael delves into the history of trials by jury.

In this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew tells the story of Valentina Tereshkova, the first female cosmonaut in space, while Rachael delves into the history of Muppet creator Jim Henson.

In this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, a very hungover Andrew and Rachael talk about the first female serial killer in the United States and the history of everyone's favorite cocaine based soft-drink.

In this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, we're joined by local musician Gunner Basinger to talk about his experimental music project Dub Peveau. Afterward, Andrew talks about the life and times of green activist Judi Bari and the mystery surrounding her bombing, while Rachael delves into the apocryphal history of the Marx Brothers.

Transcript of the interview available at

https://medium.com/@AWMwrites/interview-with-gunner-basinger-of-dub-peveau-7e8e5beb0253

You can find Gunner Basinger on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gunnerbasinger/ https://www.instagram.com/dub_peveau_music/

On BandCamp at

https://dubpeveau.bandcamp.com/

And on Facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/dubpeveaumusic/

On a crossover episode with Hip Squared, Andrew discusses a mysterious talking mongoose on the Isle of Man, Rachael delves into the sordid history of The Peoples' Temple and Jonestown, and guest John Beechem from American Fantastic discusses journalist and proto-feminist Nellie Bly.

You can find more from American fantastic at

http://www.americanfantastic.com/

In our two year anniversary episode, Andrew talks about the real life murder mystery that inspired Twin Peaks, Rachael talks about the long history of Marvel superhero Captain America, and Cameron talks about the unmade sequel to the Halloween classic Beetlejuice.

In this week's episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew talks about Patricia Davies, the 90 year old WWII veteran who came out as a trans woman in 2017. Afterward, Rachael talks about a very different veteran, 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor.