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I love coffee and I love history. Which is why, when I stumbled on the podcast of our next guest, I knew I had found something good. Alycia Asai is the host and producer of  Civics and Coffee, a podcast about The people, events and topics of United States history, shared in the time it takes to enjoy a cup of coffee.

According to Alycia, unlike a lot of other history based podcasts, she keeps her episodes short and sweet - giving her listeners their history in the time it takes to drink their morning cup of coffee, usually under 15 minutes. She has a Bachelor's Degree in History and considers herself a history nerd, but not a guru. When she’s not researching episodes, she’s planning vacations - although not so much with COVID. Today we geek out with Alycia who tells us about her favorite history, it’s a dark one about a devastating fire in 1911, the events of which were responsible for major changes in US regulations surrounding safety in the workplace.

Resources:

Civics & Coffee: http://bit.ly/3palfPR
(also available wherever you listen to your podcasts)

Civics & Coffe on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civicsandcoffee/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/civicsandcoffee
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivicsPod

Mentioned in episode:
Rose Schneiderman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Schneiderman
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
David von Drehle (Author), Triangle: The Fire That Changed America Paperback, https://groveatlantic.com/book/triangle/

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A couple weeks ago Anne Marie talked to married couple Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell. authors of the newly published book Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s. Hugh and Neal have been happily married for 30 years. The love between them is palpable, even after all those years.

They called it the accidental collection and what began as a lucky coincidence became a rescue mission. Charged with protecting antiquity, Hugh and Neal, doggedly went about acquiring and preserving this visual narrative of men in love. Approximately 3,000 photos in, with the encouragement of others, they decided to share their collection with the world. 

Bringing to light the hidden history that was always there but unseen, and according to Hugh a “powerful depiction of love between two people.”

Resources:
More on Hugh, Neal and the book:
Website: https://www.loving1000.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovingbynealandhugh/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ntreadwell

Mentioned in episode:
Rupert Brook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Brooke
Duncan Grant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Brooke
Duncan Grant works of art: http://www.artnet.com/artists/duncan-grant/3
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: https://youtu.be/TQEpknjUeZg 

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Today I talk to Simon J. James, host and producer of the up and coming podcast Achtung History. We talk about his favorite history, Berlin, and some of the lesser known aspects of this vibrant city's past. 

Simon J. James also known as the Berlin Tour Guide, loves Berlin so much he moved there from Yorkshire England and started a tour guide business. His tours are not your run of the mill though, Simon dives deep into the research to curate his one of a kind history tours of Berlin. 

Simon has guided entrepreneurs, celebrities and royalty around Berlin since 2014. According to his website theberlintourguide.com Simon goes beyond shallow history taking you on a storytelling journey through the secrets of Berlin’s history, inside stories of drama and intrigue, alongside the largest historic events in Berlin’s history. An approach that is apparent in his podcast.

How to find Simon J. James:
website: https://theberlintourguide.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AchtungHistory
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/achtunghistory
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/achtunghistorypodcast

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Today my guest is Nicki Woodard. Nicki is the host and producer of the podcast As the Money Burns, a deep exploration into the lives of actual heirs and heiresses to some of America's most famous fortunes and what happens to them when the great depressions hits. As the Money Burns is part audio drama, part documentary and part contemporary commentary.

As the Money Burns:
website: https://asthemoneyburns.com
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3lWqLUO
Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l1zgfS

Resources:
Doris Duke: https://bit.ly/2Hwn4q1
Barbara Hutton: https://bit.ly/3fwiCUw
John Jacob Astor IV: https://bit.ly/372N314
Gloria Vanderbilt: https://bit.ly/3m1VPma

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Today Ruth Rosenfeld shares her personal account of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a history that literally shook her world.

Ruth Rosenfeld is an author, blogger, photographer and world traveler. She has been to all but one of the world's continents, lived in four countries and visited over fifty! 

Her yet to be released travel memoir, Go Wherever You Want, is an account of her unique experiences living abroad in three different countries over an eight year period. Always looking for a new challenge, she has had many careers. Most recently she has been an international teacher, tutor for at-risk youth, and chair of a cultural arts center. 

Ruth Rosenfeld website: https://ruthrosenfeld.com
Ruth on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rrontheroad
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rrontheroad
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthrontheroad/

Resources:
Tsunami Stones: https://bit.ly/32KORul
Shibuya Crossing: https://bit.ly/3eYHDaO
Shōji Hamada: https://bit.ly/38HlBbo
Fuchu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchū,_Tokyo
Sendai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendai

Pop Culture:
Unsolved Mysteries: https://bit.ly/3lF52jZ
A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki: https://bit.ly/3lF52jZ

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Today I talk to the makers of the soon-to-be-released Amazon series, Trails to the Unknown which follows three paranormal investigators as they explore mysterious locations in hopes of uncovering clues to some of today’s most interesting myths & legends.

In part four of our Halloween 2020 series we hear from not one, not two but three different guests involved in the making of Trails to the Unknown.

Filmmaker, Alan Megargle known for his work in the documentaries, The Back 80, Ghosts in Ghost Towns: Haunting the Wild West and Minerva Monster. Alan the “true believer” of this trio of investigators.

Jesse Morgan, who also worked on The Back 80 and Minerva Monster is known as the skeptic of to the Trails to the Unknown crew

And Anna Meyer-Evans Director of Ghosts in Ghost Towns: Haunting the Wild West and children’s fantasy author is  considered the “sensitive” of the group.

Not only do Alan, Jesse and Anna share their adventures in making Trails to the Unknown, they also share some of their scariest ghost stories.

Trails to the Unknown Youtube

Trails to the Unknown on Social Media:

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Instagram
Twitter

Places mentioned in this episode:
Squire Castle
Moonville Tunnel

Helltown, Ohio
What Really Happened in Helltown, Ohio

The Mysterious Legends Surrounding Helltown, Ohio
Hotel de Paris Museum
UFO Watch Tower
Glen Isle Resort
Mansfield Penitentiary

Neil Zurker's One Tank Trip
Ghosts in Ghost Towns
Minerva Monster
Back 80

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What's your favorite history? each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place, or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where they become curious. Then enter the rabbit hole into discovery through their own research. Fueled by this need to know more, we look at history through the filter of other people's eyes.

Stay up to date on the latest armchair historians news at armchairhistoirans.com or you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. What's your favorite history

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In episode 3 of our special 2020 Halloween series Anne Marie talks to Mystery History Podcast's brother and sister cohosts Allison Blankenship and Jordan Walters about their favorite history, the Radium Girls, female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint back in the early 1900's 

Mystery History Podcast is a weekly podcast that explores true crime, conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and all of the mysteries in history.  This brother and sister duo lighten the heavy topics with humor and enjoyable banter. 

Artwork, Jordan Walters

Mystery History Links:

Website: https://mysteryhistorypodcast.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mysteryhistorypodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryhistorypodcast/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysteryHistoryPodcast
Email: [email protected]
Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/MysteryHistoryPodcast

Mystery History Podcast episode we talked about
Episode 6: Radium Girls
Episode 19: Pennhurst Asylum
Episode 16: Scary Movie Discussion

More on Radium Girls:
Radium Girls movie trailer
Radium Girls on Wikipedia
The Orbweavers song "Radium Girls"
Radioactive movie trailer

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My guest today is Paulus The Cabaret Geek. Known for his 2018 and 2019 appearances as one of the judges on the BBC talent show "All Together Now," Paulus is (at his core) a cabaret performer, working in the world of variety entertainment for 30 years. He has performed in musicals, plays and on television, but his passion for cabaret, vaudeville, review and music hall has dominated his career, whether it be as a performer, promoter, agent or producer.

Drag has been a recurring theme in Paulus's workmen's cutting his teeth at the world famous Madam Jojo's in 1999 as Trinity Million. He made his New York debut in 2005 at both Don't Tell Mama and Birdland. He has performed at venues throughout the world.

In this episode Paulus talks about his favorite history, Cabaret.

Today in part 2 of my interview with Paulus The Cabaret Geek we go deep into the bigger implications of cabaret, historically and today. If you haven't done so already, we strongly recommend you go back and listen to part 1 of this interview.

Be sure to stick around to the end for the big reveal of Paulus singing "Tribe" from the forthcoming "Making of Paulus," You won't want to miss it!

Paulus's Youtube

Paulus website

Up Yer Arts podcast

Paulus on social media:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Resources:
Le Chat Noir
Rudolphe Salis
The Cabaret by Lisa Appignanesi
John Major
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall
Space Oddity, David Bowie
Otto Dix

Pirate Jenny, 5 versions:
Lotte Lenya
B. Arthur
Nina Simone
Amanda Palmer
Sasha Velour

Pop Culture:
Cabaret, 1972 film starring Liza Minelli

Movies/Series that Break the 4th Wall
Michaela Coel, Chewing Gum
Deadpool
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag




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My guest today is Paulus The Cabaret Geek. Known for his 2018 and 2019 appearances as one of the judges on the BBC talent show "All Together Now," Paulus is (at his core) a cabaret performer, working in the world of variety entertainment for 30 years. He has performed in musicals, plays and on television, but his passion for cabaret, vaudeville, review and music hall has dominated his career, whether it be as a performer, promoter, agent or producer.

Drag has been a recurring theme in Paulus's workmen's cutting his teeth at the world famous Madam Jojo's in 1999 as Trinity Million. He made his New York debut in 2005 at both Don't Tell Mama and Birdland. He has performed at venues throughout the world.

In this episode Paulus talks about his favorite history, Cabaret.

Paulus's Youtube

Paulus website

Up Yer Arts podcast

Paulus on social media:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Resources:
Le Chat Noir
Rudolphe Salis
The Cabaret by Lisa Appignanesi
Cabaret, 1972 film starring Liza Minelli

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