Bitchy History

In which the podcast does a deep dive on what history tells us about Pocahontas, the history of Jamestown, and how we ended up with the romanticized version of the John Smith and Pocahontas story that we know today.

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Join us today to learn the barebones about the early French, Dutch, and English colonization of the New World. In which I talk about cannibalism, the Hudson Bay department store chain, and what happened to the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

Sound clips in the episode today are from:

Monty Python: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

They Might Be Giants: Istanbul

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Tune in today to hear about some of the early work by the Spanish in colonizing the Americas, including a long and potentially triggering rant about Christopher Columbus. Another historical figure I would kick in the nuts if I had access to a time machine.

TW: Sexual Assault, Violence against Indigenous peoples

Sound clips in the episode today are from:

“Kids Book Read Aloud: In 1492 by Jean Marzollo,Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman”

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Episode 2, in which we do a deep dive into why Justice Alito is historically illiterate because abortion is very much a deeply rooted tradition of the United States.

Join me as we cover the history of abortion access in America and how we got to where we are today in the debate between pro-choice and anti-abortion advocates.

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Audio clips in the show today come from:

The Nice Guys (2016)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Assassin's Creed III (2012)

Tucker Carlson

Ana Kasparian (The Young Turks)

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This is the intro lecture to American history that my students get every semester (with the addition of a bit of extra sarcasm), which opens on the history of European Colonialism in the Americas. Press play to hear why Europeans crossed thousands of miles of ocean just to oppress the natives and steal all their shit.

I planned for this episode to go more into the colonization of America by Spain originally, but I've had a cold all week and recording even this much was a strain for my vocal cords. So I cut this intro episode a bit short.

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Welcome to Bitchy History, a podcast where an exhausted history professor does her best to fight the continuing degradation of historical education in America.

You can find more of my content via my linktree (https://linktr.ee/meredithancret), which has links to this podcast discord server, my TikTok account, my tip jar (if you feel inclined to chip in for my coffee habit), and other resources (eventually this will include a recommended reading list for the show which will contain resources I use for my own courses).

The show will officially begin airing on May 15th, with episodes posted on Mondays and Thursdays at 8am EST.

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