There’s maybe nothing as simple and pure as a flower, and that’s as good a place as any for our debut episode. Hadley explains human history with taking and arranging flowers — to express love, to express grief, to express all kinds of surprising sentiments and also just to make the spaces we live in just a little more beautiful.

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Listen to Hadley’s other podcast, Underbelly L.A. It’s not quite as sunny, but it’s a fun dive into history nonetheless.

Every episode of Happy History is researched, written and narrated by Hadley Meares. Happy History is produced by Drew Mackie and edited by Meika Grimm. The logo was designed by Sarah Wickham. The intro song is “Together We Can” by Hedkandi.

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