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For the Love of History - world history, women’s history, weird history episodes

June 12, 2021Yasuke: The Black Samurai
A giant among men. As strong as he was noble. In this week's episode, we talk about the first foreign samurai and the world's only Black samurai, Yasuke.
Ps, and by the way, he was way cooler than Tom Cruise!
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Merch for your body and your house!!

Further Reading
African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
The True Story of Yasuke, the Legendary Black Samurai Behind Netflix’s New Anime Series
'African Samurai': The story of Yasuke — black samurai and warlord's confidant

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32 min
May 22, 2021Victorian Nipple Piercings
Yeh, you read that title right! What can I say other than you just need to listen to this episode. It's got everything you could want, necklines down to your belly button, chastity belts, secret piercing communities and so much more!
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Further Reading
Encyclopedia of Body Adornment
English Mechanic and World of Science
Victorian Nipple Rings
Nipple Rings for Aristocrats – The Wild Victorian Fashion Trend
Nipple rings and genital piercings were once a symbol of the Victorian upper class

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26 min
May 08, 2021The Night Witches
They come at night, if you hear them it’s too late. If you see them you're already dead. They are the ones who rain hellfire. They are the few but deadly, the women of the 588th regiment of the soviet union the Night Witches.
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Further Reading
Fierce, feared and female: The WWII pilots known as the ‘Night Witches’
Nadezhda Popova, WWII ‘Night Witch,’ Dies at 91
The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII
Meet the Night Witches, the Daring Female Pilots Who Bombed Nazis By Night
SABATON - Night Witches (Animated Story Video)

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24 min
April 22, 2021This Victorian Medicine Will Kill You
Cocaine, arsenic, heroin, lead, there's no better way to start your day here at the Victorian pharmacy! Find out all the ways your pharmacist could kill you in the 1800's!
Further Reading
Opium and laudanum history’s wonder drugs
10 Dubious Victorian Cures From the First Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
7 of the Most Outrageous Medical Treatments in History
Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Rampant Murder Created The Pharmacy Business

The Victorian Pharmacy TV show

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28 min
April 03, 2021Tomoe Gozen: from concubine to warrior
Where did she come from? Where did she go? Where did she come from, Tomoe Gozen?! Let’s find out together! This week we take a look at the head hunting badass herself, the Onna Bugeisha (woman samurai) Tomoe Gozen.
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Further Reading
TOMOE GOZEN: BADASS WOMEN IN JAPANESE HISTORY
The Legend Of Tomoe Gozen: Japan’s Most Fearsome Female Samurai
Lady Of Legacy: Tomoe Gozen
Book
Samurai Women 1184-1877 by Stephen Turnbull

Videos
A Samurai Couple, Yoshinaka and Tomoe Gozen (Genpei War Part 3)

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29 min
March 20, 2021Sappho: Aphrodite's lover
Let's take a step into Greek history this week! We're doing a deep dive into the life and works of Sappho. Was she a lesbian? Did she throw herself off a cliff because of a broken heart? Was she thousands of years ahead of her time as a genderfluid icon? You'll have to listen to find out!
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Further Reading
Sappho of Lesbos
Mar 4 Sappho: The Poetess: Making Queer History
POEMS OF SAPPHO
TRANSLATED BY JULIA DUBNOFF
Sappho’s new “Brothers Poem”
Sappho's Queer Female History
Sappho–Everyone's Favorite Lesbian Lesbian
Videos
History-Makers: Sappho
Sappho of Lesbos: The Female Poet of Ancient Greece
Gender, love, and sex: What can we learn from the ancient Greek poet Sappho? | BBC Ideas

Queer Representation in the Media
7 reasons why it's important to have LGBTQ+ history month

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27 min
March 06, 2021Susan La Flesche Picotte: Americans first licensed Indigenous Doctor
Ohma-ha, the one who goes against the current. In this week's episode, find out how Susan La Flesche Picotte lived up to her tribes' namesake and became Americans' first licensed Indigenous Doctor.
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Ruther Reading
The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn a Medical Degree
Susan La Flesche Picotte / Nebraska Studies
Medicine Woman…It’s Love That Heals
Unladylike: Susan La Flesche Picotte
Susan La Flesche Picotte, First Native American Woman Physician / History Nebraska
Susan La Flesche Picotte: a doctor who spanned two cultures
Susan La Flesche Picotte.MD.: Nineteenth-Century Physician and Reformer / Great plains Study Center
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center
Primary Recourses
Letter from Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Various Correspondence of Susan La Flesche Picotte

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32 min
February 19, 2021Maori Tattoos: from the underoworld
From the depths of the spirit world and brought back by a Maori warrior, Ta Moko is the topic of this week's episode. Follow along as I tell you the history and meaning of the traditional Maori tattoo.
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Further Reading
Traditional Maori Tattoo of New Zealand
Maori Tattoo: The Definitive Guide to Ta Moko
Tāmoko | Māori tattoos: history, practice, and meanings
Books
Ta moko: The art of Maori tattoo (Book)

Maori Dictionaries
Youtube Documentaries
The Evolution of Tatau & Tā Moko: Pacific & Māori Tattooing
The traditional process of Maori tattooing Ta Moko (Part 1)
Marks of Mana - Moko Kauae Stories

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39 min
February 06, 2021The Scandalous History of the Swimsuit
What do nuclear testing, the Olympics, and beach police have in common? Well, the swimsuit, of course! Find out how all these things connect in this week's episode!!
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Further Reading
The Radical History of the Swimsuit
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWIMSUIT
Appreciate Your Bikini: A Brief History Of Women’s Swimwear
History of Bathing Suits
Really great pictures!
See How Swimsuits Evolved From Wool Dresses to Bikinis

Book
The Swimsuit: A History of Twentieth-Century Fashion
by Sarah Kennedy

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23 min
January 23, 2021Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Warrior Who Killed Custer
For 130 years no one but the elders of the NOrthern Chyene knew who killed Custer that day on Little Big Horn. But in 2005 they came forward and told the tale of Buffalo Calf Road Woman. Listen to this week'S podcast and find out for yourself.
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Further Reading
Retrobituaries: Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Custer's Final Foe
Buffalo Calf Road, Heroic Cheyenne Warrior Woman
Northern Cheyenne break vow of silence
Varying culture of the Northern Cheyenne
Northern Cheyenne Inaugurates Slate Of Women To Leadership
Book
Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story of a Warrior of the Little Bighorn by Rosemary Agonito, Joseph Agonito

Native Land map
Cheyenne Dictionary
Land Back organization

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28 min

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