Heretic History Podcast

On October 12th, 1915 Edith Cavell stands before a firing squad. A British citizen who has been living and working as a nurse in German occupied Brussels, she has been convicted of "heinous crimes" against Germany and sentenced to death. Her crime: tending to allied soldiers and aiding in their escape from behind enemy lines.

To the Germans, she was a subversive rebel. The English would pronounce her a patriot and martyr. But Edith saw herself only as a nurse, doing nothing more than what her vocation required of her: saving the lives of her patients.

In Part 1 we will follow Edith from her tranquil childhood in the English country-side to her entering the new world of modern nursing, serving the most destitute and desperate patients in London. From her achieving her dream of becoming a head matron and running her own nursing school in Brussels, right up to the frenzied start of WWI.

The final episode in my Harriet Tubman series!

Follow Harriet from the start of the Civil War, volunteering to go south to aid both union soldiers and refugees alike. She shows selfless bravery and valor, earning the respect of Union generals (even if she isn't being paid a cent).

And after the war, she continues her life of service. Advocating for women's rights, civil rights and better treatment of those overlooked by society (black and white). Even in her final years, Harriet would never waver in her devotion to helping others. A true American hero.

It's 1850 and Harriet Tubman, only just recently escaped from slavery, has begun a new life of freedom in Philadelphia. But that very same year Congress will pass the Fugitive Slave Act, which will throw her life and the lives of all escaped slaves into peril.

Follow Harriet from her first steps of freedom to the dawn of the Civil War as she risks everything to save her family from enslavement. Returning to the South again and again, she becomes a guiding beacon for all slaves yearning for freedom. It is during this time she will earn her nickname: Moses.

Harriet Tubman is perhaps one of the greatest figures in American history; a freedom fighter, nurse, advocate and leader.

But before she was any of that, she was a young girl, born in bondage. Small but strong, enslaved but obstinate and self-assured. After a traumatic head injury at the age of 13 she will begin seeing visions of the future, she will hear the voice of God instructing her to guide herself and her people to freedom. Her family, friends and masters know her by the name of Araminta (Minty) Ross.

Part II of our first episode. Elizabeth Tudor is now fifteen years old, orphaned and left with no one to rely on but herself. She has already faced her first brush with treason and lived to tell the tale. But there are still ten long years ahead of her before she will sit on the English throne. Her trials and tribulations are only just beginning.

History remembers Elizabeth I as a powerful, beloved, and successful monarch. To this day, she is one of the most recognizable figures in Western history.

But before all of that, before the Golden Age, she was simply Elizabeth Tudor, the product of what many considered to be an unholy union between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Declared illegitimate by the age of two, she would spend the first 25 years of her life at the mercy of those who controlled the English throne. With no one to trust but herself, she would have to rely on every ounce of wit, bravery and determination she had to survive the cut-throat climate of the English Court.

Just a quick introduction, a bit of info about me and what I'm hoping to do with this new podcast:

I'm an amateur history nut with a penchant for performance and a passion for research and exploration. Once a month I sit down with my trusty goblet of wine and discuss the lives and legends of badass women history may have over looked.