Historaholics Podcast

Join your host C.J. for the first Historaholics bonus episode, where he does a reading of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. This poem speaks poetically about the kinds of suffering the men of the Endurance experienced and for that reason this episode is a postscript to the series covering their odyssey.

Join your host C.J. and special guest Zak as they discuss the final leg of the odyssey of the crew of the Endurance. They talk about the landing of the James Caird on South Georgia, the trek through the mountains, and the eventual rescue of the men on Elephant Island. They also discuss the Ross Sea party and the cultural context of the Transantarctic expedition, as well as finally getting to the bottom of why four of the crew were not put up for the Polar Medal.

Join host C.J. and special guest Zak as they discuss the Endurance expedition. In this episode they cover the story from the crushing of their ship, the journey to Elephant Island, and the final journey across 800 miles of open ocean to South Georgia on a lifeboat, the James Caird.

Join C.J. and special guest Zak as they discuss the Trans-antarctic Expedition of 1914, Ernest Shackleton, and the Endurance. When the Endurance became trapped in ice in the Weddell sea in January of 1915 an improbable story of survival began to unfold

Join host C.J. and special guest Kenzie as they continue to discuss the European witch-hunts of the Early Modern Period, this week with a focus on English trials, specifically the Pendle Witches and Essex trials

Join C.J. and special guest Kenzie as they discuss the origins of the European Witch-craze of the Early Modern Period. They also explore stories of specific witch trials, such as those of Walpurga Hausman and Mary Staples.

Join your host C.J. and special guest Chris as they discuss Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the giant wheel of cheese which he aged in the foyer of the White House, and, on a much grimer side, his continued campaign against the Indigenous peoples of North America, which culminated in the Trail of Tears.

Join your host C.J. and special guest Chris as they discuss Andrew Jackson’s early political career, the Battle of Tohopeka, the beginnings of his campaign of extermination against the Indigenous people east of the Mississippi, and his victory in the Battle of New Orleans.

Join C.J. and guest Chris as they discuss the life, times, and crimes of Andrew Jackson in this the inaugural episode of Historaholics.