History Woes

History Woes

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  • Ep. 6 Food Fight

    Food fight! In our first Patreon episode request from Honorary History Hoe, Eric, History Woes talks all about the history of some contentious food. Morgan covers the Cuban sandwich and Lexi tells us all about the Quebec Maple Syrup Cartel.


    You can find us on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/historywoes and our website @ https://historywoes.com

    You can also find us on Patreon for some extra history hoe content @ https://www.patreon.com/Historywoes

    Citations

    The Cuban Sandwich:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_sandwich

    https://www.thrillist.com/eat/miami/history-of-the-cuban-sandwich

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/02/cuban-bread-birthplace-100-year-old-florida-bakery-tampas

    https://www.cubansandwichfestival.com/


    Quebec Maple Syrup Cartel:

    Netflix's Dirty Money S1 E5

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup#:~:text=Maple%20syrup%20was%20first%20made,1970s%20further%20refined%20syrup%20processing

    https://www.oberk.com/TheHistoryofMapleSyrup#:~:text=Native%20Americans%20even%20have%20legends,sprung%20forth%20the%20tasty%20syrup.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Quebec_Maple_Syrup_Producers#cite_note-8

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist

    https://subslikescript.com/series/Dirty_Money-7889220/season-1/episode-5-The_Maple_Syrup_Heist


    Music:

    Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

    and

    0:00:00 I Local Forecast - Elevator

    https://goo.gl/ppZqZq Local Forecast - Elevator by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/

    Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ioi_-5sAuXQ

    Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I

    56 min
  • Ep. 5 Wild Women in History: Saints and Sinners

    Break out your rosaries, divine feminine rage is headed your way. In this episode, Lexi covers the the Book of Esther and Morgan recounts the life and adventures of Saint Olga of Kiev.

    Citations

    The Book of Esther:

    https://www.thejc.com/judaism/all/did-esther-meet-a-tragic-end-1.497726

    The Bible, The Book of Esther, 1-10. NLT

    https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Book-of-Esther-Its-Canonization-Historicity-and-Relevance

    Olga of Kiev:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev

    https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/7.1/sherman.html

    Music:

    Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep. 4 Bury Me With My People

    In this episode, History Woes brings you stories of pettiness taken to the next level. Morgan does a story on Isaac Newtons feuds between fellow scientists and counterfeiters. Then, Lexi covers the petty king, 50 Cent.


    Sources

    Isaac Newton:

    https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/hooke-the-genius-whose-big-mistake-was-confronting-newton/

    https://medium.com/exploring-history/robert-hooke-the-genius-newton-tried-to-erase-from-history-7942427752b0

    https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi3015.htm

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosspomeroy/2013/11/04/why-was-isaac-newton-such-a-jerk/

    https://historycollection.com/16-examples-of-the-madness-of-sir-isaac-newton/8/

    https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201103/physicshistory.cfm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjsGnqRuhE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chtxPnS1_GQ


    50 Cent:

    https://djbooth.net/features/2018-11-01-50-cent-history-of-pettiness

    https://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/50-cent/lists/ja-rule-complete-relationship-history/

    https://thejasminebrand.com/2016/06/25/50-cent-slams


    Music:

    Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

    and

    0:00:00 I Local Forecast - Elevator

    https://goo.gl/ppZqZq Local Forecast - Elevator by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/

    Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ioi_-5sAuXQ

    Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I https://goo.gl/Yibru5

    54 min
  • Ep. 3 Doctor Doctor, Gimme the News

    Clip city chick, clip clip city chick.....please bear with us in this audio. We promise to have it figured out soon.

    In episode 3 of History Woes we invite you to come along on a journey with us back in time to before germ theory existed (wear your mask and wash your hands). Lexi brings you the story of Dr. James Barry and Morgan tells you all about wild medical treatments throughout time.


    Citations

    Dr. James Barry:

    https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry_(surgeon)

    History's Wild Medical Treatments:

    https://www-history-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16581980475595&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Fnews%2F7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques

    https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history/

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064205/1887-09-06/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1777&index=2&rows=20&words=cocaine+Cocaine+fever+hay&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=cocaine+hay+fever&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&loclr=blogser

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96027724/1896-06-17/ed-1/seq-13/#date1=1777&index=9&rows=20&words=rheumatism+whale&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Rheumatism+whale&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&loclr=blogser

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1x1KfqxfSXdzjtc5WTJhh48/eight-weird-and-wonderful-medieval-remedies-for-illness

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346453/#:~:text=Among%20those%20remedies%2C%20Serenus%20proposed,fever%2C%20known%20today%20as%20malaria

    Music:

    Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep. 2 Damn Nature, You Scary

    In our first week of podcasting we're bringing you a bonus episode so you don't miss us too much. But it's not permanent, don't get needy. In this episode we bring you two scary topics brought to you by Mother Nature herself: the rogue wave and the Lake Nyos Disaster.


    Citations

    Rogue Wave:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mathematicians-may-soon-be-able-to-predict-enormous-rogue-waves

    https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/rogue-waves

    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves.html

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/scientists-thought-these-monster-waves-were-myth-now-they-re-racing-to-understand-them-20220609-p5asla.html

    https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-grand-unified-theory-of-rogue-waves-20200205/

    https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Ship-sinking_monster_waves_revealed_by_ESA_satellites

    https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/remembering-muenchen-and-winter-in-the-north-atlantic-40-years-ago

    https://measuringstuff.com/things-that-are-100-feet-tall/

    https://www.dimensionofstuff.com/things-that-are-about-80-feet-ft-long/

    https://measuringstuff.com/9-things-that-are-40-feet-long/

    Lake Nyos:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monoun

    http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Nyos.html

    Music:

    Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep. 1 Wild Wars

    The Hoes Who Know bring you the stories of the Chemist's War on Prohibition and the Conch Republic's Civil War (America's second, and more successful civil war).


    Citations:

    • History.com "Prohibition" by History.com Editors
    • Slate.com "The Chemist's War on Prohibition" by Deborah Bloom
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gou2V33nByU&t=907s (Geogpraphics Channel)
    • https://conchrepublic.com/
    • http://www.conchrepublicmilitaryforces.com/
    • https://www.vice.com/en/article/4x9n8d/that-time-the-florida-keys-tried-to-secede-from-the-us-by-dropping-conch-fritter-bombs
    • https://www.kingofconch.com/conch-republic-history/
    • Music:

      Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

      53 min

    About History Woes

    From the publisher's feed

    A podcast for those who love history, comedy, and booze. Each week, the History Woes team tells two themed historical stories and pairs those stories with a drink.