Inclusive History

The inspiring and entertaining author, Haley Shapley, joins us in this episode to talk about women during the Victoria Era and the limitations that they overcame to achieve physical fitness. We love her book Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes, and we enjoyed listening to her talk about bicycles, pedestrianism and basketball.

In this powerful collaboration I am joined by Scot Zellmer who is related to members of the Rosebud Tribe in South Dakota. In this episode I share historical information while Scot offers a first hand account of the 2021 reinterment of nine children that died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s. Boarding schools throughout the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries are a source of generation trauma that still impacts Native Americans today. Although it is difficult history to learn, it is important to understand in order to reconcile our past and create a better future.

In this powerful episode we learn about the Vietnam War from the perspective of a refugee from South Vietnam, Dr. Julie Pham. We learn about the courage of a refugee and the push/pull factors that are often overlooked by our bias.

In this episode Scot Zellmer shares what he's learned from his research as well as his relationships with the community in the Rosebud Reservation. We talk about the difference between Counter-Narrative and Dominant Narrative in understanding the Dakota Conflict, the Trans-Continental Railroad and the history of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their conflict with the Dakota Access Pipeline.

You might have heard about Jeff Bezos's space capsule that launched this week, but there is more to the story than a man's phallic space dreams. In this episode we will learn about the Mercury 13 that were denied participating in the NASA space program, including Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Janey Hart and Jackie Cochran.

In this episode Kylin Camburn tells us about the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee that organized the first pride parade in 1970 after the Stonewall Riots in June 1969. We also learn about Magnus Hirschfeld, Dr. Alan Heart, Marsha Johnson, and Tyra Hunter. Kylin gives us tips on how we can support transgender youth and tells us about the issues that transgender youth are facing in our country.

There is a lot of misinformation out there about what Critical Race Theory is and is not. In this episode we will talk to several educators as well as give our own thoughts about what Critical Race Theory looks like in an educational setting.

In this informative and inspirational episode we talk with Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis about Juneteenth and Critical Race Theory. We learn how we can support Black/African American communities as they celebrate freedom from enslavement as well as reflect on centuries of knowledge and activism.

In this episode we present the finding of the 2021 State of Mental Health in America while learning about the history of mental health treatment and understanding of mental illness. Dorothea Dix, Nellie Bly and Clifford Beers are all featured in this episode.

In this episode we talk with our friend, Nikita, who arrived in the United States from Afghanistan alone at the age of 16. Nikita tells us about her struggles learning English and missing her family as well as how we can help our immigrant neighbors.