Lithium Jubilee

Just like the Victorians, Jon and Erin (and even Producer Pete [redacted]) look to the supernatural for direction. This episode's guide is our beloved Tara with her absolutely stunning Queen Victoria Tarot cards. Join Lithium Jubilee as we gaze hesitantly into the future in preparation for our 50th episode AND BEYOND (we hope)!

Lithium Jubilee continues to show our love to Ryan Murphy sans rubber suit with our second American Horror Show themed episode. Instead we'll be discussing another iconic article of clothing: the straitjacket! Erin gives us the lowdown on treatments deemed "therapeutic" in 19th century psychiatric hospitals while Jon reports on the Victorian era's ultimate undercover journalist, Nellie Bly. You want us to calm down about American Horror Story? You need to CALM UP!

In honor of the new season of American Horror Story, Lithium Jubilee is taking a deep dive into a few of the characters who have appeared in the series. Jon gives you the who's who of Marie Delphine LaLaurie and Erin gives you the what's what of Edward Mordrake. Wah-Whee-Wah!

We've busted out the celery vase and dusted the haunted sofa for our very first live episode! Join us (vicariously) for an evening of punch and parlor games!

We're throwing a party! Well...we did. But we recorded this before that. Anyway, we get into all the trials and tribulations that go into throwing a proper 19th century shindig!

In an era so restrained, it's not surprising a handful or two choose to move their flesh toward the whip. Erin gets roped into the romance of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick, like the Victorian version of the movie Secretary only not. Jon finds out what's under those furs and explains why we say Sadomasochism and not "Those whose humors are released upon receiving or initiating punitive measures..." If you willfully submit your ears, we will give them exactly what they deserve.

It's a brand new episode in which we dive headfirst into the thoroughly researched oeuvre of The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing! Whether it's in the coal mines or at the punk show, we'll see you in the pit!

In this episode, we are joined by a very special guest! The delightful and knowledgeable Kim Brittingham stops by the Jubilee to tell us about some Victorian history that happened right in our own back yard!

Let's get retro-futuristic! Join us as we discuss what people in the past thought the future (that is now our past) would be like.

It's Lithium Jubilee's 40th episode! We won't be celebrating with rubies (as the anniversary suggests) but we will be celebrating with PRIDE! Jon regales us with tales of the Victorian Queen of Queer, Charlotte Cushman! Erin teaches you some new vocabulary and the secret history of the man who coined it, Károly Mária Kertbeny.