Anna Kiefer is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She shares some insights into the Woman's Land Army of American during the First World War. Anna is full of great information about this little known facet of WWI, U.S. home front history. There is so much more to be discovered and this discussion may make you curious as to women's roles during WWI.

In this episode, I speak with Lexi Kerchner about the marriage and political partnership between Franklin Delano & Eleanor Roosevelt. With Valentine's Day upon us, I felt it was important to showcase a historical couple who obviously had their ups and downs, but found that each needed the other to secure their legacy and fulfill their life's work.

On this episode, I sit down with my friends, Dan and Bobbi, in their tattoo shop "Crossed Cannons Collective of PA." The shop sits right in the heart of the tourist district of Gettysburg, PA. How was this shop seen when it first opened? Do tourists get tattooed as well as locals? Do re-enactors get tattooed there? How is the shop seen by other local businesses? We mix history and the tattoo industry in this week's episode!

On this episode, I sit down with my friend, Travis Shaw, and talk about the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade during the Civil War. Travis is the public programs coordinator for the Mosby Heritage Area Association, located in Marshall, Virginia. His insights into the Union men who volunteered to defend Maryland from the Confederate forces are awesome!

In this episode, I sit down with my great friend, Stephanie Seal Walters, and discuss Loyalists in Virginia during the Revolutionary War. We find out why Stephanie started studying Loyalists, a.k.a. Tories. What was life like for them in this period? Are their stories being more readily told now than in previous years? What do these narratives teach us about the era as a whole?

What was life like for early 18th century, Germanic immigrants to Virginia? Where did they settle? Why? What were their lives like?

In this episode, I speak with Ashley Abruzzo, membership development officer at the Germanna Foundation. She has direct ties to these early settlers of what became known as "Germanna."

I sat down with Jake Wynn, Director of Interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and discussed a coal miners' rebellion in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1862. Why would a rebellion among coal miners take place in Pennsylvania in the heart of the Civil War? Who was involved? How was it resolved? Tune in and find out!

In "Episode 0" of "The Tattooed Historian Show," John introduces himself, how he became interested in history, how "The Tattooed Historian" brand was born, his thoughts on a "friction free" model to historical programming, and more!