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Gradations of Hate: Nazi Discrimination against Jewish Germans and The Nuremberg Laws

In Germany in the 1930s, the state passed law after law to isolate, disenfranchise, and break down Jewish Germans. It is shocking how easily the German parliamentary government chipped away at Jewish citizenship, attacking the livelihoods and cultural contributions of small groups of Jews, before finally passing the series of Read more…

By Averill Earls, 12 months2 months ago
Crime

Celia, A Slave: The True Crime Case that Rocked the American Slave Power

Today, we’re talking about a very real murder that was committed by a very real woman who lived in Missouri in the 1850s. But while this murder had all the elements that make for a flashy and exciting true crime story – sex, rape, murder, dramatic court room scenes – Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year10 months ago
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Episode

Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade: 19th & 20th c. Family Limitation

At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, 2017, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their frustration with still needing to fight for rights like birth control and abortion. This is a battle that has waged for Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year10 months ago
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Episode

Early American Family Limitation: Contraception and Abortion

Sarah and Elizabeth discuss methods of family limitation in Early America. Just in case you need some tips.

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 1 year10 months ago
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Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London

There wasn’t a soul in London, much less the neighborhood of Smithfield market, who hadn’t heard of the Cock Lane ghost. In 1762, the narrow London street was crowded with throngs of onlookers and busy-bodies who wanted to know if the rumors were true. A young girl at 20 Cock Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 1 year10 months ago
Puritans and Sexuality
Sex

Puritan Sex: The Surprising History of Puritans and Sexual Practices

We have an image of puritans as cold, severe, hyper-strict and religious people, and while that’s not entirely false, it’s also not entirely true. From the very beginning, early Americans were thinking about sex. The courts were burdened with hundreds of cases in which people broke the laws regarding sexual morality, Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year10 months ago
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Sex

Communists and Uteruses: How the Soviet Union and People’s Republic of China Sought to Control Women’s Reproduction

What happens when Communist states want to control the reproductive functions of women’s bodies?

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years1 year ago
Episode

The Founding of Aids Project of the Ozarks: HIV and AIDS in the Ozark Mountains

How did communities like Springfield, the “buckle” of the Bible Belt, deal with the AIDS crisis?

By Averill Earls, 2 years1 year ago
Episode

Bitter Sweet: Sugar, Slavery, Empire, and Consumerism in the Atlantic World

Averill, Marissa, and Katie discuss the history of sugar cultivation in the Caribbean, and its relationship to empire and consumerism.

By Averill Earls, 2 years1 year ago
Episode

Mexican Immigration in the 20th century: Revolution, Welfare, and Braceros

Read the full transcript. The Bracero Program began in 1942, and was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, which started the legalization and control of Mexican migrant workers along America’s southern border area. The US was recovering from the social and economic damages caused by the Great Depression, Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 2 years1 year ago

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