Lettes D and G, with a shovel in between to represent the letter I - spelling DIG, with "A History Podcast" beneath
  • The Episodes
  • About Us
    • The Producers
    • Award-Winning
      • Our Past Project – The History Buffs Podcast
  • For Educators
    • Launching a Podcast
    • Lesson Plans
  • Swag
  • Patreon

world history

Race

Apartheid in South Africa: A History

During WWII, South Africa’s United Party failed to enforce segregation laws with the vigor that most Afrikaners thought was necessary. As a result, war time was accompanied by growing fears of racial mixing and prophecies of racial doom for white South Africans. Afrikaners placed much of the blame for the Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years10 months ago
Race

The Windrush Generation and the Mystique of British Anti-Racism

Over the last five years the British government has been reckoning with more recent expressions of the anti-immigration and anti-Black sentiments among its elected officials. The “Windrush scandal” broke in 2017, revealing that the British Home Office systematically and intentionally denied citizenship privileges (like access to the National Health Service, Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
Codex Azcatitlan, Hernán Cortés and Malinche (far right), early 16th-century indigenous pictorial manuscript of the conquest of Mexico
Bad Women

“La lengua”: Malintzin, the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica, and the Legacy of the Translator in Mexico

Malintzin is by far the most controversial figure of the 1519 Mexican invasion. Was she a traitor, or a feminist national hero? Was she the mother of Mexico, or the Eve-like bringer of Mexico’s original sin? Was she a collaborator, bystander, or victim of the Spanish? In terms of her Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
Bad Women

Dragon Lady of the South China Sea: Cheng I Sao, Woman Commander of China’s Pirate Confederacy

The life story of Shih Yang, known to history by her married name Cheng I Sao (the wife of Cheng I) would inspire countless novels and semi-fictionalized accounts of a Chinese pirate queen or “Dragon Lady” of the South China Sea. Indeed, her life was so sensational, and pirates so Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
ghost of a woman holding a baby wearing bloody sheets
Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Mizuko: The History behind Vengeful Aborted Fetus Hauntings in 1980s Japan

In 1980s Japan, mizuko spirit attacks, or hauntings by the spirits of aborted fetuses, were on the rise among middle school and high school girls. Listen to one Japanese teen’s testimonial: “You probably won’t believe it, but mizuko spirit attacks are really frightful. Last summer, I got knocked up. I Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
A early modern black and white etching of doctors standing around a woman undergoing a cesarean section
Birth

None of Woman Born: Cesarean Birth before 1900, A Pre-History

In his occupation as a swineherd, Jacob Nufer had performed countless genital surgeries on his pigs. He was an expert gelder. He was convinced he could deliver his child abdominally so that both his wife and child would survive. For this, there was no precedence. Most observers must have believed Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
General Gourard proclaims the creation of the State of Greater Lebanon
Borders

France’s League of Nations Mandate in Syria and Lebanon

In 1919, the idealistic American President Woodrow Wilson brought with him to the Paris Peace Conference his 14 Points. Among these points were the doctrine of self-determination (the idea that all peoples have the right to determine the nature of their own governance) and an idea for a coalition that Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
Map of the Spanish province of "La Florida," which included most of the southeastern United States.
Borders

Lost! Cabeza de Vaca Stumbles Through Southwestern North America in the “Age of Exploration”

Like many of the Spanish conquistadors who made their way to the Americas, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca joined an expedition to explore “Florida” in search of glory and, ideally, an encomienda of his own. (“Florida” is what the Spanish called all of the land around the Gulf of Mexico, Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
Dr Jenner performing his first vaccination, 1796
Bodies

The OG Vaccine: Smallpox, Cowpox, and the Procedure that Changed the World

At the tail end of a pandemic (we hope!) vaccines are in the news. There are huge disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates marked by class, race, and geography. Critics question the system of tiered eligibility as many essential workers like those in the food industry are not yet eligible for Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
Still Life with Three Castles Tobacco, William Michael Harnett
Drugs

“More like a dust heap than a nose”: A Global History of Smokeless Tobacco

Tobacco smoking is definitely the default way to consume tobacco. But in certain times and places, smokeless tobacco- such as snuff, chew, or tobacco tea- have found niches. Yes, snuff was practical for some, a pop phenomenon to others, but many of these historical niches for smokeless tobacco were medicinal. Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 3 years2 years ago

Posts navigation

Previous 1 2 3 … 5 Next
Follow Us!
Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on PinterestFollow Us on YouTubeFollow Us on Meetup
Archives
topics
17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century history 20th century history abortion America American history APUSH birth control black history british empire buffalo christianity civil war colonialism death early modern early modern europe eugenics European history gender history of childhood history of medicine histsex imperialism ireland local history medicine military history native american history new york politics race religion Religious history science sex sexuality slavery US history western new york women's history women's rights world history
Recent Posts
  • Chinese Medicine: The Complex Balance of Individual, State, and Cosmos
  • Puerto Rican Citizenship: A Complex Status
  • Vaudevillian, Countess, Spy, Activist: The Complicated Life of Josephine Baker
  • The History of Fat: The Complex Attitudes Toward Fatness in the Pre-Modern West
  • From Orality to Literacy: A Global History of Writing
Top Posts & Pages
  • Bittersweet: Sugar, Slavery, Empire and Consumerism in the Atlantic World
    Bittersweet: Sugar, Slavery, Empire and Consumerism in the Atlantic World
  • Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico
    Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico
  • Puritan Sex: The Surprising History of Puritans and Sexual Practices
    Puritan Sex: The Surprising History of Puritans and Sexual Practices
  • Race and Nation in Latin America: Whitening, Browning, and the Failures of Mestizaje
    Race and Nation in Latin America: Whitening, Browning, and the Failures of Mestizaje
  • The Controversial Life and Legacy of Margaret Sanger
    The Controversial Life and Legacy of Margaret Sanger
  • Selling Sex: 19th Century New York City Prostitution and Brothels
    Selling Sex: 19th Century New York City Prostitution and Brothels
  • Underwear: A History of Intimate Apparel
    Underwear: A History of Intimate Apparel
  • Both Man and Witch: Uncovering the Invisible History of Male Witches
    Both Man and Witch: Uncovering the Invisible History of Male Witches
  • Witches Brew: How the Patriarchy Ruins Everything for Women, Even Beer
    Witches Brew: How the Patriarchy Ruins Everything for Women, Even Beer
  • Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Death, Religion, and Euro-Native Encounters
    Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Death, Religion, and Euro-Native Encounters
Copyright

This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For permission to publish any Dig: A History Podcast or History Buffs Podcast episodes in whole or in part, contact the Executive Producer at hello@digpodcast.org

© 2015-2035 DIG: A HISTORY PODCAST.

Mastodon

Copyright

This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For permission to publish any DIG: A History Podcast or History Buffs Podcast episode in whole or in part please contact the Executive Producer at hello@digpodcast.org

Search
Follow Us!
Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on Pinterest
Follow Us!
Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on YouTube

topics
17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century history 20th century history abortion America American history APUSH birth control black history british empire buffalo christianity civil war colonialism death early modern early modern europe eugenics European history gender history of childhood history of medicine histsex imperialism ireland local history medicine military history native american history new york politics race religion Religious history science sex sexuality slavery US history western new york women's history women's rights world history
Copyright

This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For permission to publish any Dig: A History Podcast or History Buffs Podcast episodes in whole or in part please contact the Executive Producer at hello@digpodcast.org

Contact Us

hello@digpodcast.org


  • The Episodes
  • About Us
  • For Educators
  • Swag
  • Patreon

© 2017-2027 The Producers of Dig: A History Podcast.

 

Loading Comments...