Dig: A History Podcast

Four women historians, a world of history to unearth. Can you dig it?

Society & Culture
History
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The Rise of Natural History Museums
46 min
152
“No peace, No p*ssy”: Sex Strikes and the Recen...
52 min
153
Victoria Woodhull: Free Love, Feminism & Finance
The life of the groundbreaking, rule breaking Victoria Woodhull.
83 min
154
Marriage in America: A Brief History
35 min
155
King Ahebi Ugbabe: Sex, Gender, and Power in Co...
53 min
156
Auburn System: Prisons & Punishment in 19c U.S.
57 min
157
Nuremberg Laws and Nazi Discrimination against ...
71 min
158
Coverture: Married Women and Legal Personhood i...
Coverture, English Common Law
55 min
159
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the...
47 min
160
Jane Roe and The Pill
Abortion and Birth Control in Ameria
63 min
161
Suitcase Murder: Abortion, Mystery and Murder i...
47 min
162
Celia, A Slave: The True Crime Case that Rocked...
54 min
163
Child Abuse, Murder & Execution in Georgian Lon...
44 min
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Brutal Murder of Bridget Cleary in 1895 Ireland
56 min
165
Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade
53 min
166
Early American Family Limitation
Birth control and abortion are constant flash points in contemporary politics, and they're often described as signs of a rapidly changing society. But women have always had ways (though ...
52 min
167
Charles Dickens and Scary Winter Stories
Exploring the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmastime. 
43 min
168
Great White Hurricane of 1913
During the hey-day of Great Lakes shipping, when ships crossed these huge lakes loaded down with cargo, a fall storm could be – and often ...
57 min
169
Heating and Illuminating Homes in Victorian Bri...
The warmth - and light - of the houses of 19th century Britain were a characteristic of Victorian life. While open coal hearths continued to dominate home heating, ...
36 min
170
Little Ice Age: Weird Weather, Witchcraft, Fami...
Today we are discussing the ways the theoretical Little Ice Age impacted the people who lived through it. The study of past climates is highly ...
39 min
171
Death, Religion, and Euro-Native Encounters
People are often surprised to learn that yes, even death has a history. In fact, death can be a powerful tool for unlocking the ways ...
66 min
172
Cock Lane Ghost: 18c London’s Haunting Hoax
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 ...
42 min
173
Halloween, Samhain, and Moral Panics in the 1980s
In 1978, John Carpenter created a horror film that would arguably change the genre, certainly led the way in slasher films, and all on a ...
51 min
174
Photos of the Dead: Victorian Postmortem Photog...
We commemorate and document life through photographs, and have been doing so since the 19th century. But photography has also been used to document death. ...
42 min
175
The Lost Cause: Texas Independence, Slavery and...
Today’s discussion is about the creation of historical memory and how one war in particular, The Texas War of Independence, is remembered. But also how ...
89 min