Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
EP 021: BURN YOUR BOATS
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
Quickfire history in history’s own words, Historycal is the podcast for anyone who’s ever marvelled at the stories that shape us. From the earliest Cuneiform to the crooning of Elvis, from Rock Art to the Model T Ford, Historycal is an exuberant jaunt through the words people have spoken, sung, or scribbled down, and the unexpected ways in which they echo through our world.
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Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
What do you say to a man who has taken the keys to your kingdom? And what do you say to cheer up your grieving daughter? In this episode, we're tackling Temüjin, the slaughter at Nishapur, and Genghis Khan's troubled childhood.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
What do you get when you cross a hat with a common (or garden) thermometer?
Mad hatters... and hatted madmen. In this episode, we're delving into Lewis Carroll, mercury poisoning, and all the other ways that tea time might go wrong.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
What does it take to get a cow's head onto your doorstep? (Rest of cow, not included). Today, we're talking Ukrainian fairy tales, evil stepmothers, and how to be an awesome dad. Or something like that.
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
What would you sacrifice for Art? And, more importantly, what does a wizard give an Armadillo when he comes to tea? In this episode, we take our first foray into South American folklore, featuring an ancient hero, some puffed up bull frogs, and a few insects who really need to get a room.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
What is the juice of smallpox, and when it is it best served? In this episode, we explore variolation, milkmaids, and how a slave in Boston helped change the world.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
What's squiggly, saucy, and digs a pirate patch? If Bobby Henderson's open letter to the Kansas School Board didn't spring to mind, this one is for you.
If it did, ditto.
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
What do you get when you go looking for the herbs of eternal life? Not that. But maybe something better. In this episode, we talk the Panchatantra, some really mean jackals, and how to hang on to your friends.
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
What's the fastest route to unhappy daughters, war with the French, and eventual relegation to the self-help annals of YouTube? In this episode, we talk murder, mayhem, and why Shakespeare felt the need to dish out confusing names to more characters than you could possibly fit on a single stage.