Unhinged History

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Episode 7 | Keep Your Legs Mar 09, 2023

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Take a raucous ride through history as Theresa retells the tale of the redoubtable General Antonio López de Santa Anna and how he lost his legs during the Pastry War of 1838. After that doozy, Angie regales us with how Fredrick the Great tricked his people into loving potatoes.
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Shelly Bauman
Queen Tamar of Georgia

Episode 6 | You’re Killing Me Smalls Mar 02, 2023

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Join us as Angie walks us through a series of Civil War snafus that enable the enslaved Robert Smalls to pilot a gun-laden ship to freedom.
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Bass Reeves

Episode 5 | Definitely Not My Mother Feb 23, 2023

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What do you know about the unhinged story of a notorious real-life jewel thief, Doris Payne? Spend this podcast listening to the highlight reel of the craziest movie never made.
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The Lo Life Crew

Episode 4 | The Beginning of a Bad Joke Feb 16, 2023

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Buckle up. It's a crazy week. Come for Angie telling the tale of Sundiata Keita, a.k.a. The Lion Prince, a.k.a. Mansa Musa's grandfather.
Stay for Theresa gushing over the first Black-Native American aviatrix and barnstormer, Bessie Coleman.
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The Tragic Tale of Prince Dejatch Alemayehu

Episode 3 | Executing Pigs Feb 09, 2023

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This week Angie dives into an old missing person case as she explores Dunkelgrafen.
Theresa goes off on a tangent as she shares the Pig War of 1856 between Great Britain and America.
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The Strange Tale of Jerome of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
The Pastry War

Episode 2 | Jay Z is My Financial Planner Feb 02, 2023

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This week, Angie serves her favorite curses. It's a wild mix up.
Theresa shares how the Han Dynasty started from a bad day at work.

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Ghosts Haunting the Tower of London
The Real Story of Mulan
Chinese general and queen, Fu Hoa

Episode 1 | Take this with a bowl of salt. Jan 26, 2023

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This week Theresa kicks it off with the first Black samurai, Yasuke, in feudal Japan. This story has it all. It features Oda Nobunaga, the warlord who unified the country, Jesuit priests, and an African who becomes a samurai.
Angie covers Henry VIII's thorn in his side, Mother Shipton. She is a soothsayer and prophetess. And at every turn, she's annoying the king.
What a pairing...
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Miyamoto Musashi
Lady Mary Howard

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