Historical Hotties: Recent Episodes
Historical Hotties
Sister duo Whitney & Lindsey Nelsen discuss prominent figures in history to research, argue, and debate which person is the hottest in this humorous and educational podcast.
It's a little bit equal parts debate team, history lesson, sibling rivalry, sexy gossip, and joke time humor-fun, with new episodes every Wednesday!
On this episode of historical hotties we have all hands on deck for this spooky episode about lady ghosts! It's Rufina Cambaceres, Kate Morgan, and Queen Ester, who is the most terrifying! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/haunts
We're back in action at HHHQ and diving right in to a seasonal treat for us spooky folks: Real people -who are hot- who are rumored to have been cursed! Evalyn Walsh McLean vs. Howard Carter
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/cursed
It's getting hot out there, so let's jump into the cool category of history's hottest swimmers! Come on in, the Gertrude Ederle versus Annette Kellerman water is fiiiiine!
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/swimmers
By listener request, this week we tackle the debate of hottest drummer in history! Who hit the sticks on those skins the best --is it the legendary Max Roach or "El Rey" Tito Puente? Listen and find out!
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/drummers
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One episode was not enough for us to feel good about covering the hottest spies in history. We needed another go around because spies are pretty hot, y'all. Marguerite Harrison vs Mochizuki Chiyome
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/spies2
Today, in light of a global pandemic on the top of all of our minds, we decided to discuss two of the hottest nurses in history. WHO IS THE BIGGER BABE? Florence Nightingale or Mart Eliza Mahoney? Listen and see! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/nurses
In the first of a series, we discuss people who were influenced by the Chicago World's Fair, pitting the last female stagecoach robber against the woman who invented the dishwasher! A crazy matchup with two fascinating figures! Josephine Cochran vs Pearl Hart!
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/worldfair1
Two people who know a good form when they look at one, the Nelsen Sisters, debate which artists creates -and has- the best forms themselves. Who is hotter, Constantin Brâncuși or Augusta Savage?
Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/sculptors
The Kentucky Derby may be postponed until September, but self isolation is no reason not to drink some bourbon, wear a fancy hat, and listen to this episode about female horseback riders in history. Elvira Guerra vs the Lucas Sisters! Yee-haw!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/equestrian
As you nurse your St. Patty's day hangover, or drink through your quarantine beer stockpile, we thought we would bring you two Historical Hotties who played a part in the history of brewing beer. Will Kubaba, the Sumerian alewife, goddess, and the only woman on the Sumerian King list win? Or will Theodore Mack, Sr. take the crown as a hardworking man with a dream to open the first black-owned brewery? LISTEN AND FIND OUT.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/brewers
Today we are talking about what the internet has memed as "the stripping that nerds do, you know...with top hats and corsets" otherwise known as Burlesque. Gypsy Rose Lee, queen of burlesque, faces off against Ann Corio, who almost singlehandedly saved burlesque from falling into obscurity. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A WINNER?!?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/burlesque
This week is the Scavenger's Network Podcast Scramble! So instead of the Sisters Nelsen, you get fabulous guest hosts James (@UnabashedJames), Tracy (@adealswarlock) and Katelynn (@screamsmcnutty) who pit the Notorious B.I.G. against Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez against Nipsey Hussle and while personally I think Biggie should be the winner YOU WILL HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT WHO TAKES THE HOT RAP CROWN.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/scramblerap
You might know James from the podcasts Wet Hot American Moon Juice, Blink and You'll Miss It, Thnks fr th Lyrcs, Newsies Minute, Crossroads Minute, and Unabashedly Obsessed.
You might know Tracy from the podcasts Wet Hot American Moon Juice, Apotelesma, Thnks fr th Lyrcs, and Scavengers Hunt (as a producer).
You might know Katelynn from the podcast Unnatural 20's.
Unbeknownst to each other, when we had all of history to choose famous couples from, we both chose 20th century Paris, pitting Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas against Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/famouscouples
This week, in honor of St. Valentine, we are laying down our lives for the hottest Martyrs in history. Hypatia of Alexandria versus Joan of Arc is a battle of babes with nerves of steel and unthinkable conviction. Who will come out the winner? Listen and see! (and watch The Good Place to see Lisa Kudrow's take on one of these two hotties!)
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/martyrs
We're back from our end of year break, and we're bringing some hotties who defy gender norms with us! Special guest host Kye You (@Its_Me_Kye) of the podcast Brothers In Time (@Brothers_InTime) joins us to talk about these very appealing gender pioneers! The Chevalier d'Éon versus Albert D. J. Cashier versus Isabelle Eberhardt!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/genderpioneers
This week we're reposting the episode where we gave new meaning to "we won't go until we get some" as we talk about the holiday carol writers we most fancy. And if you're donning apparel, we want it to be gay. Irving Berlin vs Katherine Kennicott Davis in this holiday episode that is our gift to you!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/carols
In this episode we are the first in the class to raise our hands when the teacher asks "Who are some of history's biggest babes?" We're talking about just a few of the hottest teachers in history, pitting Emma Hart Willard against Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez. Get your scantron sheets ready to tally up the babe scores!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/teachers
People think of muses as either the Greek inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts, OR they think of Sharon Stone in a kaftan. HOWEVER, there are a lot of real-life muses who have inspired incredible art, and they are, of course, hotties. Dora Maar versus Luisa Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino in this battle of inspo babes!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/muses
This week we're taking a little holiday break and going back to a favorite from the HHHQ archives, and replaying the episode where we talk about the people who have shaped American Thanksgiving into the holiday it is today. We give thanks for all the hotties. Is Sarah Josepha Buell Hale the hottest holiday influencer? Or Is Tony Sarg the babe that will take the pie-scented crown?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/thanksgiving
This week we're fighting for the honor of the hottest Marine. Will Minnie Spotted-Wolf, the first Native American woman to enlist, win out over Samuel Nicholas, the first ever officer commissioned in the US Marines? LISTEN NOW TO FIND OUT.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/marines
In a Historical Hotties monumental FIRST we are revisiting a previously-used category! It's because our hot magician cup doth runneth over. Will Dell O'Dell beat out Harry Houdini? It's like sawing our hearts in half!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/magicians2
For our last spooky episode of October 2019 we throw a fillet of fenny snake into the cauldron to see which real life woman, accused of witchcraft, was the hottest. Will it be Jane Wenham or Grace White Sherwood, called the Witch of Pungo?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/witches
Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the podcast Stranger Still!
We stare straight into the face of death this week with our episode talking about the hottest morticians. Will Henrietta Duterte prevail? Or will Frederik Ruysch's preservation reputation be preserved?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/morticians
Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the podcast Stranger Still!
Meet us at the crossroads to light a fire and talk about people in history who are A) hot and B) allegedly sold their souls for skill and profit. Join us and guest host Daniel (@puffinwatch) of Heroes Rolling Zeros as we pit The Comte de Saint Germain against Robert Johnson and Niccolò Paganini.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/devil Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the podcast Stranger Still!
Welcome to our month of chills and scares. We pit spooky daddy Charles Addams against Halloween patron saint Elizabeth Krebs to find out who's been more formative in how we view the holiday today.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/halloween
Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the podcast Stranger Still!
Join us for the the Historical Hotties Podcast Year-End Listener's Choice Last Chance Extravaganza for 2019! We reveal the top 10 finalists, send them to some previous guest hosts for another round of conversation, including throwing in a curve ball with the addition of guest host WILDCARD picks! Dan Spencer joins us to determine WHICH HOTTIE IS CROWNED HONORARY CHAMPION?!?!?! Listen to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/anniversary19
Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the podcast Stranger Still!
newsreel sounds telegraph sounds klaxxon ATTENTION LISTENERS: For the two year anniversary of the Historical Hotties podcast, we are giving you, the listeners, the ability to pluck one losing hottie from the past year and launch them into official winner's ring. Who are the biggest babes in history? Who should have won, but didn't? YOU DECIDE!
GO VOTE NOW AT historicallyhot.com/episodes/anniversary
COWABUNGA! In this most radical of episodes, we get our toes wet by hanging ten off the surfboard of history into the ocean of hotties. Which surfer was the biggest babe, Duke Kahanamoku king of the surf, or Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, inspiration for Gidget!?!? Listen and see!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/surfers
Today we explore the rugged individualism and charm of people who moved to the West in search of the gold in them there hills! We pit ingenue, comedian, and one of the most successful actresses in history, Lotta Crabtree, against trans stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst, noted for his nerves of steel. Who will win?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/goldrush
The dulcet tones of guest host Erich Hall (@platypusjones) grace your ears once again as we bring him back to discus these out-of-this-world Science Fiction writer hotties! Ursula K. Le Guin vs Douglas Adams vs Kōbō Abe in this excellent category, full of attractiveness of all kinds.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/scifi
In this episode a tunnel is not ALWAYS a tunnel and a cigar is not ALWAYS a cigar. We are talking the smokingest psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and head-shrinkers in history. By popular fan request, Hermann Rorschach hits the field, competing against Bluma Zeigarnik.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/psychiatrist
Erin Ridgeway (@laserswan) & Jason Apple (@jasonappledp), hosts of Traumatized with Erin and Jason (@traumatizedcast), join us to discuss the Sirens of the Silent Film Era. Pitting Mary Pickford (who specializes in making that paper) Evelyn Preer (the First Lady of Black Cinema), Gloria Swanson (who is ready for her closeup, Mr. DeMille), and (the Goth of the Silent Screen) Theda Bara against one another.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/silentfilm
NO LONGER ARE WE AFRAID OF THE HEAT COMING OFF OF THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY. You can all stop banging down our doors, demanding hot accountants. We have provided them to you. Frank John Wilson vs Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli Show notes at
historicallyhot.com/episodes/sccountants
Tamp your muskets, folks, because this week we are joined by Roman Braga (@SleepyBiFlinge) of @HighRollCast to discuss the hottest, bravest, most charming war heroes in history! At ease! Eugene Bullard vs. Nadezhda Durov vs. Charles Coward.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/warheroes
Baroness Maria Antonietta Avanzo was the first Italian female racetrack driver and Wendell Oliver Scott was one of the first African-American drivers in NASCAR, and the first African-American to win a race in the Grand National Series. This week we blow past the checkered flag in a race to the hotness finish line. LISTEN IN.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/racecar
Enjoy the dulcet NPR-esque tones of Moxie LaBouche from the podcast Your Brain on Facts (@BrainOnFactspod) as we debate which of these senators gets our vote when we cast our Hottest Senator ballots! Thérèse Casgrain vs. Ladda Tammy Duckworth vs. Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/senators
Star light, star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might. Have this wish I wish tonight: for histories babliest astronomers! Johannes Kepler faces off with Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley in this debate, who will come out a star? LISTEN AND FIND OUT!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/astronomers
This week we send colored smoke through the chimney to let you know when we've discovered history's biggest babes. We're joined by Kevin Hendricks (@Kevin_Hendricks) of Chatimals (@TheChatimals), Knives at Night, and The Quiz Box to talk about the hottest Popes. Yep, you heard us. Hot Popes.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/popes
Take us out to the ballgame! Buy us some peanuts and Cracker Jack! And gossip with us about the hottest baseball players of all time! Is it Jackie Gilbert, the woman who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession? Or Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in MLB? It's a battle of the Jackies!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/baseball
This week we talk about the true stories turned into tall tales: the hottest Folk Heroes in history! Join us and special guest host Amity Armstrong (@AmityArmstrong) of @latecomerspod and @withoutworkspod as we discuss which larger-than-life babes takes the title of hottest! Hōne Heke vs Helen Keller vs Nancy Wake!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/folkheroes
Holy Crimefighters, Batman! This week we ID the perps, and by "ID" I mean "discuss" and by the "perps" I mean "hot dead people". Daniel Pool (@Gywair) of DoubleIssue.Show joins us to discuss Frances Glessner Lee vs Mabel Walker Willebrandt vs Cora Strayer in an episode that kind of turned into us assembling a hot lady team against bad guys.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/crimefighters
Instead of "Designers, make it work." this week, it's "Work it, designers." Because in the battle of Eiko Ishioka vs. Edith Head, the competition is fierce and the designers are babes.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/costumedesigners
Who are the baddest boss babes in history, smashing the patriarchy and taking down The Man? This week we are joined by Jenny & Caitlin from the podcast Infinite Infinite Jest Jest to discuss the hottest feminists in history, and the end result is that WE are the winners, because these ladies existed. Itō Noe vs Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz vs bell hooks vs Olympe de Gouges!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/feminists
Infinite Infinite Jest Jest can be found on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and Stitcher, on the web at infiniteinfinitejestjest.com, on Facebook as Infinite Infinite Jest Jest, and on Instagram, @infiniteinfinitejestjest
This week we rosin up our bows and play sonatas to some of history's biggest babes. This week we are pitting Antonio Vivaldi against Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges to see which violinist is the greatest musician in our hearts.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/violinists
We are the very model of a modern history crush podcast this week, we have special guests Shannon (@sldeep) and Scott (@scottwasserman1) from the podcast Song Salad (@songsaladcast) joining us to pit composer and lyricist duos against one another! Gilbert and Sullivan vs. Rodgers and Hart, but only one person can be claimed hottest!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/musicandlyrics
Historical Hotties needed a week break with one of our cohosts under the weather! But rather than leave you bereft, we instead present to you: The Mustache Saga.
Clips are sourced from these episodes:
Con Artist
Beat Generation
Horror Writers
Polar Explorers
Fashion Designers
Poets
Mystery Writers
Impressionists
Tony Award Winners
Journalists
Movie Monsters
Mad Scientists
Chefs
Show notes at historicallyhot.com
Henry David Thoreau said: "Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still." And we say: "Gross." but also, these paleontology babes did exactly that with their metaphorical bones and also real bones (and fossils!) Louis Purnell vs. Mary Anning.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/paleontologist
Every night in our dreams we see you, we feel you. And that is how we know you deserve to be on this episode of Historical Hotties. Special guest and excellent person Jen (@neversawthatpod) of the podcast I Never Saw That joins us to pit singers Aretha Franklin against Selena against Lina Cavalieri. It's a hot one!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/singers
This week we pit the originators of the clap-back, the cream of the bon mot crop, the royalty of roasts against one another. WHO IS THE HOTTEST WIT? Oscar Wilde vs Dorothy Parker in a mental duel to the proverbial death. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/wits
For our last week of February's romance-themed episodes, we bring out our heaviest hitters. We find out which Historical Hottie is the historically hottest by comparing some of history's biggest sex symbols. Eartha Kitt vs Hedy Lamarr vs Cleopatra in a race with a photo finish! Special guest host Matt Ryan (@mattunderscorec) of Stuff Weekly and Cartridge Blowers brings the heat!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/sexsymbols
It is a truth universally acknowledged that two sisters, in possession of some microphones, must be in want of of a historical romance author. We discuss the most dreamy writers of romantic prose in history, pitting Anaïs Nin against Jane Austen.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/romanceauthors
We're sweet on all of you listeners, so this week we are talking about candy makers and chocolatiers that have made history! We don't know what gets us higher, the sugar rush or these historical babes. Join us and special guest Colin Parker (@ColinMParker) of the Scavengers Network to discuss Pierre Draps vs Eliza Leslie vs Oliver R. Chase!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/candy
It's our month of love once again, and this week Lindsey and Whitney Nelsen talk about crushes so serious they wooed monarchies. Royal consorts Theodora versus Grace Kelly. Who will come out victorious? Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/consorts
This week these hotties prove why you don't mess with Texas. Special guest David Hannah (@bigmacinpod) from the Macintosh and Maud podcasts joins us to talk about Rita Wanstrom, Ann Richards, and Scott Joplin to figure out which one is the hottest!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/texans
Historical Hotties Headquarters trekked all the way to Seattle to do a special episode live from the floor of PodCon. Special guest Clint McElroy, along with many wonderful podcasters, podcast fans, and convention goers weigh in on the broadcasting hotties that led us to PodCon!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/liveatpodcon
“The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon. It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon” 60's easy listening group The 5th Dimension has never been more relevant than today, when we pit balloonists The Montgolfier brothers against Sophie Blanchard to see who can travel around the world in 80 days and who can win our hearts in 58 minutes.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/aeronauts
There's no people like show people and today we -along with special guest Greg Leatherman (@whitewing) of the actual play podcast Very Random Encounters (@VREcast)- prove exactly that point. In the competition of Gene Kelly vs. Judy Garland vs. Aida Overton Walker, we totally understand if you can't. even.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/musicalactor
This week we're giving new meaning to "we won't go until we get some" as we talk about the holiday carol writers we most fancy. And if you're donning apparel, we want it to be gay. Irving Berlin vs Katherine Kennicott Davis in this holiday episode that is our gift to you!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/carols
OOOoohhhh WEEE oooooh I look just like Buddy Holly, oh-oh and you're...Big Mamma Thornton? In this episode we are joined by genderfluid visual artist and musician Victoria (@starstarparty) of the Magic Folk DnD podcast (@magicfolkpod) to talk about the movers and the pelvis-shakers of Rock and Roll history. Big Mamma Thornton vs Robert Plant vs Buddy Holly! Join us, won't you?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/rockandroll
I said "Brr! It's cold in here! There must be some skaters in the atmosphere!" Get into the spirit of the season as we compare Charlotte Oelschlägel to Jackson Haines to see which figure skater was the hottest! (This one has a real weird vibe y'all.)
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/figureskater
Today we're taking sibling rivalry to the next level, with a sister smackdown. This week we are all Brontë all the time. Thank goodness for the luminous Raeanna Larson (@RaeannaLarson) who came in like a wrecking ball to break up all the sibling-heavy dynamics. After you listen to see if we chose Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, or Anne Brontë, go check out her podcast audio drama "Mount Olympus University," which we love!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/bronte
GIVING THANKS FOR HOTTIES. In this episode we talk about the people who have shaped American Thanksgiving into the holiday it is today. Is Sarah Josepha Buell Hale the hottest holiday influencer? Or Is Tony Sarg the babe that will take the pie-scented crown? Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/thanksgiving
Film was a revolution in the way humans tell stories, and directors are the ones telling those stories. This episode is full of some of the heaviest-hitters in cinema history, pitting Alice Guy-Blaché vs Jacques Tati vs Akira Kurosawa. Special guest Brandon Clark of The Film Foil Podcast (@FilmFoilPodcast) joins us for a most excellent episode. Listen in!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/directors
This week we foray into sportstime to see which boxer will duke it out and go all 12 rounds! Is it Peter Jackson, or is it Melankomas of Caria? Two hunky hunks are going to the mat in this one, and hosts Lindsey and Whitney record in the same room and stare into the abyss.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/boxers
We are the coolest podcast in the neighborhood today: we're giving you a king-sized episode! Strange and mysterious events centered around strange and mysterious people, with not one but TWO guest hosts! Max and Cassie from Insanely Haunted: A Ghost Adventures Podcast! Who has the spookiest circumstances? The missing Theodosia Burr? The unsinkable Maggie Brown? The queen without a grave, Nefertiti? Or Typhoid Mary herself? LISTEN NOW TO SPOOK YOUR SENSES AND ENGAGE YOUR MIND.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/strangeoccurrences
Y'all, we got real weird on you with this spooky Halloween episode talking about mad scientists. This one is a banger, both literally and figuratively (one of these guys blew himself up to death!) Jack Parsons vs Franz Mesmer.
Show notes at /historicallyhot.com/episodes/madscientists
In the battle of mythical creatures, will the problematic PT Barnum, the passionate Grover Krantz, or the scientific Bernard Heuvelmans take the crown? If anyone can show you those fantastic beasts and where to find them, it's one of these three hotties. Join us and Dan Spencer (@Dantendo64) of the Kids on Bikes podcast (@kids_bikes)!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/cryptozoologist
Step right up folks, step right up, and marvel at two of the hottest sideshow performers in history! These two have the brains, the brawn, and the strange and unusual on their sides in this battle of the biggest sideshow babe, but WHICH ACT WILL WIN!? Step under the big top tent to find out! Stephan Bibrowski vs. Katie Sandwina.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/sideshow
We're kicking the spooky season off right, with this classic silver screen throwdown, between Vincent Price, Lon Chaney, and Conrad Veidt. Who is the creepiest AND hottest classic movie monster? Join us and special guest host Ty, host of the improvised adventure podcast Side Character Quest. You can find him on Twitter @SCQPodcast.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/moviemonsters
Lindsey and Whitney talk about the hottest WILD BEASTS of the art world: painters known as the Fauves! With their groundbreaking use of color to represent emotional themes rather than literal interpretations and passionate brushstrokes, will János Mattis-Teutsch come out on top, or will Émilie Charmy? Listen to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/fauvists
STOP THE PRESSES, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOTTEST SCOOP ON THE HOTTEST JOURNALISTS RIGHT HERE! Hunter S Thompson vs Nellie Bly vs R.C.O. Benjamin is a tough competition, but join us and special guest Beth (@betheleanorr), the host of the podcasts Buffy Speak, which is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Fourth Journal, which is about Gravity Falls, as we debate which one takes the investigative cake!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/journalists
This week we pas de bourrée right past the duds and grand jeté right into the arms of the hottest people in history as we talk about the hottest ballet dancers. Cléopatra Diane de Mérode vs Anna Pavlova! WHO WILL WIN?!?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/ballet
This week we are decrypting history to uncover it's biggest babes. Who is the hottest code-breaker? Is it Agnes Meyer Driscoll, Elizebeth Smith Friedman, or Alan Turing? Special guest host Meghan Griffin (@MeggGriffin), host of the podcasts Judging Book Covers, Fableulous Retellings, Handbook Podcast, and Minds at Yeerk joins us to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/codebreakers
We're talking jazz, ya dig? Join us and friend of the show Dan Spencer (@Dantendo64) as we discuss the impossible task of choosing the hottest musical luminary out of this trio: Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, and Miles Davis.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/jazz
This week's episode we dive into Andy Warhol's Factory and research which of his muses is the hottest (with apologies to Grace Jones, who would have absolutely swept up in this episode were it not for the fact she is still alive.) between trans babe Candy Darling vs. fashion icon Edie Sedgwick, it's a nigh impossible choice.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/factory
In this fascinating episode, we pit the scientifically creative minds of civil engineers against one another! Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya vs. Emily Warren Roebling in this battle of wits for the betterment of the places people live in every day!
Show notes at: http://historicallyhot.com/episodes/civilengineers
We start out season two with a real smackdown! Audrey Hepburn vs. Vivienne Leigh vs. Edward Albee in this battle of Tony Award Winners. With special guest Ryan Albrecht (@ryan_albrecht) from the biweekly Theatrical Tabletop Adventure podcast Another Path!
Show notes at: http://historicallyhot.com/episodes/tonywinners
By popular demand, the one and only episode of Whitney's Shower Thoughts! You made your audio bed, now lay your ears in it.
While Historical Hotties is on a brief summer hiatus, we bring to you the first realization of the Historical Hotties milieu: A vlog entitled "The Man, The Myth, The Unit of Measurement."
Thrill as Lindsey records the first ever episode of a little bb Historical Hotties episode!
Join us for the last and final part of the Historical Hotties Podcast Year-End Listener's Choice Last Chance Extravaganza! We score the top four hotties in a new game, to determine the ULTIMATE WINNER, and also give away free swag! Who gets ushered into the Historical Hotties Winner Circle this week? YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/anniversary2
Join us for the first part of the Historical Hotties Podcast Year-End Listener's Choice Last Chance Extravaganza! We reveal the top 10 finalists, send them to some previous guest hosts for another round of conversation, including throwing in a curve ball with the addition of guest host WILDCARD picks! PLUS we shout out some iTunes reviewers and give away free swag! WHICH HOTTIES MOVE ON TO THE FINAL ROUND?!?!?! Listen to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/anniversary1
For July 4th, America's Independence Day, we have decided to celebrate our freedom by talking about the people who have fought the Man to start a revolution. It takes a troublemaker to change the world, and these hotties prove that. Frantz Fanon vs. Harriet Tubman vs. Huey P. Newton vs. Hans and Sophie Scholl. Joined by guest hosts Jeff Richardson and KC Kaos from the podcast Everything is Awesome with Jeff & KC. (Jeff also has a podcast called Shattered Worlds RPG)
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/revolutionaries
Merriam Webster defines an essayist as "a writer of essays". Helpful, no? Well, this week, WE define an essayist as a powerful, self-possessed, intelligent women throughout the ages who have shown the world their hearts and minds with their words. Special guest host Jill Ivey (@jillianivey).
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/essayists
It's the Historical Hotties Podcast Year-End Listener's Choice Last Chance Extravaganza! Come one, come all, to the biggest podcasting event about history in history! For the one year anniversary of the Historical Hotties podcast, we are giving you, the listeners, the ability to pluck one losing hottie from the past year and launch them into official winner's ring. Who are the biggest babes in history? Who should have won, but didn't? YOU DECIDE! GO TO historicallyhot.com/anniversary AND DO IT NOW. VOTE. WIN A TOTE BAG. CREATE MAYHEM.
This week we are talking about two sneaky, clever, beautiful forces to be reckoned with! In our episode covering spies, we pit Virginia Hall against Josephine Baker to see which lady had the best espionage skills combined with the best hotness skills. Who will win?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/spies
Abracadabra! This week we talk about some of history's babeliest illusionists, the creme de la creme of magicians. Joining us is the oh-so-delightful Kate Harlow of the podcast Subverted Tropes!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/magicians
Just a quick announcement to let you know about some other podcast appearances we've been working on! Catch us on Buffy Speak, talking about an episode of Buffy, on Subverted Tropes, talking about the glory (but also the problematicness) of Calamity Jane, and on Myth Takes, and Monster of the Week actual play podcast with a bunch of hosts from the Scavenger's Network as characters in the game! All the world building episodes are up, (Lindsey is in episode 1 and I am in episode 4) and we're going to start recording/releasing the game biweekly, so you have plenty of time to listen to the worldbuilding episodes and get caught up before we launch into the game! Also: iTunes reviewer shout-outs!
This week we're getting weird with it and dipping into the subconscious mind with two incredibly fascinating artists of the surrealism movement. Pitting Claude Cahun against Méret Oppenheim in an all out battle of the dream consciousness. Who will take it all? Listen to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/surrealists
It's time to go full Beastmode on these folks with our episode about the hottest warriors in history. From fighting skills to moral compasses, we talk about the strategically biggest babes in this episode, guest-starring Yali Perez (@Beautifullynerd). Leonard P. Matlovich vs Artemisia I of Caria vs Khutulun. Who will come out on top of the wrestling heap?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/warriors
Who blinded us with science? Whose elements are the building blocks for babe-itude? This week, Whitney & Lindsey pit Rosalind Franklin against Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev in a chemistry face-off. Who will rise to the top of the hottie solution, and who will sink? Listen to find out!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/chemists
Recently, a Parisian burglar nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, getting in and out past heavy security, he was captured only two blocks away, when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a daring crime, and then make such an obvious error, he replied, “I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.”
Join us and special guest host Ben Mooney (@ben_etc) from the podcast Back to the Futurama, and of the tumblr Former Presidents Holding Food at formerpresidentsholdingfood.tumblr.com as we debate the most attractive impressionists. Will be be Marie Bracquemond? Pierre-Auguste Renoir? Or will it be Gustave Caillebotte?
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/impressionists
Here at HHHQ we are eternally asking the question: "Who's hotter?" Well, this week we have a real doozy of an episode, pitting Noël Coward against Eleonora Duse in a faceoff of heavy hitters of the stage. Thespians!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/thespians
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly (or Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisy, or Zelda Fitzgeraldy) but folks, you're never fully dressed without a smile! This week we're talking the creme de la creme of fashion icons and trendsetters with Jacleen Gianaris (@jacicantfail) of the podcasts, "Don't Go In There!! With Jacleen and Robin" and "A Pretty Past".
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/fashionistas
Are you ready to have your spines tingled and your gooses bumped? Well, dive into the mystery of which mystery writer is the biggest babe! Join us and guest host Melissa Meli @melissajmeli from @ADCpod and @BlankHistoryPod as we discuss the merits of Dashiell Hammett vs. Agatha Christie vs. Daphne du Maurier.
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/mysterywriters
Just in time for Earth Day, Lindsey and Whitney dig around in the dirt with some real tree-hugging babes. Who is the hotter conservationist? Is it John Muir, or is it Rachel Carson? LISTEN AND FIND OUT, Y'ALL!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/conservationists
This week Jordan and Lindsey, the husband and wife team from Spooky Spouses (@Spooky_Spouses) do a podcast takeover and debate which is the most unusual artist: Is it Tom DeLonge or is it Stanley Kubrick? HHHQ will be back to normal next week, but until then enjoy Jordan and Lindsey's take on our show!
An announcement about the upcoming episode swap! We will be appearing on the podcast Academy Outcasts this week, and Wednesday's episode of Historical Hotties will be hosted by the crew from the podcast Spooky Spouses!
It has never been more real than it is right now. In the face-off of Pop Divas: HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE HOTTEST? Prince vs Freddie Mercury vs Whitney Houston. Historical Hotties Headquarters will never be the same again. Joined by delightful guest Max Newland! You can find all three of his shows on Stitcher and Apple podcasts: Insanely Haunted, Plus Ultra, and Zenkai Boost!
Show notes at historicallyhot.com/popdivas
It's World Poetry Day, y'all! And that means that we're talking about some of the world's hottest poets. Obv. This week Tiffany Grayson joins us to count the ways we love them! You can find her on twitter @tiffany_grayson and on one of her other podcasts: Binge Buds or Stool Pigeons. She's also a poet and you can find some of her poems online at Liminality Journal, Blood Lotus, and Crab Fat. Algernon Charles Swinburne vs Lord Byron vs Forough Farrokhzad.
Show notes available at historicallyhot.com/poets