I Married a History Teacher: Recent Episodes
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Steve (former History teacher) dishes interesting stories from the past to Lisa (married to a former history teacher) who never really took history seriously.
We all know that Aristotle was the man when it came to books... but there's a lot of art out there to suggest he might've had some other, more provocative, interest....
These inventions are either under-known, under-appreciated, or over-looked. Just happy we can realize this one, had technical difficulties with a different invention we were recording on!!
Do you like the winter holiday season? Do you like to Party? You're gonna love this episode.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! And we talk about Ezra Pound and Modernist literature and all that good stuff but SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Steve nerds out real hard on some hip hop talk, Lisa tries to keep him calm. This is a 2 parter for sure.
Steve and Lisa host their first ever REAL LIFE DOCTOR, like the PHD kind, to talk about the Mayans as part of the greater theme of climate change and humans interaction with their environment throughout history.
Steve and Lease take a break from talkin History to share some stories from their short term rental property business. Join us for a fun venting sesh about Airbnb and VRBO guests.
We got history of vaccines, modern vaccines, COVID vaccins.... it's just a real verbal vaccination station!
Classic American capitalist success story about a little company that pulled itself up from their own blood and oil soaked bootstraps.
Sure we are little late to the barbecue, but let's talk about what's to be celebrated and NOT celebrated around this classic American holiday! This episode is a "kinda, sorta" prequel to our last three episodes, so you might wanna check them out first!
In honor of Pride Month, Steve and Lisa bring forward a truth that should be discussed about our past leadership.
Wanted to take this time to provide some historical background to a lot of events that have been being referenced all over our social media. We might be a little late to the game on a couple of these, but just in case tune in to learn more and Happy Juneteenth.
Lisa and I have been thinking of ways to do our part during this BLM moment. We thought one potentially helpful approach would be to discuss the historical context of relations in our country. We know we aren't going to do this perfectly, but we're giving it a shot as we try to be part of the solution.
This content is gonna show up on anyone's history test anytime soon, but it sure is an interesting story. So sit back relax and enjoy.
Steve and Lisa discuss the city with the biggest impact on European history. It might not be what you think it is... hell it might not even be European.
Sure, I might not be able to do language good, but that's not gonna stop me from talkin alphabet history with Lisa.
We go deep on beautiful Saint Louis, Missouri, her unique history and wonderful culture... with special guests!
We bring on some professionalism in this weeks episode with special guest Brannon Glessner of the XFL Chalk Talk podcast to dish about sports history. Finally some feel good stuff yall!
Yeah, it's an hour long pod about Watergate, if I use the name "Hitler" in this description would you sheep listen to it?
Hey, we might not be the best podcast in the world, but at least this is content NOT about the Coronavirus.... okay there's a little bit about the Coronavirus, but just a minute or two...
Politicians loooove talkin about what the founding fathers intended, but modern presidential elections... way off!
Body Snatching- Creepy and weird or immensely important? Maybe both? Listen up then decide for yourself.
Got a touchy one for ya folks! We are talkin' the Military Industrial Congressional Complex (MICC) aka The Iron Triangle. Is it myth, reality or somewhere in between? Tune in and then let us know what ya think!
We're back for Sophomore year y'all! Sure, we took a weird time to take a summer break but... c'est la vie... hey ya know where else they speak French... Haiti!
Lisa has been out for a bit, so Steve decided to bring on a guest for our first ever collaboration pod with Mike Gett, host of the sports podcast called The AG Hard Podcast. We combined our two shows to do what seemed to be the most logical- Sports History, so listen to listen to us talk about a Pirate by the name of Dock.
Keeping things light tonight with a nice little chat about the history of America's favorite board game then we're signing off... except we're not, things aren't always as they seem! This story teaches us quite a lot about American leisure, marketing and economics.
Lots of great stories still to be told as Steve and Lease cover the top 4 most influential women of all time! Don't forget to check out parts 1-3 first!
Most influential ladies ever: #5 and #6 comin' in HOT. Two more under-told stories of powerful and intelligent, yet controversial women.
We got number #7 and #8 right here for ya'll in Ladies Night part 2! Tune in to hear about two more totally bad ass ladies.
The start of a three part epic about the under-told stories of some seriously influential and badass women. Steve and Lease tackle their second Top 10 and this time... it's Ladies Night.
21 years... 21 years!? That's all we could make it before getting back into war? War to End All Wars...pfhhh...
We talk Communism tonight with a focus on what Communism SHOULD have been according to Marx and Engles. Our apologies, things get a bit political but you try talkin political systems and not get political! Sorry for yelling...
The much delayed (SORRY!) conclusion to our totally biased ranking of the top 10 most influential humans of all time.
Steve and Lease tackle the impossible task of ranking the 10 most influential humans ever to live! So much to talk about here that the ep had to be cut into two long parts.... so you'll just have to tune in next week as well!!
We got it all in this ep- Trojans, Greeks, Vikings, Romans and Brad Pitt, lots of Brad Pitt. CORRECTION: I confuse Roger Clemons and Curt Schilling in the beginning, please forgive me baseball fans of America.
Like a riot, like a riot, O!... This episode is not about riots though, it's about a Hungarian man by the name Franz Liszt and his maniac fans.
Steve and Lease talk life in isolated Japan and the tsunami that was unleashed after it was over.
Yeah, we get it, The Wire is a great show, maybe the best show... but Baltimore is more than just what you saw on HBO. The city has a rich history filled with extremely influential people. This episode we spread the good word of Baltimore by sending out our LOVE.
Are lightbulbs the greatest invention of the 19th century... or are they instruments of evil, wreaking havoc on the planet since their existence? It'd be a bright idea for you to tune in and find out.
That's right folks, it's not all dragons and ice zombies... some of this stuff is real... WAS real. Steve and Lease bring on their own personal Thrones expert to talk about the real deal Westeros and Essos and the continent's interesting inhabitants.
Steve and Lease talk early encounters and late conflicts between Europeans and the natives of South Africa.
Lease and Steve discuss the Opium Wars and the wake they left behind. Can't talk about this without talkin about the most ruthless gangsta the world has ever known...
We all know Lincoln was an incredible president who won the Civil War which eventually outlawed slavery in the US, but today Steve and Lease reveal his dirty little secret....
Everyone knows about the Spanish, English, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas, heck probably even the Dutch ones.... but this one colony though...you won't guess this one!
Steve and Lease pick right back up where they left off talking all things 'Nam....Lease particularly likes dishin' about the draft, Steve has the voice of an angel.
The first half of the duo's marathon recording session- part 1 of a 2 part series on all things Vietnam War.
Steve and Lease go pure story time mode and discuss the life of the most powerful Russian peasant of all time: Grigori Rasputin of Siberia.
The US Constitution has zero mention of political parties, so why does it seem like party politics dominate modern governance? Steve and Lease discuss how it's all due to a simple mathematical inevitability.
Steve and Lease analyze (in an extremely academic manner) what could’ve happened to England’s “Lost Colony.”
A bit of "prequel" leading up to Napoleon, as Steve and Lease keep it French this week.