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The BabaYaga Project
by The BabaYaga Project
A podcast about history, sustainability, and why folklore matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Announcements!!
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American Girlies: Samantha Saves the Day
Samantha saves the day! But the real hero is the Admiral and his sweet sweet moves he puts on Grandmary. We talk all about vacations at the turn of the 20th century and how we, in general, feel kind of meh about these books. American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project, brought to you...
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American Girlies: Happy Birthday, Samantha!
Samantha has a birthday party and it’s not great. Her new friends try to make up for it and they end up lost in NYC. We talk urbanity and women’s suffrage in this birthday episode. American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project, brought to you by Patreon members just like you. Find our...
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American Girlies: Samantha’s Surprise
It's Christmas for our American Girlies again! This time we see what a Christmas is like for a wealthy family at the turn of the 20th century. But will Cornelia ruin the Christmas magic??? American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project, brought to you by Patreon members just like you....
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American Girlies: Samantha Learns a Lesson
We learn about class and school in this episode of American Girlies with Samantha! Samantha has a speaking competition that is made more complicated by the things she is learning about child labour from her new friend, Neliie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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American Girlies: Meet Samantha
We meet a new girlie! Samantha lives at the beginning of the 20th century and she is RICH! We talk about her introductory story, which is wild for very boring reasons and we talk about class in America at the turn of the last century. American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project,...
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American Girlies: Changes for Kirsten
Kirsten starts off strong by adopting a wild racoon and letting it burn her house down, then finishes off with some light gravrobbing (?), corpse robbing? Kirsten lets a wild animal burn down her family home and remedies the issue by taking a bunch of stuff from a dead man. See what we think…
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American Girlies: Kirsten Saves the Day
Will Kirsten get her whole family eaten by bears? Margot talks bears and honey as we read the 5th installment of the Kirsten Saga. American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project, brought to you by Patreon members just like you. Find our Patreon page at patreon.com/babayagaproject.…
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American Girlies: Happy Birthday Kirsten!
Kirsten has a birthday and it is terrible! Join us as Hannah talks us through contraception on the frontier and we are all horrified by how poorly Mama and Kirsten are treated. American Girlies is a production of the BabaYaga Project, brought to you by Patreon members just like you. Find our...
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American Girlies: Kirsten’s Surprise
It’s Christmas in Minnesota! Join the Baba Yaga Girlies as we dive into a Christmas in July episode. Sonya walks us through the history of St. Lucia and Christmas traditions and we learn about just a few of the ways that Kirsten gets herself into life-threatening trouble in these books. American...
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American Girlies: Kirsten Learns a Lesson
In this episode Kirsten makes a new friend, Singing Bird! Join our hosts as we discover if the Kirsten books treat the active genocide of the Indigenous peoples of North America with the care and delicacy the topic deserves, or if this character is plot device to further the idea of the...
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Introducing American Girlies: Meet Kirsten
Welcome to American Girlies! This is the podcast where Canadian Historians read the American Girl books! We’re starting off our season of the original girls with none other than Kirsten. Join our first AG episode as we Meet Kirsten, learn all about child mortality and cholera. American Girlies is...
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BreakTime: The History of Dolls
What were fashion dolls originally used for? What are Tanagra figures? And what does this have to do with American Girl dolls? Find out in this week's breaktime, where we explore the history of dolls from Antiquity to the modern day! American Girlies drops on the 4th of July, so get ready to talk...
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BreakTime: Trans Saints: St Marinos
It's Pride Month, and this week Sonya and Margot are discussing a trans saint from history! We're talking all about St Marinos, an afab monk from the 6th century. His life had some interesting twists and turns, and we hope you enjoy hearing all about this fascinating story! Hosted on Acast. See...
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BreakTime: The Brown Dog Affair
TW: discussions of vivisection When did animal cruelty laws come into effect? How did people use animals in experiments in history? And why did the mistreatment of one particular dog lead to riots in London? Find out on this week's BreakTime! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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BreakTime: chatGPT?
Is AI sentient? Can it actually be creative? And is it even legal? We're discussing all of this and how it relates to history and the humanities more generally on this week's breaktime! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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BreakTime: DeSantis vs Disney
How is King Charles III involved in a Disney contract? And how did adding royals to contracts get started? Find out in this breaktime, where Sonya and Margot discuss this Disney dispute! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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BreakTime: Cash Money
Why do we use money? When did people first make coins? And how did people exchange goods and services before money? Find out in this week's BreakTime! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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BreakTime: May Day
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BreakTime: Coronation Foods
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BreakTime: Bog Bodies
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BreakTime: Cleopatra
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BreakTime: Live Music
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BreakTime: The Dirty Middle Ages
On this week's BreakTime, Sonya and Margot have the dirt on some myths about bathing in medieval Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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BreakTime: Lady’s Day
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BreakTime: The Ides of March
Sam and Hannah interrupt your post-spring-forward nightmare (Daylight savings? More like daylight losings amiright?) to remind you that it could always be worse: We could still be stuck with the Romans' weird calendar, and you personally could be a genocidal dictator getting stabbed by his…
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BreakTime: Crimean New England
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BreakTime: Vacations at a Black Resort
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BreakTime: Medieval Medicine
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BreakTime: Race and Language in Early America
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BreakTime: Race, Language, Egypt, and the Celts
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BreakTime: Demon Sex
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Patreon Revamp Info
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BreakTime: Don't Give History AI to Children
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BreakTime: Medea
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Obesity? Early Modern Diet Culture (Copy)
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
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BreakTime: Saint Nicholas
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BreakTime: Christmas Toilet Libel
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BreakTime: Spooky Santas
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BreakTime: Medicinal Cannibalism
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Baba Yaga BreakTime: Baba Yaga
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Halloween BreakTime: Witches
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BreakTime: Werewolves
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BreakTime: Vampires
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BreakTime Trailer
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Episode 79: On Endings
the sound on this episode is a little weird as we were working with a less than ideal mic set up. This will not be an issue in the future. Thanks for understanding! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 78: American Cooking with Margot and Sam
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Episode 77: BEEEEESSSS (and beekeeping)
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Episode 75: Farming Folk in the Medieval Period
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