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Tudor Time Machine Podcast
by Tudor Time Machine
This is a history podcast and a story podcast rolled into one. It’s a secret history of the Elizabethan court set in 1565. Everyone thinks they know the truth of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, but we’re going to tell you what we think really happened. The central characters are all based on real people from the court. After we read the story section, we’ll take a dive into history behind the episode. Fun!
Episodes
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Millstone
Philadelphia praises the beauty of her ruff while bemoaning the plainness of Gage and Jessica. In return, Gage and Jessica, question the practicality of the ruff while assuring her that modern day fashion can still be extravagant even without the ruff. Check our garb here:...
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Venetian hose
Showing a little leg is enough to make Philadelphia swoon but insists that people dress according to their station. Gage and Jessica are less concerned about stations but do admire the well-attired men of Philadelphia’s time. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Pattens
Philadelphia prefers practical English footwear and enjoys a good laugh at some Venetian fashionable footwear choices. Gage and Jessica attempt to decipher the names and descriptions of some of the footwear options available in Philadelphia’s time. Check our garb here:...
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Necromancer
Philadelphia shivers to think that her Queen might marry the offspring of a necromancer. Gage and Jessica’s efforts to persuade her that necromancers don’t actually exist do not ease her fears. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Feuterer
Philadelphia answers the age old question, "Who let the dogs out?" and she is none too impressed. Gage and Jessica are much more supportive of the canine activities. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Affinity
Philadelphia explains how laws of affinity lead Henry VIII to marry his sister. Gage and Jessica question how (or if) such laws were actually enforced. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Gandermooner
When it comes to being a gandermooner, Philadelphia’s opinion sways depending on whether or not it involves her Queen. Gage and Jessica try to sort through her slightly biased views. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Scrofula
Philadelphia discretely confides her potentially treasonous suspicions about the King. Gage and Jessica agree with her premise but not her conclusion. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Farthingale
Philadelphia is more than a little put out when her fashion choice is restricted. Gage and Jessica discuss the specifics of the outfit that caused the kerfuffle.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Changeling
To believe or not to believe, THAT is the question. Philadelphia shares her concern about a poem-inspired rumour that her Gloriana is not of this world. Gage and Jessica reassure her that the rumour is entirely unfounded. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Varlet
Who knew there were so many varieties of varlets? Well, Philadelphia knows and she's delighted to share some of her favourites. Gage and Jessica believe that many of those can still be easily found today. So, what type of varlet are you? Check our garb here:...
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Ague
Would you survive the ague? Philadelphia is a bit of a mood as she shares the woes and dangers of summer "vacations" with her queen. Gage and Jessica try to soothe her mood but with unsurprisingly minimal success. Check our garb here: https://tudor-time-machine.creator-spring.com
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Pudding
How many ways can an Elizabethan use the word pudding? Why would Elizabeth I call her suitor "pudding ale'? Philadelphia answers these questions and more. Meanwhile, Gage and Jessica are surprised to learn today's pudding lacks the versatility it had in Tudor times.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Minx
Philadelphia is happy assign the minx label to a certain cousin of her great queen. Gage and Jessica futilely attempt to convince her that her accusations may be misplaced.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Codpiece
Philadelphia enthusiastically shares the merits of a codpiece and is a bit miffed to learn that Gage and Jessica think they look ridiculous.
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Tudor Time Machine's Word of the Week: Poppet
Philadelphia is distraught at the mere thought of a poppet. Gage and Jessica discuss how the word's meaning has changed significantly since Tudor times.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Dissected Alive
Philadelphia is distraught over fears of being dissected alive. Gage and Jessica try to reassure her that she has nothing to fear – they even defend the alleged dissector.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Melancholia
Philadelphia shares tales of the woe that is melancholia – and the not-entirely-scientific treatment of her time. Meanwhile, Gage and Jessica focus on melancholia's cultural influence.
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Tudor Time Machine's Word of the Week: Faitour
Philadelphia hears a rumour she can't help but laugh away. But Gage and Jessica confirm the rumour and tell her more than than she can bare.
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Tudor Time Machines's Miserable Maladies: Pimples
Philadelphia, Gage, and Jessica are all in agreement that pimples are less than pleasant. However, Philadelphia's belief of their cause is not supported by Gage and Jessica... or science.
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Tudor Time Machine's Word of the Week: Miscellany
Philadelphia shares how she loves to lift her spirits with a good miscellany. While Gage and Jessica are impressed by the praise poured on William Shakespeare by someone from Philadelphia's time.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Sweating Sickness
Philadelphia tells a tale of overcoming her very own sweating sickness ordeal. Gage and Jessica speculate as to whether the sickness was really a hantavirus similar to that of today. Or even perhaps something less dramatic.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Methinks
Philadelphia shares a tale of an elaborate wooing effort directed towards her queen. Gage and Jessica cast some doubt on a secret Philadelphia claims to know.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Menstruation
Philadelphia has some not-entirely-scientific notions about how women of her time best handle their “bloody time”. Gage and Jessica are quick to question (and dismiss) Philadelphia’s “cures”.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Bluster
Philadelphia shares a tale of a fortuitous bluster aiding her Queen. Gage and Jessica break the news to her that Spain is not the foe she once knew.
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Perilous Pregnancy
While not really a malady, Philadelphia shares the pure perils that one risks with pregnancy in her time. Gage and Jessica note that since then much has changed for the better while also noting it’s still far from without risk.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Dauntless
Philadelphia takes this week's word to heart when given the opportunity to insult those she deems beneath her. Gage and Jessica focus on some of the many words Shakespeare may or may NOT have created.
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Syphilis
Philadelphia is happy to blame the French for the fate of her brother. Meanwhile, Gage and Jessica point out that there’s no proof to support her theory. Either way, a pox by any other name is still a miserable malady.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Weird
While Philadelphia is fascinated by the weird sisters, she is quick to dismiss Gage’s notion that Jessica doth be deserving of royal status.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Six!
Philadelphia learns of the pleasures of a catchy mnemonic rhyme. Meanwhile, Gage and Jessica enlighten her that in modern times women are free to take to the stage to sing, dance and even show some leg.
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Plague boils
Philadelphia’s typically overdramatic ways are deemed mostly warranted this time as she discovers a wicked malady that has hit close to home. Gage and Jessica are further concerned about the period’s medical treatment for those affected.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Grimoire
Philadelphia has both confidence in and respect for the grimoire. Gage and Jessica seem less inclined to be so convinced.
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Tudor Miserable Maladies: Breast Cancer
Philadelphia disagrees with Gage and Jessica on the cause of the wolf cancer but they're in full agreement when it comes to its awfulness.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Bruit
Despite having a time machine, Philadelphia confesses to having a guilty pleasure when she reveals a story of trusting a whispered bruit to learn of her future.
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Tudor Time Machine Miserable Maladies: Smallpox
Philadelphia declares that her father was responsible for saving Queen Elizabeth from her ordeal with small pox. Gage and Jessica discuss whether the Queen's recovery was really due to the treatment or just luck.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Facinorous
Philadelphia struggles to reconcile whether her love for a facinorous person makes her facinorous as well. Either way, she’s quick to point out that she is no REGULAR person.
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Tudor Time Machine Movie Review: Hamnet
Philadelphia ventures into the world of cinema and shares her thoughts on her recent screening of Hamnet. As might be expected, she has a less traditional perspective from those of Gage and Jessica - and modern times in general.
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Tudor Miserable Maladies: Putrid Lungs
Perhaps the only thing worse than a miserable malady is MULTIPLE miserable maladies. Philadelphia shares such a fate faced by a young king.
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Tudor Word of the Week: Dildo
While Philadelphia admits to enjoying nonsensical lyrics, she is surprised – and amused – when Gage and Jessica tell her that the word for those nonsensical lyrics has taken on a much different meaning today. A meaning she's admittedly quite curious about. Batteries not included.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Toothache
Even from Philadelphia's elitist perch, she wouldn't wish a toothache on her lowly listeners. Gage and Jessica are grateful for the advancements dental care has made since Philadelphia's time.
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Tudor Word of the Week: Puckfist
Philadelphia has a much less favourable opinion than Gage and Jessica when it comes to one of Shakespeare’s creations. A hero to some is but a puckfist to others.
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Tudor Time Machine's Miserable Maladies: Sores
Philadelphia shares gruesome details of Kingly sores.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Affy
Philadelphia doth affy that the knowlege of the wise from her time is more reputable than that of a couple of pod ladies. The pod ladies affy otherwise.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Fricatrice
Philadelphia desires not to ever be labeled a fricatrice. Gage and Jessica are miffed that there are a surprisingly high number of such words.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Wittol
Philadelphia feels there is a woeful shortage of wittols in the world. Gage and Jessica learn what the female equivalent of a wittol is.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Pother
An assassination plot? Or a ploy to get out of debt? Are either worthy of a pother. Philadelphia is reluctant to say but is pressed by Gage and Jessica to, uh... stick her neck out.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Consanguineous
Philadelphia is enamoured with the thought of her own consanguinity. She is less impressed to learn from Gage and Jessica that such consanguineous ties extend well beyond her.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Beshrew
Philadelphia beshrews her husband as her royal connections cannot spare her from his runny nose.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Clotpole
Philadelphia, Gage, and Jessica are clear on what a clotpole is. To whom it applies seems to be at the whims of those hurling the insult.
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Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Urchin snouted
An urchin by any other name is still a hideous creature – at least according to Philadelphia. Her views aren’t readily embraced by Gage and Jessica – especially when modern day facts are presented.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a history podcast and a story podcast rolled into one. It’s a secret history of the Elizabethan court set in 1565. Everyone thinks they know the truth of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, but we’re going to tell you what we think really happened. The central characters are all based on real people from the court. After we read the story section, we’ll take a dive into history behind the episode. Fun!
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Tudor Time Machine
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This is a history podcast and a story podcast rolled into one. It’s a secret history of the Elizabethan court set in 1565. Everyone thinks they know the truth of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, but we’re going to tell you what we think really happened. The central characters are all based on real people...
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