Skip to content
Footnoting History cover art

All Episodes

Footnoting History — 300 episodes · page 1 of 3

#
Title
1

Imperial Japan and African American Activism in the early Twentieth Century

2

Westward Ho!

3

More Than Makeup: Red Lipstick from Antiquity to WWII

4

Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery

5

The Origins of the Jury

6

The Thankful Villages of WWI

7

Christianity in the Ancient Kingdom of Aksum

8

The Affair of the Poisons

9

Leon Czolgosz and the Assassination of President McKinley

10

Drinking in Medieval England Revisited

11

Lord Edward's Crusade

12

James Smithson's Institution

13

“A Forgotten Spot in the Caribbean”: Nevis

14

Tsianina: Artist, Trailblazer… Princess?

15

The Dog at the Heart of the Corps of Discovery Expedition

16

The Shots Not Heard Round the World

17

The Hidden Treasure of the Cairo Genizah

18

Alexander's Worlds

19

Beer Through the Ages

20

History for the Holidays V

21

Thank You, James Hemings (the man who brought you mac and cheese)

22

Dr. Blackwell

23

History for Halloween XII

24

Ren Faire History: From Folk Music to Fried Food

25

The Pendle Witches

26

Playing War: The Development and Early Use of Kriegsspiel

27

A Brief History of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Sisters

28

Simon de Montfort Revisited

29

Pockets! And Why Women Don’t Have Them

30

Beyond Sad Gruel: Food and Diet in Medieval Europe

31

William and Caroline Herschel, Astronomer Siblings

32

Say ȝes to the Chausemles: Fashion in the Medieval West

33

Christianity and the Roman Empire: ​Jerusalem to Constantinople

34

The Archdiocese of Khanbaliq

35

The Executioner in the Premodern West

36

Cassandra Austen: ​Jane’s Adored Sister

37

Tales from the Tower of London II

38

Coming Home from War in Ancient Greece

39

Hummel and Howe – Attorneys at Crime

40

History for the Holidays IV

41

A Royal Son: Eustace, Count of Boulogne

42

Thurkill’s Excellent Adventure: A Medieval English Peasant’s Tour of Hell

43

History for Halloween XI

44

How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part II

45

How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part I

46

So You've Been Elfshot

47

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Malet Coup

48

The Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca

49

Medieval Midwives Beyond Myths

50

Tales from the Tower of London: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Ranulf Flambard

51

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Many Accounts of the Execution of Anne Boleyn

52

Alfred Packer, Notorious Cannibal?

53

Owney: Star Pup of the US Railway Mail Service

54

Medieval Coroners

55

Dressing Marie Antoinette

56

Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part II: ​Life and Legend

57

Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part I: ​International Icon, Revolutionary Hero

58

Harry Washington

59

Murder and the Mignonette

60

History for the Holidays III

61

The Many Adventures of Pope Innocent III

62

Kościuszko Squadron

63

History for Halloween X

64

The Witchcraft Trial of Alice Kyteler

65

Leo Frank and the Murder of Mary Phagan

66

The Cold Truth: A History of Refrigeration

67

Titus Oates, a Popish Plot, and the Mysterious Murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey

68

A Royal Son: Geoffrey, duke of Brittany

69

True Crime on Stage in Shakespeare’s England

70

Wyatt Earp and a Heavyweight Fix

71

William Mumler and Spirit Photography in the 19th century

72

Marlene Dietrich’s Scandalous Trousers

73

SPECIAL EDITION: The Stone of Destiny and the Crowning of Kings

74

The Public Arch

75

The Newsies Strike of 1899

76

The Weeks Murder Trial

77

Margaret Eaton and the Petticoat Affair

78

1288: A Moment in Norwich

79

Footnoting History’s Favorite Historical Footnotes

80

Rebecca Gratz: ​Philanthropist, Educator… Romantic Heroine?

81

The Papal Fleet

82

History for the Holidays II

83

The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Part II

84

The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Part I

85

History for Halloween IX

86

Who Murdered Licoricia of Winchester?

87

The Milne Family Part II

88

The Milne Family Part I

89

The Oneida Community, Part II

90

The Oneida Community, Part I

91

Jeffrey Hudson: England’s Forgotten Swashbuckler

92

Maria Merian’s Metamorphosis

93

Listener Q&A

94

Godiva’s Not-So-Naked Ride

95

Anna May Wong: International Star, Forgotten Icon

96

The Gold Cure

97

The Brothers York, Part II

98

The Brothers York, Part I

99

Sarojini Naidu: Beyond the Golden Threshold

100

Blue Jeans and the American Dream: ​The Story of Levi Strauss