All Episodes

Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao | The Worlds Greatest Pirate

The Truth About Samurai Women | Tomoe Gozen

Yokai Women | Evil Monsters or Victims?

Empress Baddie | Theodora of the Byzantine Empire

Minamata | Japan's Cover-Up That Poisoned Generations

The Mystery of Scythain Tattoos

Samurai Fart Art of Japan | 10 Min History

The Deadly Search For Immortality

The History of Heels | The Military Tech That Became Women's Most Impractical Shoe

The Forgotten Scientist Behind Every Pair of Glasses You've Ever Worn | The History of Glasses

Polianitsy Warrior Women: Myth, Misogyny, and the Evidence They Ignored

6 Years of Weird, Dark & Hidden History 👀 | Q&A + Women’s History, Books & Podcast Life

Empress Baddie Lady K’abel: Maya Supreme Warlord of the Snake Dynasty

The Real Mythology of Spirited Away | Yokai, River Dragons & the Meaning of No-Face

History of Alchemy Explained: Ancient Science Before Chemistry

The Hidden People of Japan | Ainu History and Myth

Gothic Romance | The Fight for Women’s Education that Led to Wuthering Heights

Creator of Humanity and Destroyer of Worlds | The History of Salt

The Most Chaotic Olympics in History and the Games that Don't Exist

Empire Building Cheat Code | The History of Sacred Llamas of the Incan Empire

Empress Baddie | Himiko The Shamin Queen and My Beef with the Imperial Housing Agency of Japan

(video) How Ukiyo-e art and tattooing pissed off the government and the history of Japanese Tattoos

Tattoos as Resistance | How Ukiyo-e art and tattooing pissed off the government and the history of Japanese Tattoos

The Hidden Women of Beer | Beer History from the cradle of civilization to the Black Plauge

The Hidden Women of Beer | Beer History from the cradle of civilization to the Black Plauge

Sayyida al-Hurra: Pirate Queen of the Mediterranean Exile, Empire, and Revenge on the High Seas

The Night Witches: The Hidden Women Pilots Who Changed WWII

History’s Most Violent Seasoning: The Brutal Truth About Nutmeg and Cinnamon

Fatima al-Fihri: The Woman Who Founded the World’s First University

Criminal Ink: How Tattoos Became Japan’s Most Forbidden Art

Hawaii’s Surfing Medicine Women: The Goddesses Who Healed with Waves

The Creepy and Ridiculously Long History of Halloween Costumes | From Samhin to Spirit Halloween

The History of Breast Cancer: From Ancient Curses to Modern Hope

The History of Breast Cancer: From Ancient Curses to Modern Hope

The Purr-fect History of Cats: From Neolithic Pests to Maneki Neko and Egypt

God’s Favorite Girlboss: Hildegard von Bingen’s Music, Medicine & Medieval Visions

God’s Favorite Girlboss: Hildegard von Bingen’s Music, Medicine & Medieval Visions

The Messy, Magical, and Sometimes Gross History of Pharmacy

The History of Lipstick: From Cleopatra to Crocodile Poop

Princess Mononoke Explained: Yokai, Shinto Spirits, and Japanese History

Badass Hippo Goddesses of Ancient Egypt: Ammit & Taweret

She Wasn’t Crazy—She Was Colonized | The Story of Queen Ranavalona

When Food Was Fatal: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

History’s Baddest Goddesses: Feminine Rage in Hindu Mythology

History’s Baddest Goddesses: Feminine Rage in Hindu Mythology

History’s Hidden Horror: The American Plan and the Women Who Fought Back

Disney Lied to You: The True Origins of Fairy Tales

The True Story of Atlantis | Nazi and 9,000 year old telephone

Sexpionage and the Cold War: Russia’s Real-Life Honey Trap School

Who Was Sappho? The Queer Greek Poet Who Changed History

The Unlikely Spies | Author Interview with Mathew Goodman

The Dressmakers of London | Fashion, Rationing, and Sisterhood in WWII with Julia Kelly

Caligula: Rome’s Most Unhinged Emperor (and His Floating Sex Boat)

From Brothel to Battlefleet: The Rise of Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao

Indiginous Tattoo History | With Lars Krutak

L.A.’s Most Famous Coroner: Anne Choi on Dr. Noguchi, Celebrity Autopsies & the Politics of Death

How Big Tech Inherited Eugenics: Anita Say Chan on Algorithmic Bias, Data Colonialism & Techno-Eugenics

Hypatia: Math, Murder, and Misogyny

5th Year Anniversary Live Q&A

The Worst Jobs in History | Groom of the Stool, Tosher, Match Stick Girl

The Ghost Brush | Hokusai's Daughter and Hidden Collaborator Katsushika Oi

Victorian Nipple Rings: A Tale of Fashion, Status & Scandal

Periods and Contraception in the 18th Century with Mina Moriarty

Empress Baddie | The Pirate Queen Teuta

Musok | The Legacy and History of Korean Shamanism a Religion of Resistance

Kinky History | a chat with Author and Sex Historian Esmé Louise James

Ancient Booty Calls and WTF Aphrodisiacs | weird history of love and dating

Kidnapped at Sea | The Story of David Henry White By Andrew Sillen

London's Most Fashionable and Fierce All Women Gang | The 40 Elephants

The Bloody and Unnecessarily Difficult History of Surgery

Tattoo Traditions of Asia | Author Interview with Tattoo Anthropologist Lars Krutak

Aspesia | The hidden teacher of Socrates and the most brilliant woman in Athens

Minoan Matriarchy: Was Crete ruled by thicc nature mommies?

Christmas Krampus | The Dark Side of Holiday Traditions and Germany's Weird Holidays

The Weird and Often Gross History of Pigments with Hannah Herrick

Winter Witches | Folklore and Legends from Around the World and other Magical Winter Tales (World History, Weird Histiry & Women's History)

Aqua Tofana | The History of The Women Poisoners of Rome With Sinead from The Poisoners Cabinet (World History. Women's History & Weird History)

Archive Ep | The Turkey God

A Little History of Psychology | Author Interview with Nicky Hayes

Archive Ep | The Egyptian God of Baby Gravy and Sweat

The Museum of Us | Decolonization and Community Connection

The History and Legacy of Lilith the Mother of Demons

Justice for Medusa | who was the real monster?

Mochizuki Chiyome | Uncovering the Truth Story of the All Women Ninja Clan

Rachel Wall | The first woman pirate in America

The Dark and Violent History of Tea

The Complex and Cool History of Copies | Archeologist chat with Pınar Durgun and Hannah Herrick

Author Interview | How to Start a War by Michael Trapani

The Discovery of a Lifetime - Uncovering Egyptian Tattoos | Interview With Dr. Anne Austin

Author Interview | The Ethics of Museum Mummies with Angela Stienne

Empress Baddie | The Queen Rome Feared and the Goldren age of Zenobia's Empire

Introduction to BEEF with Bridget Todd

Jigoku | The History of Japanese Buddhist Hell

The Magic and Mystery of Concrete | the 12,000 year human connection

Historical Toilet Deaths | PooPoo Ninjas and Free Falling Potty Windows

Yomi no Kuni | The History of Shinto Hell and The Sibling Spouses

The Mummy’s Curse | Fact of Fiction With Katie Charlwood

Empress Baddie | Lady Cao: the tattooed queen

Are you there Satan? It's me TK | the History of Satan

The Count Con-Man with EJ Barnes

Archive Ep | The True Story of Mulan

Animal Magnetism and Pseudoscience Conmen

Archive Ep | Egyptian Tattoo History

Archive Ep | Victorian Nipple Rings

Yoruban Mythology | With Ashley Cotto

Druids: Fact and Fantacy

Empress Baddie: the World’s First Author Enheduanna

Medical Gems and Precious Treatments

The Women of The Mexican Revolution: Soldaderas

The Bizarre History of Hysteria

Author Interview | Twice as hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians

4th Anniversary Live Episode | Q&A

The Isle of Maidens | Moral Lessons and Cannibals

The ridiculously long history of pancakes | Palaeolithic Pancakes

Author Interview | In Her Own Right: A Novel of Lady Mary Tudor by Amanda Schiavo

Cloud Warriors

The Poison Maidens | Viṣakanyā

Author Interview | Playing by Heart By Carmela A Martino

Jiutian Xuannu - the goddess of War and Sex

Pedro and Ines - The Corpse Bride

Thank you 2023!

Author Interview | The Counterfeit Countess By Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa

The True Story of the Rosetta Stone | Historical Beef

Empress Baddie | Warrior Queen Amina

Welsh Warrior Queen With Callie Barrett

The Okinawa Cave Nurses of WW2

Author Interview | The Independent Voter by Dr. Omar Ali

The History of Olive Oil with Claudia Hanna

The Vetala and the True History of Dracula

The Cursed Kimono: and other Japanese Kaidan

The Spooky History of Ghost Ships

The Cult of Sobek | the insatiable crocodile god

Author Interview | The Sons of Darkness by Gourav Mohanty

Author Interview | The Pheonix King by Aparna Verma

The Great Emu War

SUPER DUPER SPECTACULAR EPISODE 100 CELEBRATION!

The French Rat Trials

Author Interview: June Hur | The Red Palace

Sarraounia Mangu: West African Sorceress Queen

The Dead Pope Trial

Frida Kahlo: With Destiny from Closeted History

Yoshiko Kawashima: The Non-bionary Spy Princess

The Tragic Mongolian Queens: Töregene Khatun

The History of Beauty Pageants: With Margot Mifflin

Egyptian Tattoo History!

The True Story of Mulan

Intro