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History, Books & Wine Podcast — 212 episodes
Love Me Like a Rock Song By Shelly Jay Shore
A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin
The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion
The Lost Book of Lancelot by John Glynn
The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
4 Janes by Marian Yee
The Story Behind A Harlem Wedding with Tiffany Warren
Ruta Sepetys on A Fortune of Sand: Glamour, Grift, and Gilded Secrets
Inside The Queen's Coronation with Jennifer Ryan
Peace, Love and Music: Eliza Knight on Lost in the Summer of '69
Hollywood’s Jane Eyre: Natasha Lester on The Chateau on Sunset
From First Lady to Founding Mother: A Conversation with Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie about Abigail Adams
Sun, Secrets, and The Island Club with Nicola Harrison
Ghosts, Secrets & Romance: Eloisa James on The Last Lady B
Hollywood Rebel: Priya Parmar on The Original & Katharine Hepburn
The Hope Keeper with Heather Webb: Glamour, Grief, and a Cursed Jewel
Janyre Tromp on The Scorpion Thief: Cold War Secrets, Sister Betrayal, and King Tut’s Legacy
Magic, Power, and New Orleans Secrets with Kayla Hardy, Author of The Quarter Queen
The Original Influencer: Allison Pataki on It Girl and the Birth of Fame
In the Great Quiet: Life, Loss, and Survival on the Oklahoma Frontier with Laura Vogt
Fortune, Fate, and Romanov Secrets: Olesya Gilmore on The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
A Crown of Stars: Shana Abé on the Lusitania, Survival, and a Starlet’s Story
Books, Bans, and Book Row: Shelley Noble on the Women Behind The Sisters of Book Row
Road to Woodstock: Lisa Patton on Kissing the Sky
BONUS EPISODE: Banned Books and Buried Truths: Louise Fein on Book of Forbidden Words
The Woman Behind the Myth: Saara El-Arifi on Cleopatra
Inside The Double Standard Sporting House: Women, Medicine, and Survival in 19th-Century New York with Nancy Bernhard
Secrets of a Shanghai Mansion: Janie Chang on The Fourth Princess
Love, Friendship, and Survival Aboard the Titanic: Donna Jones Alward on Ship of Dreams
Reclaiming Resistance: Clay Cane on History, Truth, and Burn Down Master’s House
On the Moors with the Brontës: Stephanie Cowell on The Man in the Stone Cottage
A Broken Engagement and a Bold Plan: Inside The Jilted Countess with Loretta Ellsworth
The Library’s Ghost and the Titanic’s Secret: Alyson Richman on The Missing Pages
The Stories Families Bury: Inside Paper Roses with Debby Show
Ghosts, Magic, and Victorian Darkness: Paula Brackston on The Cathedral of Lost Souls
Behind the Tabloids: Stephanie Burns on Far From the A-List
Witchcraft, Rebellion, and Desire: Inside Dark Sisters with Kristi DeMeester
Into the Icy Waters: Liisa Kovala Dives into Like Water for Weary Souls
From Ireland to Australia: Patricia Falvey on The Famine Orphans
In the Light of the Sun: Angela Shupe on Music, Sisterhood, and Survival
Beneath the Hollywood Glitter: Secrets, Identity, and Survival in Nekesa Afia’s As Long As You’re Mine
Portraits of the Past: The Miniaturist’s Assistant with Katherine Scott Crawford
From Windrush to Whodunit: A Murder for Miss Hortense with Mel Pennant
Freedom, Fear, and the Frontier: The Story Behind The Wretched and Undone with J.E. Weiner
When Grumpy Meets Sunny: Virginia Heath’s Regency Rom-Com Delight
Highland Betrayals and Forbidden Love: Outlaw Ever After with E. Elizabeth Watson
Echoes Across the Highlands: Talking Smoke on the Wind with Kelli Estes
From Speakeasies to Silver Mines: Rebecca Rosenberg on Silver Echoes
Counting Backwards: Immigration, Justice, and Eugenics with Jacqueline Friedland
The First Witch of Boston: Margaret Jones’s Untold Story with Andrea Catalano
The Secret Book Society: Forbidden Pages in Victorian London with Madeline Martin
Inside The Women of Arlington Hall: A Conversation with Jane Healey
Crazy for Patsy: The Voice That Changed Country Music with Holley Snaith
Books, Bombs, and the Beach: Martha Hall Kelly on Her Latest Historical Novel
Grammar, Grit, and Girl Power: Confessions of a Grammar Queen Release Party
Auntie Em’s Untold Story: Hazel Gaynor on Before Dorothy
Sisters, Summers, and Secrets: Brooke Lea Foster’s Timeless Tale
Buried Histories: Portland's Women, the Shanghai Tunnels, and The Girls of Good Fortune with Kristina McMorris
Codebreakers & Rumrunners: Erika Robuck on The Last Twelve Miles
Secrets in Miniature: Elise Hooper on The Library of Lost Dollhouses
Witchcraft & Wreckage on the Amalfi Coast with Sarah Penner
Elixirs and Echoes: Lynda Cohen Loigman on Love and Memory
Viscounts, Vengeance, and Victorian Rebels with Mimi Matthews
Soaring Through the Jazz Age: Cindy Weigand on Jack Ashcroft's Adventures
Roots and Revelations: Aimie K. Runyan on The Wandering Season
Witchcraft, Plague, and Power: A Conversation with Anna Rasche
Portrait of a Woman: Alka Joshi on Art, Identity, and Six Days in Bombay
Uncorking the World: Exploring Wine Regions with Michael C. Higgins
Scandalous Women & Literary Legends: Gill Paul on Jackie Collins, Jacqueline Susann, and the World of Publishing
Bubbles, Battles, and Breaking Barriers: Rebecca Rosenberg on Madame Pommery and the Champagne Widows
Hold Strong: Revealing WWII’s Forgotten Tragedy with Dugoni & Langholz
The Women Behind the Art: Jeanne Mackin on Picasso’s Lover
Drunk History Trivia with E. Elizabeth Watson, Julie Johnstone and Cecelia Mecca
Roosevelt, Rights & Resilience: Shara Moon on Elizabeth McDuffie’s Legacy
Stepping Outside our World with T.M. Blanchett's Fantasy Series: The Neath
Women, Freedom and Love in Iran During WWI with Afarin Bellasario
War Veterans, Generational Trauma and Survival with Becky Ellis
Young Women Grappling with 1970s Politics with L.M. Elliott
Drunk History Trivia with Evie Hawtrey, Heather Webb, Madeline Martin and Eliza Knight
Holiday Romances, Pet Love and the Puppy Bowl with Victoria Schade
A Jewel Heist and the Valkyrie Tiara with J'Nell Ciesielski
Egyptian Antiquities and the Met (AKA Mummies and Glamour!) with Fiona Davis
Exploring Big Ideas That Have Shaped Humanity with Scott Edwin Williams
Marguerite "Missy" Lehand with Historian and Author Kathryn Smith
Drunk History Trivia with Mimi Matthews, Jenni L. Walsh, Donna Jones Alward and Eliza Knight
The Woman Behind the Eiffel Tower with Aimie K. Runyan
The Incredible Miss Unsinkable--Survivor of the Titanic with Jenni L. Walsh
Phyllis Fraser -- Cousin to Ginger Rogers with Margaret Porter
Drunk History Trivia Game with Eliza Knight, Aimie K. Runyan, Rachel McMillan and J'Nell Ciesielski
The 1970s Fashion Designer Showdown at Versailles with Natasha Lester
The Halifax Harbour Explosion with Donna Jones Alward
Stephanie Dray Chats about Frances Perkins the First Woman to Serve in a Presidential Cabinet
Diamond Annie and the Forty Elephants Gang with Heather Webb
Boots' Booklover's Library in Nottingham, England with Madeline Martin
The Real Maria Von Trapp & The Sound of Music with Michelle Moran
Book Release Celebration: The Queen's Faithful Companion with Eliza Knight and Sophie Perinot
Espionage and WWII with Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
The First Female US Ambassador -- Daisy Harriman -- With Guest Alix Rickloff
Effa Manley -- The Only Woman Inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame with Kaia Alderson
18th Century France, the French Revolution and Soup with Debra Borchert
Royal Pets Throughout History
Guest Author Tosca Lee on WWII, American Soldiers and the Bataan Death March
20th Century American Heiresses, London Society and Women's Rights with Harper St. George
Paris, Hollywood, and the Film Industry in the 1960s and 1970s with Joan Meyerson
Art Quilts & Asheville with Guest Author Marie Bostwick
French Cuisine, Good Luck Charms & Family Legacies with Rachel Linden
Maria Carolina Charlotte--Sister to Marie Antoinette with Guest Diana Giovinazzo
The Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and Code Breaking with Katherine Reay
Book Release Party! Can't We Be Friends by Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight
The San Francisco Earthquake and Chinese Antiques with Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
19th Century Transatlantic Voyages and Criminal Investigations with Nev March
The Fortune Family and Their Journey Aboard the Titanic with Anna Lee Huber
The Jewish Autonomous Region with Guest Author Alina Adams
Fun Facts About the Medieval World with Kathryn Le Veque
The Romance of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Pretty Evil New York with Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
Famous Dance Partners Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with Holley Snaith
The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution with Eli Merritt
Ancient Artifacts and Women's Suffrage with Evie Dunmore
The Women of Troy with A.D. Rhine
Post WWII New York City, Holocaust Survivors and the Ballet with Martha Anne Toll
Nineteenth Century and Post World War II in Paris with Aimie K. Runyan
Sixteenth Century Scotland, Harvest Festivals, and Warring Clans with E. Elizabeth Watson
Elizabeth II's Service During WWII
How Madame Pommery Changed the Champagne Industry with Rebecca Rosenberg
Women in the Medical Field in the 20th Century with Janis Daly
Haunted History Happy Hour - Gettysburg and Myrtles Plantation
Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I, the Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History with Guest Tracy Borman
Gobekli Tepe: The World's Oldest Temple
Italian Renaissance, Art, and Murder with Rob Samborn
Designer Dresses, Historical Conservation, and Speakeasies with Noelle Salazar
Art Theft, Forgery and Restoration During WWII with Bryn Turnbull
The Librarians Who Protected Books During WWII with Madeline Martin
The 1930s Jazz Era to the Great Depression and Civil Rights Movement With Monica Chenault-Kilgore
Fun Facts About Yellowstone National Park and the Irish Prison, Kilmainham
Starring Adele Astaire Release Party and Fun Facts!
Our Favorite Period Historicals Happy Hour with Guests Madeline Martin and Brenna Ash
Historian and Writer Holley Snaith Chats With Us About Marilyn Monroe
A Glimpse Into the Life of the Tiffany Girls with Guest, Shelley Noble
Archeology, Cowboys and Highlanders with E. Elizabeth Watson
Stephanie Dray Discusses The Women of Chateau Lafeyette
Food Rationing During WWII And Digging for Victory
Secret Pro-Abolitionist Meetings, Regency High Jinks and Love Matches with Vanessa Riley
The Rat Pack - Singers/Performers/Actors Who Entertained a Generation
Queen Elizabeth's Coronation with Guest Author Jennifer Robson
Speakeasies and the Prohibition Era
Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley with Stephanie Marie Thornton
The Titanic: The Millionaire's Ship and How It Sank
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner with Guest Heather Webb
The Astaires: The Dynamic Brother and Sister Dance Stars
Early Twentieth Century Singapore with Alison Stuart
The Chicago Mafia, Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Guest Author Christine Wells and the Real Miss Moneypenny
Scottish Women Rebels & Spies During the Jacobite Rebellion
Conflicts on the English/Scottish Border and William Wallace With Guest: Cecelia Mecca
Holocaust Remembrance and the Violins of Hope
Bryn Turnbull Chats With Us About the Harrowing Last Days of the Romanovs
Sylvia Beach: A Famous Paris Bookshop and the Literary Giants Who Frequented Its Shelves with Kerri Maher
Escape to Medieval Scotland with Guest Brenna Ash
How People Stayed Warm in the Winter in the Olden Days
Spies and Printing Presses in Wartime France and Portugal with Madeline Martin
St. Nicholas Day and the History of Santa Claus
The History of Photography and the Berlin Olympics in 1936
Balmoral Castle and Prince Albert's Pyramid Built by Queen Victoria
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with Heather McCollum
Historical Tyrant - Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
Brides Schools in Germany During WWII with Guest Author Aimie K. Runyan
Haunted History Happy Hour -- Slains Castle in Scotland
Life on Medieval Borderlands - Guest Author - Kathryn Le Veque
Haunted History - LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans
The Cataclysmic Great Fire of London and a Disgusting Beauty Regimen with Guest Evie Hawtrey
The Scandalous Mitfords: Socialites, Nazis, Communists, Oh My with Eliza Knight
A Naughty Rebel Princess - Guest Author - Georgie Blalock
The Coronation Stone, aka The Stone of Destiny with Lori Ann Bailey
Happy Hour: Our Obsession with Genealogy!
Lori Ann Bailey Shines Light on Hanukkah, the "Festival of Lights."
The Hot Mess Episode of Death, Taxes, and Syphilis
A Wicked Storm Leads a Superstitious King Lead to a Brutal Witch Hunt -- with Eliza Knight
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble - Lori Ann Bailey analyzes the Pendle Witch Trials.
Tonight's Happy Hour Special is... TORTURE!
Madeline Martin Brings on The Torture - Medieval Style!
Lori Ann Bailey gives the gruesome details on Chinese Water Torture, The Wheel, and Foot Binding.
Medieval Torture was a Real Pain in the... with Eliza Knight
Why We Would Make Horrible Spies
Lori Ann Bailey explores the life of Casanova - lover, musician, scholar, con-artist, and SPY!
Madeline Martin Spying on Spies with Mata Hari
Eliza Presents Grace Elliott "Daly the Tall" -- A Courtesan With a Talent for Spying
Historical Happy Hour with Madeline, Eliza, and Lori on Handbags, Wigs, and Belts, Oh My...
Stepping into the Shoes of History with Eliza Knight
Lori Ann Bailey guides us through man/womankind's love of personal adornments - JEWELRY.
Madeline Martin Doffs Her Cap to The History of Hats
A Celebratory Happy Hour Recognizing Amazing Women in American History
Lori Ann Bailey Shares Her Knowledge of "The Maid of Orleans" - Joan of Arc
Madeline Martin Walks the Wild Side with Grace O'Malley
Eliza Knight Shares the Struggle of the Queen of All Warrior Queens -- Boudica
It's Wine O'Clock! Eliza, Lori & Madeline share historical tidbits & fun facts about wine!
Lori Ann Bailey Wets Your Whistle With Everything You Need To Know About Whisky
Brewing Up Some Beer History with Madeline Martin
Get Your Liquor Knowledge on With Eliza!
Lori Ann Bailey, Eliza Knight, and Madeline Martin Share Their Knowledge of Historical Hygiene From Their Annual Retreat On Cape Fear River
Lori Ann Bailey Takes Us On A Tour Of A Medieval Kitchen
Madeline Martin goes medieval on medicine
Digging into Dirt with Eliza -- AKA How to Clean a Medieval Castle
Happy Hour with Historical Figures and a Historical Fact True False Drinking Game
Lori Ann Bailey Gets Serious About Mary, Queen of Scots, and Robert the Bruce - Scottish Royalty and Scandals
Madeline Martin Goes History Happy on Henry VIII and Catherine the Great
Step Back in Time with Eliza to chat about Elizabeth I of England and Legendary Scottish Warrior William Wallace
Happy Hour -- Our Top 5 (x3!) Favorite Places and Fun Memories from Scotland
Lori Ann Bailey Chats About Her Favorite Places in Scotland
Madeline Martin Talks Scottish Castles
Eliza Dishes on Scottish Castles and a Haunted Underground
Happy Hour -- History of Valentine's Day