Episode Catalog
Episode 1: The True Dancing Queen of 1518- Frau Troffea
Dance, dance until you die! In this episode Liz presents the topic that started the gals on this journey. Hysteria. Specifically, one of the biggest unexplained records of mass hysteria: The Dancing Plague of 1518. Justice for Frau Troffea, babes.
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Produced and Hosted by: Liz Ardeen and Desi McChesney
Episode 2: The Imperial Icarus- Lucius Ælius Sejanus
Desi presents the exhilarating yet little known journey towards power of Lucius Ælius Sejanus: Veteran Praetorian Guard, Romancer of his counterpart's wives, Gemonian Stairs admirer. A story filled with twists, turns, and things that will make you say, "Oh my, wait, what??"
**Disclaimer: We recorded this episode a couple months ago and apologize for the old references towards the end of the episode."
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Episode 3: Gown and Out- The Dressing Down of Lord Cornbury
Liz takes Desi and the listeners on a journey of scandal, corruption, and post-mortem cross-dressing accusations? This week the Hystorians dive into the story of Lord Cornbury and how his image became associated with a very puzzling painting of a woman in a blue dress. Bibbity, boppity, Boop let’s dive right in!
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Episode 4: Fanny Cornforth - The Plight of a Stunner
This week Desi weaves the story of Fanny Cornforth, a stunning Pre-Raphaelite Muse. A woman whose reputation was slandered while also inspiring some of the most influential and beautiful works of art. A woman who had a decades long love-affair with a painter who she knew would never make her an "honest woman".
Episode 5: The Ascension of the Treacherous Fox
Liz presents the astonishing and awe-inducing story of Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. A woman “ahead of her time” who went from merchant’s daughter, to Royal Concubine, and becoming China’s first and only dynastic woman Emperor. A story so packed with twists, turns, scheming, propaganda and/or possible selective editorialising that Liz has to split it all into two parts!
Episode 6: Jell-O: The Story of America’s Favorite Fever Dream
Desi presents what she has calls a “palate” cleanser episode and yet will leave you feeling served to the fullest! A topic that you never really think about actually having an origin story, the fascinating history of America’s Favourite Dessert,” JELL-O! Join the gals as they try to find a reasoning behind 1950s housewives being so inclined to encase regular foods inside of a jello prison? What did the olives and Viennas ever do to their new gelatinous overlord?
Episode 7: A Fox, A Snake, and an Owl Walk Into a Bar...rel- Empress Wu Pt
Liz presents the second part of the astonishing and awe-inducing story of Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. A woman “ahead of her time” who went from merchant’s daughter, to Royal Concubine, and becoming China’s first and only dynastic woman Emperor. Join the gals as they revel in feminine revenge and schemes concocted by a woman eras ahead of her time.