It's a History Podcast
Join me each week as I take a look at all things history! Whether it be a person, a place, event, or just something really interesting, I will cover many of the stories our past has to offer.
095: Summer Vacation: School Calendars, Union Wins, and Gilded Age Influence
Hello! In this weeks episode we are looking at the history of Summer Vacation. Often thought to be rooted in the agrarian calander, the history of summer vacation actually stems from multiple sources. From a School Calander C...
094: There Will Come Soft Rains: A Journey Along The Western Front: A Conversation With Brianna Gervat
Hello! In this weeks episode I am joined by Brianna Gervat and we discuss her recent memior on her travels through the Western Front and how she expereinced the remnants of WWI History. In this episode we look at her experine...
093: The Boston Tea Party Part 2: Increasing Tensions, The Act of Rebellion, and the Intolerable Acts
Hello! In this week's episode we are wrapping up our look at the Boston Tea Party. This week's episode looks at the various ways the tea issue had tried to be resolved as tea ships started rolling in, ultimately ending in th...
092: The Boston Tea Party Part 1: The East India Company, The British Government, and Taxes
Hello! In this weeks Epsiode we start our look at the Boston Tea Party. Looking deeper at this act that is a quintisential aspect of American History, we will take a look at the East India Company and their role in the Boston...
091: Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir: A Conversation With Evelyn Grossman
Hello! This week I am joined by Evelyn Grossman. Evelyn is the author of Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir which details her parents' separate stories of survival during WWII. Over the course of today's episode Evelyn desc...
090: The History of Quilting
Hello! This week we are taking a look at the history of quilting. Quilting has been around for quite some time, but the patchwork style quilt that we know today is something that is newer to our history. Over the course of to...