This list was curated by Andy Earnshaw for EarBuds Podcast Collective.
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EarBuds Podcast Collective: Lesser-Known Historical Figures
5 podcast episodes according to a theme, curated by a different person each week
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CURATOR: Andy Earnshaw
WHY THIS THEME?: Podcasts are great for exploring history. I want to highlight podcasts that explore lesser-known stories from the past.
EPISODES:
The British History Podcast
In Search of Unity: A Tale of Selective Memory
27 minutes
This is an awesome show exploring not only the history of Britain, but also the people who made that history and how the stories are relevant to us today.
The Humanity Archive
Toussaint L'Ouverture: Revolution Now
60 minutes
The start of a fantastic series on the most successful slave rebellion in history. Haiti became the second independent republic in the Americas (after the U.S.), which prompted 200 years of racist dismissal that has left Haiti as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.
The Dirt Podcast
The Dirt Digs Pride
56 minutes
The Dirt is a fantastic show about living life as an archaeologist, and this episode highlights the diverse nature of archaeologists today and of people throughout history.
Noble Blood
The Blood Sacrifice of the Tang Emperor
30 minutes
This show explores some of the dark and depressing stories of nobles behaving badly. This episode describes just how dangerous being attractive could be in the past.
Old Bones
Cladh Hallan - Bronze Age Mummification and Frankenstein's Scottish Monsters
40 minutes
Explore with me one of the oddest burials to have been discovered on the British Isles.
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SELF PROMO: Old Bones is a podcast that explores the past, one skeleton at a time. Each episode we take a burial or cremation and use that as a jumping-off point to explore the world in which this person or people lived. This season, we're exploring the Early Medieval period of Britain, trying to understand what happened in Britain after the Romans left.
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*Note: In this week's episode, we refer to the theme of the week by the wrong name. Please forgive us!
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