Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.

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The Calling History Podcast is an unscripted, interview style phone conversation with the heroes, the villains, and the great thinkers of history. It’s an opportunity to ask them anything, in their time, while they are living it. How did Benjamin Franklin feel about leaving his comfortable life of fame and excess in London as a loyal British citizen to risk it all and return to America as a rebel? How did record setting Louise Thaden feel about racing and beating Amelia Earhart and yet her name is almost unknown? Who is Jack the Ripper and why did he enter the scene so violently and then disappear like a whisper? Subscribe now and join this entertaining, interesting, and unpredictable journey back in time as we learn who these people really were and answer the question, “If you could call anyone in history, what would you ask them?”

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Ruby Waller Part 2: That Was My Introduction into The World of Whoredom

May 15 2024 55 mins  
In Part 2 of the 1870 conversation with Ruby Waller, she will talk in detail about the extraordinary place called Urania cottage giving fallen women a safe plan to start again by creating a new life in Australia. She'll also explain what a badger game is. And she'll talk about her meetings later in life with Charles Dickens when he was an old man. Start the episode now to join the

Ruby Waller Part 1: How Did She End Up Drinking Gin with Charles Dickens?

May 08 2024 52 mins  
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Frances Perkins Part 2: World War II Rolled My Career into a Ball and Threw it in the Trash.

May 01 2024 37 mins  
In Part 2 of the 1958 conversation with Frances Perkins, she explains why her daughter turned into a spoiled debutante that didn’t want to work, her uneasy but loving relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and her greatest regrets after accomplishing so much. Start episode 2 to join the conversation. Listen to the Calling History Podcast on Spotify, Google, Apple, or your favorite

Frances Perkins Part 1: People Were Jumping From the 10th Story.

Apr 24 2024 47 mins  
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Part 2: I Find the Shadowy Side of our Nature More Interesting.

Apr 17 2024 43 mins  
In Part 2 of the 1863 conversation with Nathaniel Hawthorne, he’ll explain why he can’t seem to write while the war ravages his nation. He’ll also further demonstrate how all his writing was not doom and gloom with his story The Celestial Railroad. And he’ll tell us how Sophia, his wife, saved the day when he was fired from his job and thought he was broke. Start episode 2

Nathaniel Hawthorne Part 1: It Doesn’t Matter What You Think, It Only Matters That You Think.

Apr 10 2024 44 mins  
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Mercy Otis Warren Part 2: Liberty Must Reign in the Hearts and Minds of the People.

Apr 03 2024 39 mins  
In Part 2 of the 1774 conversation with Mercy Otis Warren, she’ll explain what happened to her brother after being almost beaten to death and then recanting his beliefs of liberty. She’ll also talk about her next publication about the Boston Tea Party, and she will reluctantly share her feelings about how things might be different if she were able to express her genius as men d

Mercy Otis Warren Part 1: History Shows Us That Peaceful Times Controlled by Men, Don’t Seem to Last.

Mar 27 2024 49 mins  
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Sacagawea Part 2: While Traveling West, Why Didn’t Other Tribes Attack Your Group?

Mar 20 2024 52 mins  
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Sacagawea Part 1: I Don’t Understand, Because Nobody Owns the Land.

Mar 13 2024 54 mins  
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