History Honeys

Sep 23 2024 123 ep. 67 mins 18.1k
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A new podcast where a married couple teaches each other cool stuff about the past.

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New Show Announcement! WSKRS: We Share Knowledge Regarding seaQuest

Sep 23 2024 152 mins  
Hello Honey Bunches! We've launched a brand new show that we think you'll enjoy. And here is its first episode. seaQuest DSV ran for 57 episodes over 3 seasons and serves as a window into TV production of the era, scientific discovery, and the way events and perspective influence each other. We're bringing a very History Honeys way of looking at things into this show. So join us wh

Live Action Disney Films of the 1970s (part 1)

Jul 06 2021 92 mins  
In this episode, Alaina resurrects one of her old series: looking at the live-action feature films of the Walt Disney studio. Following the deaths of the studio's founding brothers, and the beginning of a long period of rocky financials, Disney's film output was, well, boring and bad. We look over their movies from 1970-1975 to point out the few bright spots, place people and trend

Hathaway There

Jun 19 2021 45 mins  
In less than two weeks, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway will reach a global streaming audience. A brand-new adaptation of a 30 year old novel from a 40 year old franchise with a reputation for dense lore can be an intimidating, so we're here to get through what you'll probably want to know before watching. No promises though.

Tourist Trapped 52: Social Jousting Warriors

May 31 2021 66 mins  
Happy anniversary! To celebrate a year of trapped travel, we're covering a place we've both been in the before times, and fulfilling one of our top listener requests to boot. Medieval Times Dinner Tournament is famous for its pick-and-choose approach to historical "accuracy", and that one Jim Carrey movie. Let's see what experience we can share from its website, and what insights w

Count Dante, the Deadliest Man Alive

Mar 23 2021 61 mins  
Comic readers across America were promised that for only $5 they could learn the ultimate fighting system, and the art of the death touch. That promise was made by Count Dante, one of the most colorful and controversial figures in martial arts history. Born John Keehan, Dante's life seems out of place in the real world, never mind his fabricated boasts. Links! The Life and Death of

Thomas Neill Cream

Mar 01 2021 46 mins  
Happy Valencrimes Day! This year's topic observes the strictest traditions, so we're talking about a series of murders in 1800s Chicago. Thomas Neill Cream used his medical practice and willingness to help those in need to prey on the desperate and disadvantaged. But his true targets may not have been the people he poisoned, but the ones he attempted to blackmail by accusing them o

Felix Yusupov

Feb 08 2021 36 mins  
The assassination of Rasputin catapulted his unusual life into legend. So we're looking at the man that wrote the legend: his killer, Prince Felix Yusupov. A young wealthy man with no apparent interest in affairs of state, what pushed him to lead the conspiracy of assassins? And how much faith can be put in the story as he told it? The picture becomes clearer if you look at who els

The Tylenol Murders

Jan 18 2021 64 mins  
In 1982, seven people in the greater Chicago area died from taking Tylenol capsules that had been filled with cyanide. No clear evidence was found pointing to a culprit, and no motive has been determined. What remains is a story of consumer safety, and how law enforcement acts when they have no leads. Links! How the Tylenol Murders changed the Way We Consume Medication A Bitter Pil

A Look at ‘20

Jan 04 2021 47 mins  
Welcome to 2021! We bring in the year with the 900th anniversary of a shipwreck that threw England into chaos, and the 200th anniversary of a piece of culinary folk history. The White Ship sank, and people of every social station drowned the same. Tomatoes came to New Jersey through the same unexciting means as any crop, but a striking story will kep alive regardless. Links! The Wh

Fordlandia

Dec 21 2020 45 mins  
We close 2020 with one last episode on Fordlandia, a failed experiment in both rubber production and social control. Links! Fordlandia collection from the Henry ford museum The Guardain's Fordlandia story from the Lost Cities project Michael Palin exploring the remaining structures Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you