Vegan History and Other Oddities

Dec 22 2020 13 ep. 35 mins 4

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Weekly history podcast on unusual, unknown, or misunderstood episodes of history

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McLibel

Dec 22 2020 30 mins

Two vegetarian activists take on the biggest corporation in the world--and win!

Chiune Sugihara

Jan 29 2020 25 mins

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Elizabeth Magie and the History of Monopoly

Dec 05 2019 39 mins

The forgotten inventor of the board game Monopoly--a tale of forgotten women and capitalist greed.

Victoria Woodhull Part II

Nov 12 2019 39 mins

Part II on the life of Victoria Woodhull: her run for presidency, her jail arrest for "indecency," her time in England, and her death.

Victoria Woodhull Part I

Nov 12 2019 40 mins

Part I: Early life and upbringing of Victoria Woodhull, feminist icon and known for being the first woman to ever run for the US Presidency.

Upton Sinclair

Jul 11 2019 34 mins

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Helen Keller

Jun 18 2019 29 mins

Helen Keller was more than a passive figurehead that simply overcame her deafness and blindness--she spent her life fighting on behalf of the disabled, and when she realized the ties between poverty, bad working conditions, and disabilities, she fought hard and unpopular battles to improve working conditions and fight against socioeconomic inequality.

Al Ma'arri

Jun 07 2019 32 mins

Al Ma'arri was an Arabic poet and philosopher at the turn of the first millennium, and the first recorded vegan in human history.

Lewis Carroll

Mar 11 2019 22 mins

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was more than the author of Alice in Wonderland. In fact, his real name was Charles Dodgson, and he was a professor of mathematics by day, as well as an accomplished photographer.

Balibo Five

Mar 03 2019 30 mins

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