History Honeys

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 trends into their contexts, and bring up the much better work these artists were capable of. Links! The matte paintings of the era Books by Mako's father, Taro Yashima: The New Sun, Horizon is Calling, Crow Boy Lament for Confederation, Chief Dan George, 1967 Breaking Mayberry episode 87: Who Gave my Baby a Tribal Tat? Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die (iTunes) (RSS) Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can c

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.

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 we glean from the reviews.

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 the Deadliest Man Alive The Search for Count Dante Show and Tell: Count Dante, Deadliest Man Alive Contemporary NYT article on the Purlator Heist Bob Cooley's memoir: When Corruption Was King The Bizarre World of Fake Martial Arts Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 112 prompt is: Wh

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 of the murders.  Links! Cream on Casebook.org CDC strychnine facts London, Ontario Fred Demara, the Great Impostor Mechanista in G – RX-75-4 Guntank Bizarre Podcast: Dogs Must Die Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 111 prompt is: Who is your favorite martial artist?   Logo by Mara

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 else may have been in his home that day. Links! Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin Yusupov Palace Case Summary: Youssoupoff V Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Limited (1934) Hammer House of Podcast Episode 35 Rasputin: The Mad Monk SEX ARCHIE Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gm

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 Pill Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 108 prompt is: Who is your favorite monk?   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

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 White Ship disaster Hetty Reckless Nix v. Hedden

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 enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 107 prompt is: What is your favorite thing that happened in 2020?   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

Welcome back, dear ghoulish listeners, as we celebrate the season with tales of three reported haunts in detroit, Michigan. First, is a massive and active building whose tragic architect still walks the halls. Next is an abandoned hotel, former home to a serial poisoner. Last is now a vacant lot, but was once the headquarters of an occult prophet who died at the hands of an unknown axe murderer. Links! Detroit's Masonic Temple Alhambra Apartments Images and news articles from the 1929 St Aubin's Street Massacre The Oldest History of the World Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 105 prompt is: What is your favorite plant?   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus

On this episode Grant takes us back 100 years to a fatal robbery at a shoe factory, and the legacy of the men who had the crime pinned on them. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti came to America searching for prosperity, and found the brutality of exploitation and prejudice. The greatest weight of which fell on them when they were executed by a justice system bent on quashing an ideology, rather than seeking either justice or truth.   Links! The writings of Luigi Galleani "We Submit", from the Boston Herald; October 26th, 1926 "The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti", Atlantic Monthly, March 1927 Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail.    Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor b

It's vacation season, and the open road beckons. Rather than give in to that siren song, Alaina is teaching us about several sites meant to separate travelers from their walking around money. It's time for some roadside attractions!   Links! https://lucytheelephant.org/visiting/ The Elephantine Colossus going up, and coming down https://www.rotaryjailmuseum.org/ https://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/museums/squirrel-cage-jail.html https://www.farmersmuseum.org/ Cardiff Giant "exhumed" Cardiff Giant Tent Show Cardiff Giant's current resting place Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum https://detroit.curbed.com/2018/7/17/17562004/marvins-marvelous-mechanical-museum-magic-attraction The Cardiff Giant replica at Marvin's LAST SHOOTING on Six Feats Under Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appr

In this episode Grant teaches us about the Benin Bronzes, thousands of exquisite pieces of art that are not made of bronze, and not in Benin. And to talk about this specific crime of colonialism, we have to talk about the empire it came from, and the shifting dynamic between Europe and the world as capitalism and white supremacy developed side-by-side.   Links! Imperial Looting and the Case of Benin 7 Museums that Hold over 2000 of the Benin Bronzes This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? Coronation of Oba Ewuare II Last Shooting on Itch.io and on DriveThruRPG Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail.    Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by F

We have returned! After a brief hiatus, History Honeys is back. This week, Alaina is teaching us about the history of deaf education, and the development of contemporary sign languages. How are sign languages linguistically dynamic and unique? Why are divisions in US deaf culture generational? How are contentious claims laundered as the default, even at the cost of future harm? Links! National Association of the Deaf American School for the Deaf Galludet University The Life and Death of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language William Stokoe's obituary at Galludet University Unlocking the Curriculum How "Deaf President Now" Changed America Trailer for Deaf West's production of Spring Awakening Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, o

Happy milestone day! It's been four years and we made it to three digits. To celebrate, Grant went back over every previous topic to find one more fact we didn't include last time. Thanks for joining us for this very special occasion! Links! SEX ARCHIE Flash in the Pan episode 44: Time Lord Tickle Fights Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 101 prompt is: What is your favorite food mascot?   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

Sudden changes in society are reflected in the daily lives of people. This week, Alaina demonstrates that with a selection of stories about the things people wore in the US and UK during the Second World War. Rationing, shifting wworkplace demographics, and new materials all had an immediate effect on what people wore. And, looking at what people wore can reveal stories of bigotry. Links! Luminous Flowers for blackout fashion Siren Dress 1918 ad for coveralls 1937 women's overalls 1940 working women's overalls Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail.   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

In the 1980s America's health infrastructure failed to adequately respond to an epidemic, which showed in greater contrast failures across society. This week, Grant is teaching us about one group's commitment to correct that failure through civil disobedience. By prioritizing disruption over image, and relentlessly claiming the moral high ground, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power drastically improved the lives of people living with HIV and reduced its spread. Links! ACT UP NY The ACT UP Historical Archive June 5, 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Pneumocystis Pneumonia, the first published report on what would be named AIDS Larry Kramer 1982 Interview On AIDS with NBC News Don Francis' Frontline interview 1,112 and Counting Gran Fury Six Feats Under's Monsterhearts 2 campaign Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It

Two months ago was a different time. That's when we put out a bonus episode about the fun we were planning to have in a Disney World vacation. In this episode, we're looking back at the reality we experienced. We talk about the many highs, the few lows, and the constant battle against exhaustion. Time will tell when, and even if, the parks can be experienced again the way they were. But for now, please enjoy this walk through recent, happy memories. Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

Ninety years ago today, the code of standards known as the Hays Code was put into effect, shaping the form and content off all mainstream film for decades to come. In this episode, Alaina teaches us where it came from, what purpose it served, and how it fell out of use. Is self-regulation a matter of morality or profit? Does power lie in the rules or their enforcer? Did people in the 1940s actually share beds? Links! The MPAA The Sins of Hollywood by Ed Roberts Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio The 1927 "Dont's" and "Be Carefuls" The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 Betty Boop's pre- and post-enforcement designs Sex Archie bonus 15: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Grant is celebrating by looking back at sainthood itself. The western church has been honoring holy figures since its earliest days, a practice that developed into a relatively new bureaucratic system.  Links! The Complete Roman Martyrology in English Acta Sanctorum, full digital database Congregation for the Causes of Saints Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 97 prompt is: What is your favorite old movie?   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus