Forget everything you know about whiskey, Prohibition, and the modern liquor industry. The real story is wild ride full of little known tales, plot twists, and unexpected connections that shaped […]
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Author: Emily Geddes
Ep 47 – The Gold Standard in 7 Minutes (MINICAST)
Frank breaks down the history, controversies, and basics of the Gold Standard in just 7 minutes. Additional Links and Resources: Wikipedia is actually a great source to get the […]
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Ep 46: Mansa Musa- The Richest Person Ever You’ve Never Heard Of
What do large scale sea travel, the Hajj, Parson Weems’s biography of George Washington, and Welsh naming customs have to do with the richest man in history? EVERYTHING, folks! They […]
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Ep 45: The Whiskey Rebellion
This is the story of why tarring and feathering government employees is not a legitimate form of democratic expression. Also, booze. (Happy Tax Day! We’re getting this up one day […]
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Ep 44a: Godzilla’s Hidden History
Godzilla is – and always has been — more than a monster movie. April 27th will be the 60th anniversary of Godzilla’s release in the U.S. Join us as we […]
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Ep 43: Nana Asma’u: Educational Innovator Extraordinaire
Nana Asma’u is the smartest and most influential women you’ve probably never heard of. She was a teacher, princess, scholar, social reformer, teen mother — and the original glass ceiling […]
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Ep 40: Mary Seacole: Nurse, Doctress & Social Entrepreneur
There’s a reason Mary Seacole was voted the greatest black Briton in history. Long before Silicon Valley coined the term “social entrepreneurship,” she was using her business savvy to address […]
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Ep 42: Irish Beer, Alewives, and Witches
Happy St. Patty’s Day! What do St. Patrick and Irish beer have to do with the Wicked Witch of The West? EVERYTHING! And we really mean EVERYTHING! Learn how competition […]
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Ep 39: Mary Anning (Sells Seashells By the Seashore)
Mary Anning had the deck stacked against her from the beginning – not only was her family poor and part of a religious minority, she was a woman in Regency […]
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