Ill-Equipped History
Two non-historians with a passion for history tell stories of the past in a way that will make you laugh.
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After over two decades of friendship, one of the many things we have in common is loving to learn everything we can about what happened in the times before us. We love making each other laugh and have a healthy competition of who can make the better (or worse) pun.
We are so excited to be able to take our passion for history and give it life outside of our weekly documentary dates. We are even more excited to be able to share these stories with you, our lovely audience.
Thank you again for being so supportive of two silly-gooses (silly-geese?) who love history.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Emileigh and Morgan go back in time and discuss the life of Saint Nicholas and how his legend morphed Santa and the other gift givers we know and love today!
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/compare-santa-st-nicholas#:~:text=Santa%20Claus%2C%20as%20we%20know,the%20hope%2Dfilled%20Christmas%20message.
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/patron-saint
Documentary: The Story of Santa
Documentary: The Legends of Santa (youtube)
https://naturetravels.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/jultomten-swedens-santa-claus/
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Join Morgan and Emileigh as they talk about one of the most beloved, widely celebrated holidays in the world! Tis the season!
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Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/12/how-christmas-has-evolved-over-centuries
“The History of Christmas” by F.C. Conybeare. The American Journal of Theology, Vol. III, #1. Jan. 1899 https://archive.org/details/jstor-3152491/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater
http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html (2007)
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Peace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve
https://matzoball.org
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Even in the midst of war, miracle can happen. Emileigh and Morgan dive into the heartwarming yet still tragic story of the most unlikely truce during World War 1 and the history of why they were fighting to begin with.
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts
https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history
Book: World War 1 by S.L.A. Marshall
Book: The Greatest War Stories Never told by Rick Beyer.
War Stories: Christmas Truce WW1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKNr0i-RT3A
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-30479608
http://trucestatue.co.uk/about.html#:~:text=A%20people's%20monument%20for%20peace,was%20nicknamed%20by%20the%20troops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce#:~:text=YouTube%20channel%20Yarnhub.-,Monuments,with%20the%20German%20Battalion%20371.
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
What would you do if you were given free will do subject others to authoritarian power? What if you were subjected to that power? Morgan and Emileigh discuss the controversial, infamous Stanford Prison Experiment from the 1970s, and learn how absolute power can corrupt anyone.
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Sources:
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/spe
https://www.prisonexp.org/ - words from Zimbardo himself
Feature Film - The Stanford Prison Experiment (Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_LKzEqlPto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Zimbardo
Sound effects credits:
bewagne, tams_kp, mycompasstv, and nightwatcher98 on freesound.org
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Emileigh and Morgan dig in on Thanksgiving, and not just the turkey. We explore the rich history of how the holiday evolved and how the traditions we all know today came to be!
Funny Dog Names: Click me for some fun dog names
Thanksgiving Food Map: https://www.zippia.com/advice/favorite-thanksgiving-sides-2021/
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Thanksgiving-Day
https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32646037/nfl-thanksgiving-day-games-history-lions-cowboys-play-every-year-moments-traditions-records
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-feat/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-puppeteer-who-brought-balloons-to-the-thanksgiving-day-parade-180947863/
https://www.rd.com/article/breaking-a-turkey-wishbone/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Dog_Show#:~:text=The%20show%20is%20held%20by,as%20The%20National%20Dog%20Show.
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-we-eat-turkey-on-thanksgiving
https://www.insider.com/why-we-eat-cranberries-on-thanksgiving-2017-11
https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-pumpkin-pie
https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-pumpkin-pie
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20862856/how-the-turkey-trot-became-the-most-popular-race-in-america/
https://www.womansday.com/life/a37376833/thanksgiving-trivia/
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Morgan and Emileigh dive into the story of Wu Zetian, China's first and only female emperor. She was as cruel as she was intelligent, and never stopped reaching for her goal. This episode has intense mentions of death and suicide - take care while listening.
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Sources:
Xiran Jay Zhao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OoXMpJKAuo & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjVyQpG_wI
https://www.worldhistory.org/Wu_Zetian/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian
Music by Sergei Chetvertnykh and AntipodeanWriter from Pixabay
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Emileigh and Morgan try to solve the mystery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist.
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Sources:
Floor Plan of the Museum
https://arttheft.weebly.com/timeline-of-the-crime.html
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/isabella-stewart-gardner
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/sites/default/files/uploads/files/ISGM_visitor_MAP_20210105.pdf
Netflix Documentary Series- This is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-clue-reportedly-surfaces-in-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist/2578309/
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Robert Smalls was an enslaved man in South Carolina during the US Civil War. Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discuss his life, fight for freedom and equality, and his legacy.
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Sources:
http://gullaheritage.com/the-history-of-gullah-an-intriguing-culture-of-the-sea-islands/#:~:text=The%20Gullah%20culture%20is%20the%20West%20African-based%20system,brought%20to%20the%20Americas%20in%20the%20early%201500%E2%80%99s.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-robert-smalls-sailed-his-crew-and-family-to-freedom-during-the-civil-war
https://www.newspapers.com/article/6434548/gen_robert_smalls_national_republican/ - National Republican Newspaper - March 6, 1886 (p.3)
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lost-cause-definition-and-origins
https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-smalls.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1165998167/a-navy-ship-named-for-a-confederate-victory-now-honors-a-black-union-hero
https://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_scene/gaillard-tells-legendary-story-of-robert-smalls-in-its-1st-commissioned-theatrical-work/article_b9540126-5daf-11ee-bc0b-97829795161a.html/?tpcc=chssocial
Drunk History, Season 2, Episode 5: Charleston
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
With the help of a special guest, Emileigh and Morgan go through the centuries of Halloween and discover how it turned into the holiday is is today.
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Sources:
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/#:~:text=Yet%2C%20the%20Halloween%20holiday%20has,costumes%20to%20ward%20off%20ghosts.
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-timeline
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-samhain-celts-catholic-church
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins
https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins
https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-was-once-so-dangerous-that-some-cities-considered-banning-it
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-haunted-house-great-depression
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-costume-trends-photos
https://www.history.com/news/the-haunted-history-of-halloween-candy
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discuss the ancient and tragic history of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
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Sources:
Edinburgh Papers. Ancient Domestic Architecture of Edinburgh: Edinburgh Castle as Before the Siege of 1573 by Robert Chambers, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Sc., F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. (1859)
Edinburgh Past and Present by James B. Gillies (1886)
Scotland’s Castles by Chris Tabraham (1997)
“Edinburgh Castle: The Official Souvenir Guide” by Chris Tabraham, Principal Historian
https://www.edinburghcastle.scot/the-castle/history
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/lost-edinburgh-the-lang-siege-1526242
http://www.edinburgh-history.co.uk/lang-siege.html
https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/history
https://allthatsinteresting.com/picts
https://spookyscotland.net/edinburgh-castle-a-timeline-of-hauntings-and-dark-history/
https://dundeescottishculture.org/history/scottish-history-at-a-glance-the-black-dinner-of-1440/