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I find myself drawn to the more social side of history than dates or battles. While I do think dates and battles are important, I find questions like ‘When did Catherine of Aragon realize she'd lost Henry VIII’s love to Anne Boleyn?’ or ‘Just what exactly was Aaron Burr's deal?’ to be what really fascinates me about history. This is the lens that I view history from on the Door Key Podcast (and the accompanying Substack newsletter) because I'm a dork with a deep love of history who wants to talk about it. https://doorkey.substack.com/
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My friend historian, political scientist, and author Jackson van Uden and I had a conversation about totalitarian regimes and the movie ‘The Death of Stalin’. The movie is a satire, so we were able to talk about this dark subject from a different lens than usual.
Jackson’s info:
- website: https://historywithjackson.co.uk/
- podcast ‘History wi...
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During the episode about Rasputin, I promised to tell the story of what happened to the Romanovs after the death of Rasputin - this episode makes good on that promise!
What would happen next would not be good: Russia’s Prime Minister would step down, and Tsar Nicholas II would be forced to abdicate his throne, and a Provisional Government would be forme...
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June is Pride Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about Sally Ride!
Sally Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. She joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space. Sally Ride is also the first astronaut k...
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June is Pride Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about The Stonewall Uprising today!
The Stonewall Uprising was a series of protests by members of the LGBTQ+ community. These protests were in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York that started on June 28, 1969.
These protests did get violent, but the...
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Rasputin was a Russian mystic and holy man who lived from 1869 to 1916. He's best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia. He gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.
This episode talks about Rasputin’s life, and explores how he became so influential to the Russi...
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I love history, but I also love all things Spooky and True Crime!
So when I got a chance to team up with Traci and Jeremy from the Total Conundrum podcast to discuss some historical True Crime, I was in!
In this episode: Traci, Jeremy, and I discuss the mystery of the Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.
They talk about True Crime,...
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My friend Holley Snaith is a historian, author, and editor.
She was kind enough to spend some time talking with me to tell me about her amazing career.
I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it!
Here's a link to Holley's website: https://www.holleysnaith.com/
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this episode is about the actress clara bow.
clara was an actress during the silent movie era, and successfully transitioned to 'talKies'. she wAs in the movie 'it', and became known as 'the it giRl'.
clara bow caMe to personify the roAring twentIeS with her flapper style and wAys. Clara led A sad, but fascinaTing ...
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Do you find yourself lost in the maze of history? Are you interested in the past, but think learning about history is too much work, or boring?
Introducing Door Key – an all-natural, non-harmful, multi-sourced history podcast.
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March is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by discussing Amelia Earhart!
Amelia Earhart is most well-known for being the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. Amelia's attempt to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe ended in her demise. She was so much more than that!
T...
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March is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by having a discussion with author Aly Riley!
Aly and I discuss her book 'She Spies: Women of the American Revolution, their historic missions, and agent 355 revealed'.
This book talks about the roles women played during the American Revolution, especially focusing...
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February is Black History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about George Washington Carver.
Carver was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. He was a professor at Tuskegee Institute, where he developed techniques to improve soil that had been depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He also wrote a ...
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Door Key is celebrating Black History Month by talking about the one and only Josephine Baker!
Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. She was a flapper synonymous with that era, as well as the first black woman to star in a major motion picture. But she was so much more than that - she was a member of the Fre...
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This episode briefly discusses the life and death of Abraham Lincoln, but the main focus of this episod is the plot to kidnap his remains about 10 years after his burial.
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It's been 50 episodes!
This episode is a celebration - Door Key has released 50 episodes!
I put a call out to listeners to send in a question or comment, and you listeners really came through!
This episode is me reading those questions and comments and answering them!
Thank you so much for listening to Door Key!
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This episode is about Napoleon.
I'm joined by military historian Michael Stroud, and we discuss the movie that's out right now about Napoleon, as well as the real historical figure.
During our conversation, Michael recommends two books about Napoleon. Those two books are Napoleon by Andrew Roberts and The Campaigns of Napoleon by...
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This episode discusses the history of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a holiday that is celebrated in America, and is on the fourth Thursday of every November. (There's also Canadian Thanksgiving, as well as similar celebrations in other places of the world, but this episode specifically focuses on American Thanksgiving.)
This...
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This episode discusses Mary I of England. Mary I is known to history as Bloody Mary, but her real name was Mary Tudor. She was King Henry VIII’s oldest child and the daughter of Catherine of Aragon. She would eventually become Queen of England, but it was a long, tough road for her to get there. And unfortunately, things didn’t get much easier for her ...
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This episode puts the spooky into Spooktaculer by discussing reported hauntings at Mount Vernon, which was George Washington's home. I don’t think there’s anything much better than a good ghost story, especially around Halloween!
This is the fourth and final episode that will be released this October during the Spooktaculer, where Door Ke...
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