The Reluctant Historian
Welcome to The Reluctant Historian, the podcast where I, a history teacher, try to show my husband that history IS actually pretty cool! Each week we sit down to talk about a different event in history. At the end, the reluctant historian gets to decide if history really is that boring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
On this week's final episode, Liz and Dakota reflect on their time on the podcast.
Thank you to everyone who has listened over the years, this has been an amazing journey, and we couldn't have done it without you!
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Please note, this episode's sound has been corrupted - it's not your speakers, it's us.
This week, Liz and Dakota get META, asking ChatGPT to write a podcast episode. Will it be good? Will it be bad... you decide. And then listen to us decide if ChatGPT should be used to write more episodes.
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With all the discussion on the interwebs about possible alien life, Liz and Dakota take this week to talk about the existence of aliens, and some famous UFO sightings that have occurred since WWII.
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This week, Liz and Dakota ease back into the swing of things with a quick factoid episode about Valentine's Day
Episode Notes
https://www.womansday.com/relationships/a4702/10-fun-valentines-day-facts-103385/
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/a26863/valentines-day-facts/
https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/valentines-day-facts
This week, Liz and Dakota look at an urban legend from Quebec and talk about how the actual history of a murderer quickly became something of a ghost story.
Episode Notes
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/la-corriveaus-cage-quebec-canada
https://www.scaryforkids.com/la-corriveau/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-corriveau
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/corriveau_marie_josephte_3E.html
Welcome back to season three!
This week, Dakota shares the story of a medical history/mystery from the French Revolution, the tale of the man who couldn't stop eating: Tarrare
Episode Notes
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/747/747-h/747-h.htm
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/tarrare/
This week, Liz and Dakota look back at some of their favourite episodes from 2022, recounting memories and zingers, and looking forward to the future.
A huge thanks goes out to all of you who have tuned in this year... the podcast wouldn't be the same without you, and we are so incredibly appreciative that you take the time out of your day to listen to us talk history.
We look forward to connecting with you all again on January 18,...
This week, Liz and Dakota delve into some Icelandic Christmas Folklore, learning about the Christmas Witch, a hungry Christmas Cat, and 13 meddlesome pranksters.
Episode Notes
In a different kind of trivia episode, Liz and Dakota share 15 random Christmas facts. Ranging from Candy Canes to the racist history of Jingle Bells, this episode takes you on a wild ride.
Episode Notes
https://bestlifeonline.com/christmas-facts/
https://www.berries.com/blog/45-fun-christmas-facts
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g2972/surprising-christmas-facts/
This week's Wicked Wednesday is all about America's first plane hijacking, and the infamous story of Earnest "Larry" Pletch. Not to be confused with Earnest of the Earnest Scared Stupid variety.
Episode Notes
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/murderous-story-americas-first-hijacking-180956152/
https://fearoflanding.com/history/i-dont-know-why-i-killed-him-but-i-did/
This week, Liz and Dakota explore what happened aboard the ghost ship the Mary Celeste and share why the salvaging hearings didn't really go according to plan. Dakota analyzes some of his trauma in the meantime.
Episode Notes
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
This week, Liz and Dakota look back at the history of the lost city of Atlantis, and how this myth has had a huge influence on new age beliefs and the Nazis.
Episode Notes
This week, Liz and Dakota look at the literary history of Merlin, tracing his story from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Thomas Mallory, Dakota and Liz learn a lot about this magic man on the way.
Episode Notes
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