History Shaken Not Stirred

In honor of pride month, our episode is about Diana Nyad! Also, this is our 1 year anniversary of doing the podcast. We have had so much fun talking with you about history. Remember to reach out on our socials or email Historyshakennotstirred on insta and facebook historyshakennotstirred@gmail.com Stay curious!

Tonight we are talking about one of my all time favorite musicians, Nina Simone. We discovered Miss Simone at an exhibit at the High Museum of Art, way back in 2015 or 2016. The exhibit was https://high.org/exhibition/paul-stephen-benjamin-black-is-the-color/ . It was beautiful and haunting. This led us to seek out Nina Simone’s music as well as her story. We hope you enjoy this episode! We’d love...

Kate and I went on a wonderful trip in early February this year. Unfortunately, we got sick when we got home. This put us way behind in our Podcast schedule, so we decided to post an episode that we recorded in November, 2023. Kate takes over the show and tells us about Tarot cards! Come and join us for History, Stirred not Shaken . We thank you for listening and supporting our show! Stay curious.

It's March 9th, Birthday of both Barbie and Kate! Join Kate and I as we chat about the history of one of the world's most popular toy phenomenon's, Barbie.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST. It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight and it happened as thousands of school children and mi...

Back in 2023 we watched HBO Max’s Chernobyl Disaster, so we decided to chat about the facts of the Disaster and the accuracy of the HBO-MAX series. We also watched several other HBO-MAX Documentaries on Chernobyl. Join us for History Shaken Not Stirred with vodka in this fun chatty episode. Below are the links to the shows mentioned. Stay curious! The series Chernobyl Disaster https://play.max.com...

When we are not talking History, we are talking about Disney. In this episode we share stories about the attractions we miss the most, which attractions we wouldn't miss and just general Disney shenanigans. It's our holiday fun episode! Stay curious and thanks for listening.

About a year ago, I read "Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, CV Wood and the Making of the Great American Theme Park", by Todd James Pierce. The link to this excellent book is below. It inspired me to learn a bit more about the enigmatic "Woody". His stint with Disney was a brief blip in his career. Woody went on to create Marco Engineering who helped create Magic Mountain in Colorado...

Last year we re-discovered the wonderful world of the Beales of Grey Gardens! In this episode Kate and I discuss our love and respect of Big Edie and Little Edie. We discuss several of the documentaries and the HBO Movie Grey Gardens. https://www.hbo.com/movies/grey-gardens The original Documentary Grey Gardens https://play.max.com/movie/1da58c29-5bfc-4198-8ac6-055f8cd0eee6 The second Documentary...

Several months ago, I came across a book recommended in my Kindle Library called “The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman who helped win WWII and shape modern history”, by author Christopher C. Gorham. Of course my interest was piqued! The book was a fascinating read about a woman who was well known while alive in the 20th century, but someone whose story I believe has fallen through the cra...

Flora Sandes left England to serve as a nurse in Belgrade, Serbia at the beginning of WWI. Within 3 years, she had traveled back and forth to the UK to raise funds for the Serbian Army, faced the tribulations of the great retreat of the Serbian Army through Albania, joined the Serbian Army, and returned with the Serbian forces to Monastir. She was wounded after the Serbian Army began their push no...

At the onset of the Civil War, western North Carolina was notorious for having some of the bloodiest hostilities during and after the war. The area was fraught with fighting amounts Pro Union and Pro Confederate factions. The mountain war in North Carolina represented both the worst and the best of the South. This story is just one of the many tales of violence, humor, loyalty and vengeance, seen...

In this chapter we discuss the life of Anne Lister aka Gentleman Jack , the 19th Century woman credited with the first same sex marriage. Her inquisitive mind and adventurous spirit set the stage for a life that would be anything but ordinary.