History and Boba

Did you ever wonder how people became famous before the internet? Well, in some cases, it all started with a picture. Someone would walk into a shop for a photo and then suddenly, that person’s face is on a cartes-de-visite being distributed to the world. In modern times, they would be the Instagram models that you follow. Apparently, beauty has always been a career path, even without social media...

In California through the 1850s to the early 1900s, Native Americans suffered countless injustices. They faced laws designed to destroy their foundation as a community and laws that even permitted them to be executed on sight. For this episode, I’ll talk about the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe. Anthropologist gave him the name Ishi. ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ Sources: https://www.y...

Look up, what do you see? Well, in 1880 if you lived in cities like New York, all you might be able to see are telephone poles with more powerlines attached to them than you can count. Join me this week as I talk about a time before powerlines were forced to go underground. ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ Sources: Medium/The Racist History of Telephone Poles By Caira Wynn Blackwell Published July...

Tarot cards. Maybe you find them fascinating, maybe you’ve never given them much thought. Well, have you ever considered their history? Where they came from and how they managed to spread throughout so many regions of the world. In this episode, we’re diving into the history that created the tarot cards of today. ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ Sources: Distillations Magazine https://www.scienceh...

As Rome is conquering land left and right, she gathers her army and claims a victory against the Roman empire that the world has never forgotten. Allow me to present to you, Queen Amanirenas from the African Kingdom of Kush. ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ Sources: https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/kandake-amanirenas-10-bc/ https://www.history.com/articles/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman...

If I told you that there was a time in the US when people mailed their children, would you believe me? Welcome to a strange part of American history. ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ Sources: Newspaper clippings of events https://blog.newspapers.com/special-delivery-children-sent-via-parcel-post/#:~:text=Postal%20officials%20across%20the%20country,search%20Newspapers.com%E2%84%A2%20today ! A Brief...

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