Girl Historians

The girls wrap up the Beatles' messiest moments in this penultimate episode of the summer school season!!!!! ALSO Carley saw Maisie Peters at a bookstore. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan  and Carley Thorne Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle Girl Historians on Instagram Girl Historians on Youtu...

The girls are joined by comedian and boyfriend of Carley, Rhys Naylor, as we walk through the 1851 Great Exhibition and the cursed history of the Kohinoor Diamond (which is a cursed diamond that has a curse- for men!) We also have a short but alarming conversation about Barron Trump! Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan...

The Girls discuss Yoko Ono and her life from childhood to her ongoing contributions to art and the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, a huge Carley update, more taylor swift takes, and the trials and tribulations of the Toronto International Film Festival. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan  and Carley Thorne Music by: Jac...

The girls chat the Beatles after break up, the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy theory, and the death of John Lennon. They also find time to unpack Gaylor and say goodbye to poop summer. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan  and Carley Thorne Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle Girl Historians on Instagram...

The girls unpack The Beatles journey from 1964 until their breakup in 1970 and also reluctantly defend John Lennon. They also defend Winnepeg Manitoba. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan  and Carley Thorne Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle Girl Historians on Instagram Girl Historians on Youtube...

You might be thinking, why is there an extended conversation about the Prisoner of Azkaban in an episode about Beatlemania? Good question! The girls track the Beatles through their breakthrough and journey to taking over the world (via British invasion) and as always, cover other important topics like Blair's neighbors drinking too much soda. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bon...

Blair leads Carley through the history of the Beatles, covering their pre-fame years and dissecting what made John Lennon the way he was. We also discuss poop in various forms, Idina Menzel, and Blair sings a scary e-girl song and kinda ruins the vibe for a full ten minutes. Always lots of fun on Girl Historians AS USUAL. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/Gir...

Join the girls in the final installment of our Princess Diana deep dive, as we retrace Diana's final hours and the conspiracy theories surrounding her death. We also talk cottage politics, the beautiful province of Newfoundland, and FINALLY address the Junkook/Diana reincarnation accusations. Sign up on Patreon for ad-free early episodes, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair M...

PART 2 OF PART 2...which of course makes this part 3. We continue our journey through Princess Diana's life during her marriage to Charles, including a STUN-NING reenactment of the famous leaked Charles and Diana phone calls. The girls also talk getting caught in the rain, plot twists, spoilling Pretty little liars, and summer blues. <3<3<3 Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and...

PART ONE OF TWO!!! Much like Lord of the Rings or Wicked or Breaking Dawn. Our Princess Diana saga continues as we cover Princess Diana's engagement and early marriage. We also experiment with new, fun, podcast dynamics, such as eating candy directly into the microphone and throwing things across the room! We like to keep it fresh here on Girl Historians. The girls also have their first fight, tal...

Welcome to our very first mini-season of Summer School! PRINCESS DIANA In this ep, Carley and Blair go over Diana's pre-engagement years, before she was the people's (and specifically, the girl's) princess. We also go over the Bubly DJ at Pride, ski lifts, and both girls are having summer meltdowns. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians...

The girls go over the Great Molasses Flood and honestly girls it was really tragic. We also go over Bridgerton (again), the lesbian elite, and drink aperol spritzes. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne Edited by: Harlow Castillo Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle Girl Histo...

Listen girls, we're changing our audio set up for this season and no change goes over entirely smoothly. we tried to record this once and ruined the audio completely. We tried again, and the audio came out...a bit funky. But in the spirit of summer being a bit messy, here's the ep, CURSE AND ALL!!!! We talk Fleetwood Mac, the Great Gatsby musical, Carley drinks a gross cocktail. What more could yo...

WE ARE BACK WITH GIRL HISTORIANS: SUMMER SCHOOL! in this season, we will be doing smaller topics that we want to explore- perfect for summer beach brain in this special PRIDE episode, Blair and Carley discuss LGSM, aka the inspiration for the seminal classic "Pride" (2014). Blair cries a few times. Carley talks about the Marauders. We're sooooooo back. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early...

Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne Produced by: Rob Moden Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle v1.04 Thanks to Destination Salem for covering some of the trip. Have suggestions or feedback? Email us at girlhistorians@gmail.com For business inquiries email us at uncarley@zigg...

In the last 'normal' episode of the Salem Witch Files, we saw Challengers, Blair tells Carley about how Salem embraced its history, boys kissing, the ethics of dark tourism, the dirty boy versus the clean boy, and what dark places we'd like to visit. Next week: ... Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carl...

Carley and Blair have half-formed opinions on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, a timeline of everyone in Salem saying sorry about getting all those witches killed, and a new target for who they want on the podcast. Next week, the Salem Witch Files finale (kinda). Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carl...

With the Salem Witch Files winding down, Blair and Carley catch up on summer plans, board games, and insights from eavesdropping on a therapist. Then, Carley talks about some favorite pop culture that inspired by the Salem trials, including an excuse to talk about Gothic literature and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Blair revealing she's a nerd, and the Scooby-Doo movie that turned Carley gay. Sign...

Get cozy as Blair takes Carley behind the scenes of the musical, from its inception through its legacy. Also, we learned not to advertise the podcast with dead dogs. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne Produced by: Rob Moden Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle v1.01 Have sug...

Was this whole Salem Witch Trials podcast just a Trojan horse to talk about a musical? Kinda. This week, Blair and Carley talk about why they love the musical, and recap its plot. (Next week: talking about the behind the scenes.) Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne Produced by: Rob Moden Mus...

Carley leads Blair through a deeper-dive on some of the women convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials. And, JoJo Siwa. Also: voice notes, the eclipse, another lie we told, The Giving Tree, Anne Putnam Sr's egg bites, allies, the hottest ages, fashion tips mixed with traumatic horrors, tall men, biased obituaries, and our new favorite fact about Dorcas Hoar. Sign up on Patreon for episode...

Fungal bread. Land grabs. Bored girls. And defining what the devil even is. Carley and Blair drink Wayne Gretzky's white wine and address, debunk, and occasionally embrace the biggest conspiracy theories about the Salem Witch Trials. Also: nepo landlords, bed bugs and pest problems, shower song setlists, audition diarrhea, bull**it college projects, cancer paranoia, book recs, that Prince Andrew i...

After no one asked, Blair and Carley look deeper at the lineup of men executed in the Salem witch trials. If you ever thought “I wish they wouldn't sing so many musical theater songs,” never before has a Monkey's Paw curled so hard. Subscribe to our Patreon to get early episodes and bonuses (like a Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire mini-episode ) Plus: The 1975, "edgy" podcasts, why we’d never date Tayl...

Everyone asked for it, so here’s an episode where Carley and Blair (try not to) talk about the two dogs that were executed for witchcraft. In a new Girl Historians tradition, it only took 5 or 6 episodes into the season to lose their minds. There’s lots of singing. Also: Blair won the Princess Diana award at Toronto Sketchfest, lots of singing, Breaking Bad spoilers, bad drug experiences, addressi...

Carley and Blair jump forward in time to review two stageplays related to the Salem witch trials: Arthur Miller's 1952 McCarthyism allegory The Crucible , and Kimberly Belflower's 21st-century response, John Proctor is the Villain . Plus, a mini-episode on the Red Scare! Also, Carley was on The Social, aka Canada's version of The View. Also: being a small town's mysterious outsider, nice Karens, i...