Operation History

David and Lauren are back for another episode of Operation History! This month, they tackle all of the "Bloody Marys". Lauren gives a brief overview of Queen Mary Tudor, and then David lays down the facts on the folklore of Bloody Mary and the Bloody Mary drink-and how the three aren't related. Drink your brunch drinks responsibly, and don't summon demons! As always, please rate, r...

We're back! Join us this month as Lauren and David dive into the Bone Wars of the mid-to-late 19th century. This story has everything, stealing, bribing, defamation, and fossil destroying! Who will win over your heart, Edward Cope or O.C. Marsh? Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to stay up to date with the shenanigans.

We're back with a new episode, near, far, wherever you are! Join Maria, Lauren, and David as they explore the sinking and legacy of the RMS Titanic. Get your tissues ready, and let us know if you liked the movie. Thank you so much for listening and don't forget to review, rate, and subscribe!

Happy Women's History Month! For the first time in forever, your four hosts are back around the (Zoom) table. Join us as we share the four extraordinary lives of Mabel Dove Danquah, Huda Sha'rawi, Josephine Palmer, and Hannah Kudjoe. Don't forget to listen, like, subscribe, and review! Join us on our social media to continue the conversation.

It's a colonial episode! This month, David and Lauren get together to discuss the boozy, dancy Merrymount Colony. Join us as we reminisce with would-be drinking buddies. As always, please listen, rate, and review wherever you listen to your pods. We hope to be back together as a big happy family next month!

We're back, happy 2023 everyone! This month, join Derek, David, and Lauren as David leads us in exploring the G.I. Underground Press movement during the Vietnam War. As always, please rate, review, subscribe, and download us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes!

**Gorey Content Ahead, Listener Discretion is Advised** Straight from the vault of unreleased episodes, join Maria, David, and Derek as they explore the spooky, gruesome, head-scratching murders of Jack the Ripper. As always please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! We look forward to spending 2023 with you all.

In this episode, join Lauren and David has we discuss the Day of Mourning. On November 26th 1970, indigenous people from all over the United States of America join together to remember the day their way of life changed forever. Come and join us has we remember this day and how it has changed overtime. As always, please rate, review, subscribe, and download us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever...

Operation History, party of one! This month Lauren is back and discussing the Massachusetts colony of Wessagusset. We hope you enjoy and look forward to being back as a squad soon! Please download, rate, review, and subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts, it is a small and simple thing that you can do that helps the show out in a big way.

We're back! Thank you so much for your patience as we try to get back on track. In this month's episode, David and Lauren team up with everyone's favorite guest, Ethan, to discuss the history of Dungeons and Dragons. Please download, rate, review, and subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts, it is a small and simple thing that you can do that helps the show out in a big way.

We're back! In this month's episode, the hosts take a look at the Warsaw Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. Come join the hosts as David, Lauren, Derek, and Maria talk about how a nation fought back against oppression and invasion, and why it's important to remember more than just the stories that focus on the winners. As always, stay tuned for the lighthearted bloopers at t...

In this episode of Operation History, the four hosts switch things up and focus on one specific source! Maria has chosen a book about women in downtown Chicago and how the consumer culture changed the physical and political infrastructure for Women's history month. The book discussed in today's episode is, "A Shoppers Paradise: How the Ladies of Chicago Claimed Power and Pleasure in th...

In this episode David, Maria, and Derek finally allow Lauren to achieve goals and dreams of having an episode devoted to a history of corn! Along with the four hosts, we welcome back Ethan, Lauren's co-worker/roommate/ fellow corn expert. Come and join us as the history and facts get a little "corny"! As always, don't forget to stay tuned for the real silliness that is the bloopers...

Welcome back everyone to Operation History! The rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated and we are super happy and excited to be behind the mic again! We're kicking off 2022 with a very special guest host, we are very privileged and excited to have Alycia from the podcast "Civics and Coffee" to help us discuss and dive into Brown vs. The Board of Education! Come listen in as...

Remember, Remember the 5th of November.....That's right, in this episode of Operation History, the team tackles the events and legacy of Guy Fawkes Day. Come listen in and join David, Maria, Derek, and Lauren, along with their guest Ethan, as they revisit the day of anarchy. Make sure you stay till the end where the punny bloopers do not disappoint!  As always, please download, rate, review, a...

In this episode, we mark the 65th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. In this episode, David invites a special guest, Dr. Karl Benziger to join the four hosts, Maria, Lauren, Derek, and David, as they explore the anniversary of not only the Revolution but the involvement of students and the people of Hungary in that event 65 years ago to the day and how the political situation has evolve...

Operation History turns one! In this episode, the four hosts, Derek, Maria, David, and Lauren have taken to social media to let the listeners, that's you, submit the burning questions that they have wanted to ask us. The hosts also read reviews and comment that they have received on various platforms. The shenanigans are in full swing as the hosts relive the past year on the show. Even the blo...

In this episode, all four hosts are back! Derek is taking the helm today to talk all about the Banana Republics of South America! Come and join us! As always, we thank you all for listening, and please download, rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Also, be sure to stay tuned for the bloopers at the end of the show! 

We're back! All four hosts are present in the episode as it is done a bit differently. Normally we research a topic and present it, whereas in this episode it is more of a free-flowing discussion. In this episode, David, Derek, Maria, and Lauren are joined by a guest, Dr. Ender, who is an educator and historian to talk about the American Perspective and what it means to them each other them an...

In this episode of Operation History Derek and Lauren team up together and take the gang through a conversation that tackles the legacy and events of Stonewall in 1969 New York. Come on this journey with your four favorite historians as they discuss the Stonewall riots, and events, and happenings surrounding the past and the present LGBTQ+ community. As always, please drink responsibly and make su...

In their first-ever in-person episode, Lauren guides the group through the dark and largely unknown history that surrounds Jamestown Colony. As always, the episode is full of your many antics as your favorite historians discuss the history of the colony in a conversation-style manner. Additionally, the bloopers in this episode are sillier than usual (and that is saying something.) So join in and l...

In this episode of Operation History, Dave leads the gang through the history and story of the first Earth Day. Afterward, the hosts have some enlightening environmental-focused conversations. As always, what's Operation History without the shenanigans? Stay tuned for the bloopers and the reason the show is explicitly rated. As always please drink responsibly. And lastly, as Earth Day is comin...

On the episode of Operation History, the three guests are joined by their new friend Jacob in their first-ever podcast collaboration. Operation History has teamed up with The History Book to bring you an episode about The Lost Colony of Roanoke. In this episode, three out of the four hosts from Operation History and Jacob from the History Book provide the background knowledge on the colony and she...

In this month's episode of Operation History, Maria takes the gang on a trip to South America with a look at a documentary that explores a time when Walt Disney was asked by the Government to be a goodwill ambassador for the USA during WW2. To prepare for this podcast the four hosts watched a documentary titled "Walt and El Grupo." This episode chock full of not only the history that s...

In this episode of Operation History, Lauren, Maria, and David discuss some Environmental History. David tells the story of the 1996 oil spill in Rhode Island and how it affected the environment, economics, and the future of the affected area. Dave also brings light to the legislature and nonprofit organizations that made efforts and attempts to clean up the area. Stay tuned till the end of the ep...