This is Not a History Lecture

Some things never change, we guess... it's October and it's a theme so you know what that means! This episode, Kat covers the Satanic Panic of the 80s in America then Kaleigh tells us all about the life of Alice Kyteler, the Witch of Kilkenny. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesk...

What is up it is Tuesday which means it's another TINAHL episode! Kat tells us all about the Legend of El Dorado (not the movie) and the historic truth behind it. Then Kaleigh takes us way back again to discuss one of the most famous women of Ancient Athens, Aspasia. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let&a...

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! This week we've both got topics that, in typical TINAHL fashion, cover a large span of Hispanic history. Kat kicks us off with a look at the Treaty of Cordoba and the role it played in the formation of a free Mexico. Kaleigh closes us out with the life of Sylvia Rivera, one of the icons of the early gay rights movement in the United States. Let's Chat!  Twi...

Hey hey hey we've got episode 137 today! Kat first takes us through the explosive history of dynamite and the man who invented it, then Kaleigh tells us about the life and times of Chavela Vargas. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gma...

It's episode 136 and I know I say this a lot but we have a fun one for y'all today! Tune in as Kat covers the Leper King of the Crusades and Kaleigh discusses the origins of NASCAR. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com

Welcome to theme episode 135! This time we have both picked topics from the history of organized crime so strap in as Kat covers the scandalous Operation Underworld during WWII and Kaleigh covers the history of the Yakuza in Japan. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPodcast Email...

It's episode 134 and we somehow accidentally did a theme so specific we would've never come up with it on our own. Kat covers the founding of the country of Bangladesh, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Kaleigh tells us about one of the most powerful African kings of all time, King Shaka Zulu. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to...

It's 133 and I wish I had could think of something that rhymed with 3 but I can't! Anyway, welcome to the episode! Kat starts us off with a history of Chernobyl and the status of the site to this day, then Kaleigh lays the groundwork for the colonization of Hawaii, the beginning of the story to how the US is still illegally occupying their lands. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast...

Hey y'all, how are you? How have you been? I hope you're well. Today we have an episode for you filled with history because, well, this is a history podcast. Kat tells us about the Donghak Revolution in Korea then Kaleigh shares the story of Janis Joplin, one of the icons of the American cultural revolution of the late 60s. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahisto...

Hey what's up hello, it's episode 131 and we got a fun one! Kat tells us all about one of the largest prison breaks in history, the Cowra Breakout. Then Kaleigh finally bites the bullet and tells us all about Watergate and the resignation of Richard Nixon on August 8th, 1974. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever...

It's episode 130 and in typical This Is Not A History Lecture fashion, we picked a lovely theme - architectural disasters. Kat starts us off with a look at the Hyatt Regency Collapse in Kansas City then Kaleigh takes a look at the Knickerbocker disaster in Washington, DC and Cliff House in San Francisco. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remem...

We're back! It's been a crazy month and its an eve crazier episode! Kat kicks us off with a bio on non other than Vlad the Impaler himself then Kaleigh walks us through one of the most iconic cases in Australian crime history, the Shark Arm Murders, Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat! ...

Welcome to another emergency episode!! July is crazy for us so enjoy some more "fun" stories while we have a major event at the museum and Kaleigh moves! Kaleigh kicks us off this time with the story of the Flannan Isle Mystery then Kat closes us out with story story of the Hindenburg. Let us know your theories!!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember...

Hey y'all welcome to 127!!! *Air Horn Noise* Kat kicks off 127 with a look at Ellis Island, how thousands of people made it to America. Kaleigh then takes us way, way back with an overview of the Venus figurines found all throughout the Eurasian continent. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!...

It's episode 126 and we've got a fun one for ya! Kat starts us off with a look at the Gunpowder Plot, one of the most iconic revolution attempts in all of history then Kaleigh tells us about the invention of the first submarine and it's use in the American Revolution just in time for July 4th (Not intentional). Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylectur...

Welcome to episode 125! It's a quarter episode so you know what that means - another game of mystery history! If you want to know who we did, keep reading! Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Okay you've been warned - Kat did Florence Nightingale and Kaleigh did Diogenes! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINA...

Welcome to yet another episode of the podcast where we post weekly episodes! This week Kat tells us all about the icon Jane Addams and the Hull House in Chicago then Kaleigh shares the story of Han Emperor Ai and the legend of the cut sleeve. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPo...

What up and welcome to a wonderful Pride episode. Kat tells us the frankly unbelievable tale of Cavalier d'Eon then Kaleigh takes us through the larger than life story of Gladys Bentley. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com

Happy Pride everyone! We're kicking June off with some great topics for y'all! Kat walks us through the life of Erik the Red, Viking explorer, then Kaleigh tells us the history of the Society for Human Rights, the nation's first gay rights advocacy group. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let&apo...

Hey hey hey, it's episode 121 and today we're talking about a wall and a piece of Chinese history but not the Great Wall of China because we already covered that in episode 28! Kat tells us about the Berlin Wall and it's significance in history then Kaleigh covers the origins of the Legend of Mulan and how it has changed throughout the centuries. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpo...

Hey hey hey we've got a good one today! Episode 120 brings us another theme - scientific rivalries. Kat kicks us off and explains the often misunderstood tension before Edison and Tesla then Kaleigh closes us out with the never misunderstood explicit animosity between Marsh and Cope, the two sides of the Bone Wars. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmai...

Welcome to episode 119! We're continuing our coverage of AAPI stories for AAPI Month with Kat's look at the history of the Terracotta Warriors and Kaleigh's overview of the use of yellowface in Hollywood. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com Remember to rate us wherever you can! Let's Chat!  Bluesky: TINAHLPodcast Email: thisisnota...

Welcome to episode 118! Let's not waste time today because we've got a good one for y'all - Kat kicks us off with the mysterious origins of the London Bridge is Falling Down nursery rhyme, Kaleigh then gives us a look at the history of scurvy and why it became such an infamous part of seafaring culture. Let's Chat!  Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail....

Welcome to the fantastic episode 117! We are kicking of Asian American and Pacific Islander month with a look at two moments in Asian American history. Kat kicks us off with the story of Golden Spike Day, a moment that would have not been possible without Asian immigrants. Kaleigh then covers the life and times of Nam June Paik, one of the leading artists of the 21st century. Let's Chat!  Twi...

Welcome to episode 116, Kaleigh is out of town and is still writing this so she's gonna keep it short. Kat kicks this one off with a look at the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide, Kaleigh then attempts to lighten the mood with bio on two of the Moulin Rouge's headliners, La Goulue and Jane Avril. Just a heads up, we cover some pretty heavy hitting stuff this episode, it might not be for a...