Transatlantic History Ramblings

Interview begins at 17:50 Welcome to Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we are so pleased to welcome Newbury Honor recipient, as well as several other literary awards, Susan Campbell Bartoletti to discuss the legacy of Typhoid Mary.  We also talk about her newest book How Women Won The Vote Susan writes for  kids and teens about topics that can be hard to discuss and understand, to...

Interview begins at 10:42 Step right up, step right this way... Prepare to be shocked, prepared to be amazed and prepare to be educated... For the amazing low price of not one single penny we invite you inside to learn the history of the American Sideshow!!  We are so pleased to welcome The Amazing Todd Robbins, legendary sideshow performer and historian, to discuss the astounding history of...

Welcome to the glorious days of video arcades with the one and only Richie Knucklez!! For some the 1980's are about Reagan and Thatcher, yuppies and indulgence, but for us Gen X'ers the 80's mean Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Space Invaders and countless hours and quarters spent in the video arcades. Arcades as we knew them may be a thing of the past, but thanks to folks like Richie Knucklez, the...

Welcome to Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we discuss the life and death of the great Edgar Allan Poe with mystery and true crime author, novelist, trial attorney, Television personality and all around wonderful person Janis Wilson.  Janis Wilson was a trial lawyer in Philadelphia when TV first came calling, and since then she has been a featured commentator on true crime shows such...

Welcome to another episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight are thrilled be to joined by he worlds foremost authority on all things Beatles, Kenneth Womack. Dr. Womack  is Professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University and is also an author, historian, lecturer and critic. His fantastic Blog and website is kennethwomack.com Some of his works on the Beatles include&nb...

Welcome to another special episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight Brian, Lauren and Physics Dave welcome one of the truly great minds of the 21st century, Theoretical Physicist Prof. Lawrence Krauss, join us as we are all reduced to fanboys (and girls) while speaking to Dr Krauss.  Go to 26:50 to Skip right to the interview  Please check out  www.lawrencemkrauss.com &nb...

Welcome to a very special episode of the show, today the fantastic Kurt and Krista, hosts of The Strange Sessions podcast join us for some podcast crossover ramblings during Covid-19. No topics, just four folks letting their hair down and rambling on..all done in fun. This episode is not for all audiences, the conversation is free flowing and often filled with adult humor, some of which may be con...

Episode 20: Ramblings, Ramblings and Physics with the return of Physics Dave Welcome to Episode 20, today we catch up with some ramblings and discuss some upcoming shows including a surprise guest announcement which leads us to bring back our own personal scientist Physics Dave for a discussion of what Dark Matter is All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and some topics, such...

Welcome to another episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we welcome best selling and award winning author and historian Alison Weir on to discuss English nobility, and to listen to Lauren gush over her hero!!  And please visit www.alisonweir.org.uk  for her books, interviews and info on upcoming projects. Enjoy and stay safe and stay well everyone! All of our episodes are l...

Welcome to part 2 of our conversation with film historian and author Gregory Mank . Tonight we pick up with the first film collaboration of Karloff and Lugosi the amazing the Black Cat. from there we continue discussing all things Universal and early horror in general, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!! Check out his website for details on all his books, DVD/Blue Ray appearances and an overv...

Welcome to a very special 2 part episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight I am so thrilled to allow my nerd flag to fly as we welcome author and historian Gregory Mank, the man who literally wrote the book(s) on the golden age of monster films, the Universal Horror films. A subject very near and dear to my heart, Poor Lauren had to sit thru me as a fanboy!!  Check out his website f...

Welcome to part II in the fun, fascinating and freaky life of 16th century pirate Sit Martin Frobisher. We are please to be joined once again by Ansel Burch, Frobisher expert and all around amazing storyteller! This time we dive in where we left off and follow Frobisher thru to his death. We hope you enjoy And please check out Ansel's amazing podcast  Starlight Radio Dreams, available whereve...

Welcome to another episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we are so pleased to bring you an exclusive interview with the legendary author and official biographer of Muhammad Ali, the newly inducted member of The International Boxing Hall of Fame Mr. Thomas Hauser. We discuss how life has changed forever in the wake of Covid-19 and Muhammad Ali and his impact on the world, as well as s...

Welcome to Episode 14 of Transatlantic History Ramblings, today we are joined by historian (and fellow pod-caster, Co-Host of Journey of an engaged couple) Rob Colonna to discuss Nero, and how history may be misrepresenting the young emperor. And as always there are plenty of ramblings, and a good time was had by all! Enjoy and stay safe and stay well everyone! All of our episodes are listed as ex...

Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of Transatlantic History Ramblings, tonight we dive into the fun, freaky and fascinating world of Sir Martin Frobisher, pirate, explorer, con man and Canadian hero! We were honored to be joined by Ansel Burch of Starlight Radio Dreams and Our Fair City fame,  Ansel gives us an entertaining overview of the first half of the Frobisher legend, while also joining us on...

Welcome to Episode 12 of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Again, we are so sorry about the inconsistent audio quality  due to the Bandwidth limitations during the Covid-19 crisis. Tonight we are joined by Suzie Huntington to discuss "The Thames Torso Murders". Suzie has spent years researching and compiling information on murders in the UK from 1850 thru the early 20th century and her soon to...

Hello ramblers, tonight we are honored to be  joined by author and historian Phillipa Vincent-Connolly to discuss the Tudors and the court members with disabilities. Phillipa is not only a brilliant author and researcher, but also an advocate for people with disabilities. She was kind enough to join us and discuss her upcoming book and the history of the people with disabilities that were tak...

Welcome friends, we thought for this episode we would take some time to tell two stories about figures from history from two of our particular fields of interest.  Up first is Lauren who tells us the story of Christabel Pankhurst, a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the UK. It's an amazing story of a figure who in some respects was overshadowed by her own sister. Next up Bria...

Welcome to part two-A of the Tumblety Trilogy, tonight we have both Neil Storey and Michael Hawley on to discuss Francis Tumblety as a Jack The Ripper Suspect. This episode got so involved and went so long we decided to turn it into a two part episode. Neil and Michael are considered two of the worlds foremost experts on the life of Francis Tumblety and we have a fascinating discussion we hope you...

Welcome to another episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we discuss the life, and death, of Joseph Merrick A.K.A The Elephant Man. The show is pleased to welcome author/researcher/historian and biographer of Joseph, Jo Mungovin.  Jo's 2019  book Joseph: The Life, Times and Places of The Elephant Man is available on Amazon  in both paperback and kindle versions  an...

Welcome to another special bonus content episode, tonight we welcome back Physics Dave to answer a listeners question "What the hell is string theory"  Remember to reach out to us at Trans. History. Rambling@Gmail.com, or on Twitter @TAHISTORY and check us out on Facebook at History Ramblings with Lauren and Brian All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and the fact that so...

Welcome to a special edition episode of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight Brian has a one on one interview with author and official historian for Major League Baseball and the Baseball Hall of Fame Mr. John Thorn. John is the author of several books including Total Baseball: The Official  Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball , Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League...

Welcome to Episode 6 of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we are pleased to bring you our discussion with author, lecturer, podcast host and atheist activist Aron Ra to discuss the history of the clash between science and religion, particularly Darwinism, in American public schools. We discuss, among other things,  the Scopes Monkey Trail, the Butler Act and where the debate stands now...

Welcome to Episode 5 of Transatlantic History Ramblings. Tonight we bid you welcome as we are joined by researcher, historian, TV Personality, friend and writer of the amazing The Dracula Secrets: Jack the Ripper and the Darkest Sources of Bram Stoker Neil Storey. We will be discussing the novel Dracula and it's impact on history and pop culture. We recorded close to four hours with Neil so there...

Welcome to episode 4. Tonight we welcome special guest Amanda Lloyd to discuss the  R.M.S Titanic disaster focusing on the way the people reacted both heroically and selfless while facing certain death. We also discuss the profiteering on the tragedy since the great ships discovery in  1985  .   As always we bring you our today in history segment and a bit of rambling between B...