Armchair Historians
What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=965986
Podcasting since 2020 • 109 episodes
Armchair Historians
Latest Episodes
Molly Houses and Queer Georgian London with Marcus James
Armchair Historians Show NotesMarcus James — Queer History of London / Molly HousesEpisode SummaryIn this episode of Armchair Historians, Anne Marie Cannon talks with Marcus James, founder of Queer London Tours, about the h...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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Gigi Berardi on Bianca’s Cure, Bianca Capello, and Women Alchemists in Renaissance Florence
Author Gigi Berardi joins Anne Marie Cannon to discuss Bianca’s Cure, a historical novel inspired by Bianca Capello, Renaissance Florence, women’s hidden knowledge, and the search for a cure for malaria. Together, they explore alchemy, medicine...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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39:58
Janis Robinson Daly and #31TitlesWomenInHistory: Celebrating Women’s Stories Through Historical Fiction
In this episode of Armchair Historians, Anne-Marie Cannon talks with award-winning historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly about her inspiring #31titleswomeninhistory initiative, a Women’s History Month project that spotlights historical ...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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13:41
Laurie Marr Wasmund on Homesteading, Family History, and Colorado Territory
Author Laurie Marr Wasmund returns to Armchair Historians to talk about her new historical novel Catching It Lovely, inspired by her great-great-grandmother Jane Morton Scott—a Scottish immigrant whose journey carr...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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51:49