Historically Speaking Podcast
Uncommon history with an unconventional pair. Join married hosts Rebecca Robbins (a Broadway actress) and Kim Kimmel (her college history instructor) as they delve into topics that run the historical gambit. A gifted storyteller, Kim taught history at the collegiate level for 29 years while as a student, Rebecca always sat in the front row of his Western Civilizations class soaking up every word he said. For the record, she made an A in his class. She went on to pursue a Broadway career (The Phantom of The Opera, A Tale of Two Cities) while he continued to teach at her alma mater (Curtis Institute of Music). Though you couldn't get more different than these two with their 23-year age difference, together they bring history to life with their unique perspectives, entertaining banter, and shared love of the past. Sometimes quirky, sometimes obscure, this is the kind of history you’ll actually want to remember. Now in our Second Season. New episodes bi-weekly on Wednesday mornings.
Historically Speaking Podcast
The Crimean War
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Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel
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Season 2
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Episode 41
"Into the valley of death rode the six hundred." Here in Episode 41, we take a closer look at the events that inspired Lord Alfred Tennyson to write those words in his epic poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade". We also explore both the long-term and short-term causes of the Crimean War and why it was a "first" in many areas of modern warfare, interrupting as it did a largely peaceful 19th century Europe between 1815-1914.
Episode Edit:
- Just to be clear, the antagonists in the Crimean War were the British, French, Turks and Piedmontese on the one side and the Russians on the other side. Kim was thinking a little too far ahead at the 2:48 mark as well as the 5:38 mark.
Books:
- The Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross
- Dictionary of Modern History: 1789-1945 edited by Duncan Townson
- The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson
- The Crimean War by Orlando Figes
- Florence Nightingale: The Making of an Icon by Mark Bostridge
- Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not by Florence Nightingale
Film:
- The Crimean War (2018) documentary
- Florence Nightingale (1985) staring Jaclyn Smith
- Charge of the Light Brigade ((1936) staring Errol Flynn
- The Charge of The Light Brigade (1968) staring Trevor Howard