Mostly Unsung: A Comedy History Podcast
The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!
If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!
Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.
Episodes
69 episodes
#70 A Boy With Iron Lungs & A Revolutionary Revolutionary (Paul Alexander & Francisco de Miranda)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast.If you love fascinating biographies, world history, inspiring people, and a good laugh along the way, you're in exactly the right place. Every Wednesday, we bring y...
#69 A Couple With A Cunning Plan & A Surreal Fashion Designer (Ellen and William Craft & Elsa Schiaparelli)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully extraordinary characters that history deserves to remember.If you love fas...
#68 The Last Regency Theatre Dandy & A Lady Gunslinger of the American West (Sir Lumley St George Skeffington & Belle Starr)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully eccentric characters who prove that history is often stranger, funnier, and far m...
#67 A Terrible Korean King & A Regency Prankster (Yeonsangun of Joseon & Theodore Hook)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked oddballs, and extraordinary characters who prove that history is far stranger than fiction.If you lo...
#66 A Nose for Astronomy & A Hardworking Woman of Aviation History Forgot (Tycho Brahe & Katharine Wright Haskell)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully eccentric characters who prove that history is anything but boring.If you ...
#65 A Second World War Escape Artist & A Teacher Turned Daredevil (Charles Upham & Annie Edson Taylor)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked heroes, and wonderfully eccentric characters that history somehow forgot to put on the syllabus.<...
#64 A Ground Breaking Lady Surgeon & A Nomadic Man of Numbers (Gertrude Herzfeld & Paul Erdős)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully unusual characters who deserve a place in the history books.If you love fa...
#63 A Wee Tartan Army Piper & The German Amazonian Venus (Bessie Watson & Katie Sandowina)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung; the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully eccentric characters that history left behind.If you love fascinating tru...
#62 An Authentic Monument to a London Child Genius & A Slovakian Folk Hero (Jeremy Bentham & Juraj Jánošík)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung; the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked characters, and wonderfully weird true stories that p...
#61 An African American Actor Hits The West End & A Court Case That Changed America ( Ira Aldridge & Elizabeth Freeman)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and extraordinary true stories<...
#60 An East London Busy Body & An Italian Couture Fashion Muse (Bill Boaks & Luisa Casati)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked eccentrics, and unbelievable true stories...
#59 The Man Who Tried to Defeat Gravity & The Woman Who Secretly Joined the British Army (Roger Babson & Hannah Snell)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked oddballs, and unbelievable true stories
#58 A Georgian Lady With A Ridiculous Amount of Scrapbooks & A Novelist With No Idea Of The Concept of Saving For A Rainy Day (Sarah Sofia Banks & William Beckford)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked characters, and wonderfully strange lives...
#57 A Teacher Who Outwitted the Nazis & A Woman Full of Hot Air (Anna Essinger & Sophie Blanchard)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and extraordinary lives his...
#56 A Woman Who Decided To Live In The Open & A Tudor Rock Star (Natalie Clifford Barney & Thomas Weelkes)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by two women, where Annie and Andrea each bring you a bite-sized biography of the forgotten people, overlooked icons, and gloriously chaotic charac...
#55 A Book Written In Eyeliner & Britain's Greatest Actor! (Nawal El Saadawi & Robert "Romeo" Coates)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked icons, and wonderfully odd characters...
#54 The Queen of the PE Teachers & A Chef On The Run (Martina Bergman Osterberg & Hercules Posey)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and surprising true stories...
#53 A Samurai Willing To Sacrifice Themselves & A Woman Who Petitioned For Divorce ( Nakano Takeko & Caroline Norton)
It's that time of the week again! Mostly Unsung, the weekly comedy history podcast is back with two more bite size biographies, historical stories lost in the mist of time, forgotten heroes and long lost villains. This is the very last of our r...
#52 A Woman With Science In Her DNA & An Hysterical Wife (Rosalind Franklin & Elizabeth Packard)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea share two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten women, overlooked pioneers, and extraordinary lives history ...
It's An Anniversary Special!
Can you believe it's been a whole year since Mostly Unsung started? We are both so very grateful to each and every one of you for tuning in every single week to listen to our nonsense, and two mini bite size biographies of the people history le...
#51 A Man Condemned To Misfortune & A Duelling Opera Singer (Adolphe Sax & Julie d'Aubigny)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by two women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked icons, and outrageous characte...
#50 A Walking Community of Bacteria & The Public Universal Friend (Lynn Margulis & The Public Universal Friend)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, bringing you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and extraordinary lives history didn’t qu...
#49 A Woman Cursed With An Infamous Surname & An Englishwoman in America (Maria Rasputin & Isabella Bird)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, bringing you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked lives, and surprising stories history didn’t quite hang o...
#48 A Man Obsessed With Canals & The Rescued Victorian Slave Turned Explorer (Duke Francis Egerton & Florence Baker)
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung, the comedy history podcast where hosts Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, surprising stories, and historical characters that somehow never made it into the textbooks. Every Wednesd...
#47 A Self Proclaimed Hellraiser & A Woman With A Victorian Beauty Empire (Mary "Mother" Jones & Sarah "Madam Rachel" Russell)
Mary “Mother” Jones & Sarah “Madam Rachel” Russell: Forgotten Women of Irish, American & Victorian HistoryWelcome back to Mostly Unsung the light-hearted comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie ...