Mostly Unsung: A Comedy History Podcast
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Mostly Unsung: A Comedy History Podcast
#44 A Cornish Bard & The Man Who Bought Us The Bermuda Triangle (Margaret Pollard & Charles Berlitz)
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Margaret Pollard & Charles Berlitz The Cornish Bard & The Bermuda Triangle
Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, bringing you two bite-sized biographies of the overlooked, the underestimated, and the wildly unexpected figures history left behind.
Every Wednesday, Annie and Andrea dive into forgotten history, surprising lives, and true stories you probably didn’t learn at school, all with humour, curiosity, and a strong cup of tea.
This week we’re covering two very different but equally fascinating characters.
First, we meet Margaret Pollard, the Cornish Bard. A passionate advocate for Cornish culture, language, and identity. At a time when regional traditions were at risk of being lost, she devoted herself to celebrating Cornwall’s heritage through writing and cultural revival. Plus she did some pretty outrageous things to fund the National Trust and undertook, a quite frankly, epic craft project.
Then we turn to Charles Berlitz, the language teacher turned global publishing phenomenon. Yes, that Berlitz, the name synonymous with language learning. But his story doesn’t stop with phrasebooks. He became one of the biggest popularisers of mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle, blending history, speculation, and storytelling into international bestsellers. Visionary marketer? Master of mystery? Bit of both? We’ll let you decide.
If you love funny history podcasts, forgotten women in history, educational history, language learning history, and deep dives into cultural phenomena like the Bermuda Triangle, this episode of Mostly Unsung is for you.
For this episode Andrea used these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Berlitz
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-01-me-berlitz1-story.html
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Charles-Berlitz-Bermuda-Triangle-author-2832395.php
https://biblio.co.uk/authors/charles-berlitz/12526
For this episode Annie used these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Steuart_Pollard
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-margaret-pollard-1313345.html
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