That's So Macaroni
What happens when a history teacher with a World War II obsession teams up with a genetics nerd who works in a hospital lab? You get a show that treats untaught events, odd inventions, and overlooked people like a treasure hunt—with jokes, receipts, and plenty of curiosity. Chock full of twists and turns, Kelsey and Sarah bring history to life, with a little 'Mean Girl' energy. So put a feather in your cap doodle dandies - We're going to make "That's So Macaroni" happen!
That's So Macaroni
Latest Episodes
Episode 18: The First Bloody Day - Gallipoli Part 2
Join us for part two of one of World War I’s most punishing disasters: the Gallipoli Campaign. Kelsey and Sarah recount the plan to overwhelm and occupy the Dardanelles, and then threaten Istanbul (which was Constantinople). The Anzac Cove land...
Episode 17: Setting the Scene for Gallipoli - Gallipoli Part 1
A single narrow strait helped decide the shape of World War I and it’s the reason Gallipoli becomes more than a name on a memorial. We walk through the messy lead-up that people skip: the Ottoman Empire coming off loss after loss, Enver Pasha a...
Episode 16: Who is Harvey Milk - Part 2
A toucan named Bill, a camera shop on Castro Street, and a man who keeps running for office until the city can’t ignore him anymore. We tell the long, messy, human story of Harvey Milk and how he forged unlikely alliances to become an elected S...
Episode 15: Who is Harvey Milk - Part 1
A lot of people know the headline version of Harvey Milk: openly gay politician, San Francisco, assassination. We wanted to start somewhere messier and more human, back when he’s just a kid in Woodmere, New York trying to understand why he feel...
Episode 14: Military Gays - Part 2
The U.S. military has asked queer people to serve for generations, and then punished them for existing. We pull that thread from World War II forward, starting with the horrifying reality of “queer stockades,” where service members are interrog...