EPISODES
Episode 111—Hard Out Here for a Pope (feat. Alex DiVirgilio & Jim Vozzella)
We’ve seen the white smoke, and it is time for a Pope-a-palooza! From Pope #1 and the 13 other Leos to Lady Popes and Baller Popes…
Episode 110—A Hull Lot of Smut
This episode is about the Jane Addams Hull House and all of the residents who passed through, and about hot, smutty, classical music…
Episode 109—Croc Rock & Turtle Lore (feat. Frank ‘Alligator’ Robb)
Maybe we should call this our first-ever episode of Shared Science, but once we got talkin' crocs with Frank 'Alligator' Robb we just couldn't help ourselves…
Episode 108—Get The Sensation
From pushing the boundaries of the United States with York, a man enslaved to William Clark. To pushing the boundaries of the film industry with Spoor & Anderson of Essanay Studios in Chicago…
Episode 107—A Boulanger-ie Jamboree (feat. Heidi Joosten)
Lookign for an exceptional music education? For that, you'd hit up Nadia Boulanger. Award-winning music director and composer, Heidi Joosten, joins …
Episode 106—Books, Brews, Aquatic Birds
Crack open a cold one and/or crack open a good book, Cass and Nat are here to tell you about the Lager Beer Riot (Chicago, 1855) and the history of Penguin Publishing...
Episode 105—Fortune Favors the Whoopsies (feat. Sarah Whittle)
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again...OR maybe you've just failed productively? Social Media Darling, Sarah Whittle joins to share accidental inventions…
Episode 104—Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White
What does hockey’s first organized league and a colony of creative rabbits have in common? One was black, one was white, but both buck expectations…
Episode 103—Everyday War (feat. Dr. Greta Uehling)
What the networks deem “newsworthy” barely scratches the surface of what it means to be a nation at war, a community at war, a civilian at war. Cultural anthropologist Dr. Greta Uehling join…
Episode 102—Jazz Goddess, Gypsy Queen
Today we're talking about two ladies who've got rhythm and music: black singer, composer and music critic, Nora Holt; and fierce beast of falmenco, Carmen Amaya.
Episode 101—Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us! (feat. Lanny Jones)
As we explore overlooked figures from history, we often find ourselves shouting about how these folks should have been celebrities…
Episode 100—In Da Club: A Shared History Musical Spectacular (feat. Then This Happened: Musical Stories)
Remember when every TV show had a musical episode? Ring in the 100th episode of Shared History with the history of house music and Chicago's Everleigh Club PLUS original and fully improvised songs…
Episode 099—The Most Interesting Man in the World (feat. Michael MacBride)
Nobody puts Baby in the corner and nobody makes Merton Clivette pick a lane. Author and indie publisher, Michael MacBride, regales us…
Episode 098—This Little Horse Lord Hates Disco
Finally, more people are talking about Scythia and, of course, Chicago! And by more people, we mean us.
Episode 097—Balloon Poppin’ Daddies
We’re starting this season off with a bang…or at least Natalie is, as she traumatizes Cass with a harrowing…
Episode 096—Chasing Waterfalls (feat. Alex DiVirgilio)
It's the season 6 finale and that calls for our signature silly finale tradition of a waterfall episode...
Episode 087—That Peasant’s Poisonnnn
Cass tells us the 1850 BCE Egyptian story of "The Eloquent Peasant" and Natalie opens up the crock of lies about the danger of poisons in the royal court.
Episode 085—Worth The Wimple
The women in today's episode saw a need and crafted their own solutions to fill it. First we've got the 10th century canoness Hrotsvitha …