Dig: A History Podcast

201 Episodes

1. A History of Racial Passing in the United States

   Published: 4/5/2021
2. American Exceptionalism at Its Most Disturbing: The "1776 Report"

   Published: 2/9/2021
3. Yes! Same-Sex Marriage and History-Making in Ireland

   Published: 1/24/2021
4. 1968: A Tumultuous American Year

   Published: 1/18/2021
5. Race, Politics, and Chaos in the Capitol: The Election of 1876

   Published: 1/7/2021
6. The Papal Election of 1492: Rodrigo Borgia and the Conclave that Made him Pope Alexander VI

   Published: 1/4/2021
7. Mother’s Little Helper: Psychiatry, Gender, and the Rise of Psychopharmaceuticals

   Published: 11/23/2020
8. "More like a dust heap than a nose": The Global History of Smokeless Tobacco

   Published: 11/16/2020
9. “The Americans Can Fix Nothing without a Drink”: Alcohol in Early America

   Published: 11/9/2020
10. The Sacred Bark: A History of Quinine

    Published: 11/1/2020
11. W.I.T.C.H.: Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell

    Published: 9/28/2020
12. “Wicked Practises and Sorcerye”: Cunning Folk, Witch Trials, and the Tragedy of Joan Flower and Her Daughters

    Published: 9/22/2020
13. Both Man and Witch: Uncovering the Invisible History of Male Witches

    Published: 9/14/2020
14. Doctor, Healer, Midwife, Witch: How the the Women’s Health Movement Created the Myth of the Midwife-Witch

    Published: 9/7/2020
15. Slavery & Soul Food: African Crops and Enslaved Cooks in the History of Southern Cuisine

    Published: 7/27/2020
16. The Black Panther Party and the Free Breakfast Program: Feeding a Movement

    Published: 7/19/2020
17. A History of Medicinal Cannibalism: Therapeutic Consumption of Human Bodies, Blood, and Excrement in “Civilized” Societies

    Published: 7/13/2020
18. Hot for Chocolate: Aphrodisiacs, Imperialism, and Cacao in the Early Modern Atlantic

    Published: 7/5/2020
19. Sex & Soldiers: Combating Sexually Transmitted Infection in the US Military

    Published: 6/1/2020
20. Steaming the “Nefarious Sin”: Bathhouses and Homosexuality from the Victorian Era to the AIDS Epidemic

    Published: 5/24/2020