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The Burning of Bridget Cleary Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 12, 2024 / Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, folklore/mythology, women's history Onto our third conspiracy theory in history for the week, which is the burning of Bridget Cleary. This takes us back to Ireland in 1895,…
Walt Disney’s City of Tomorrow Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 9, 2024 / architecture, economic history, environmental history, technology Who could showcase the spirit of American trust in mid-20th-century corporate capitalism more than Walt Disney? His ambition and vision propelled him to wild success…
Argentinian Welsh Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 7, 2023 TIL that there are about 5,000 people in Argentina that speak Welsh. And how that happened is a crazy fascinating story, some of which involves…
Paul Erdos History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 18, 2023 / math I would have liked to have met this man, who was as eccentric as this visage here implies. This is none other than Paul Erdös,…
