High Tales of History

• Season Five Coming Soon!

  Hello Smoke Circle! We have been missing you and are looking forward to being back and talking history with you! We return with season five on February 7th talking with one of our bestest best friends, musician Matt Baker, about the long history of protest music in America. Best Bud members on Patreon get access to all new episodes two days early (and if you're not sure about joining, you can sign up for free and stay connected with us.) Patreon Best Buds Club Follow us on Instagram @HighTalesofHistory Or on TikTok @HighTalesofHistoryPod OR on YouTube @HighTalesofHistory

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• Wicked: The Fascinating and Unexpected History of the Wizard and Witches of Oz

  Welcome to episode 94, our season 4 finale! In it, we take a trip down the yellow brick road and meet the man behind the curtain--L. Frank Baum and talk about the creation of his immortal book, The Wizard of Oz. Over the years since the release of the book, many parables and metaphors have been applied to the story as well as inspirations for its characters. Together the sisters spark up, and dive into the life of author L. Frank Baum and the possible real life inspirations for the characters, including Glinda the Good Witch and his feminist suffragette mother in law, Matilda Joslyn Gage.~~~~*Mentioned in the Episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode 48: How Indigenous Women Inspired the Women’s Rights MovementResources on Wounded Knee:https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-west/lakota-accounts-of-the-massacre-at-wounded-kneehttps://americanindiancoc.org/looking-back-the-battle-of-wounded-knee/~~~~*The Socials and Patreon!Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History ⁠Email—[email protected]⁠ ~~~~*Source Materials--https://www.jstor.org/stable/2710826?seq=11https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/populism-and-world-ozhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/44683977?mag=grand-illusions&seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/frank-baum-the-man-behind-the-curtain-32476330/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/american-oz-wizard-white-city/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/⁠~~~~*Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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• The Great Feather Heist | Frederick Douglass: The Icon Behind Black History Month

  Hi there! We saved you a spot in the smoke circle! Puff, puff, pass y'all!  Otherwise, KT has some "Cab Sav" for you if you're interested. This week's episode covers a wide span of history starting with Laurel's story of more recent times about the Feather Heist of a scientifically and historically priceless collection of rare birds from the British Natural History Museum.  It is WILD so buckle in for the ride.  I mean, did you know there is basically a fly fishing underground?! What? After our great heist adventure, KT takes us further back in the history books and tells us about the great Frederick Douglass, who inspired Black History Month.  We also get to meet the amazing women in his life that helped him achieve all the great things he accomplished. ~~~~~~ This episode is a "remastering" and made for video version. Some editing has been done since its original release in July 2021. Apologies for some of the audio issues in this episode, it was from our very early recording days! :-) Thank you for your patience! ~~~~~~ The Socials: Instagram-- @HighTalesofHistory TikTok-- @HighTalesof HistoryPod YouTube-- https://www.youtube.com/@hightalesofhistory Patreon-- www.patreon.com/HighTalesofHistory Email -- [email protected] ~~~~~~ Sources: The Feather Heist-- Cole, Sean. “The Feather Heist.” This American Life, 10 May 2018, www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist. Johnson, Kirk W. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. Penguin Books, 2019. Frederick Douglass-- Cheeks, Vanessa, and Rebecca Rafferty. “The Great Women in Frederick Douglass's Life.” FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S ROCHESTER, Roccitynews, 21 Mar. 2018, rocdouglass.com/2018/03/20/the-great-women-in-frederick-douglasss-life/. Trent, Noelle. “Frederick Douglass.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 Apr. 2021, www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass. *~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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• Yi Sun-sin, Korea's Greatest Admiral | The Theft of the Mona Lisa

  It's episode 93 and it is time for some HIGH seas and some HIGH-sts (heists, we might have been trying a bit too hard there with the word play) First up, Kt takes us to Korea during Japan's invasions of the nation, commonly known as the Imjin War in Korea's Joseon Period (1392 to 1910). There we meet Korea's great admiral, Yi Sun-sin, who won several key battles against the odds, helping to turn the tides of the war. Next, we head to 1911 Paris and watch as the heist of the world's most famous painting unfolds at the Louvre--the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. You won't believe how lax the security was and how easy it was to pluck pieces off the wall and walk out... *~*~*~*~*  Mentioned in the Episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Map of Korean Peninsula (North and South Korea didn't exist at this time, this map is just to show the geography and location of Korea) Map of the Battle of Meyongeyang   Map of the Battle of Noryang High Tales of History Episode 4: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3dXDOSSdwGIHo3rkwNNw9G  High Tales of History Episode 8 (Kt's History Crush): https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NP6N73C9DbQLmeBDBfjXm  *~*~*~*~* The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory   TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   YouTube-- @High Tales of History Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory ⁠ Email—[email protected]⁠  *~*~*~*~*~ Source Materials-- Yi Sun-sin--  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yi-Sun-shin  https://www.historynet.com/yi-sun-sin/#:~:text=Throughout%20his%20six%2Dyear%20naval,military%20record%20by%20any%20account.  https://www2.hawaii.edu/~sford/research/turtle/index.html IMJIN WAR Ep. 21 - The Battle of Myeongnyang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aguf30zoo1k  Mona Lisa: “Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa” by R.A. Scotti https://bookshop.org/p/books/vanished-smile-the-mysterious-theft-of-the-mona-lisa-r-a-scotti/8722082?ean=9780307278388  https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stolen-how-the-mona-lisa-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-16406234/  ⁠~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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• Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes | The Naked Ride of Lady Godiva

  It's episode 92 and we're talking about t*ts and shipwrecks! First up, we dive into North America's Great Lakes and learn about the first known shipwreck in 1679--Le Griffon--and bookend it with the last major shipwreck, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. We also talk about the Great Storm of 1913 and the weather systems that can make the Great Lakes so dangerous! After the break, we saddle up our horses, let our hair down and spark one up for Lady Godiva, who may have gotten her t*ts out for lower taxes! Hurrah! ~~~~* Mentioned in the Episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Map of the Great Lakes⁠ ⁠Map of the Edmund Fitzgerald's Route⁠ ⁠"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot⁠ ⁠Episode on Robin Hood⁠ ⁠Episode on the History of England⁠ ⁠Episode on William the Conqueror⁠ ~~~~*The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory  TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History ⁠ Email—[email protected]⁠  ~~~~* Source Materials-- Shipwrecks-- ⁠https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-lost-ship-le-griffon-and-was-it-ever-found/⁠ ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913⁠ ⁠https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-fateful-journey/⁠ ⁠https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cargo-ship-suddenly-sinks-in-lake-superior⁠ ⁠https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/as-an-underwater-graveyard-the-great-lakes-have-claimed-close-to-10-000⁠ Lady Godiva-- ⁠https://www.history.com/news/who-was-lady-godiva⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.britannica.com/place/Coventry-England⁠ ⁠https://manorialcounselltd.co.uk/lady-godiva-godly-goodly-real-life-legend/⁠ ⁠~~~~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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