Agrippina the Younger (Ann’s Version)

This week, we’re revisiting a classic Vulgar History episode. Agrippina the Younger was also the sister, wife/niece, and mother of three different Roman emperors and also one of the villainesses in the 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius!

Reference:

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon (now available in paperback!)

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Cleopatra Discussion (with Gina Berry)

There was no way I could revisit the Cleopatra episode and score without getting Gina Berry’s assistance! She was a guest on our epic Nefertiti and Hatshepsut episodes, and now she’s here to talk all things Cleo. As ever, when the two of us get together, it will be at LEAST 2 hours of episode.

I recommend listening to the Cleopatra episode first before diving into this discussion, but you do you.

Reference:

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

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Cleopatra VII (Ann’s Version)

Remember in early 2020 when we were doing the season Women Leaders and the Men Who Whined About Them? This was the first episode of that series, now remastered by Cristina for improved audio quality! Plus, a special new intro and extro!

Coming up next week: we revisit Cleo’s score with a very special guest.

Intro ends: 04:07

Ad break: 34:54

Story ends: 1:13:58

Reference:

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

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Ona Judge Staines aka Oney Judge, part two

Ona Judge Staines, also known as Oney Judge, was born in 1774 into enslavement at Mount Vernon, the plantation owned by George and Martha Washington. She travelled with the Washingtons to New York City and Philadelphia, where she would eventually escape. In this week’s episode, we hear about how she made that happen.

Story starts: 02:15

Ad break: 49:53

Story ends: 1:10:09

The episode image is an interpretive panel from Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia PA.

Reference:

Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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Ona Judge Staines aka Oney Judge, part one

Ona Judge Staines, also known as Oney Judge, was born in 1774 into enslavement at Mount Vernon, the plantation owned by George and Martha Washington. She travelled with the Washingtons to New York City and Philadelphia, where she would eventually escape.

Story starts 04:39

AD BREAK: 28:30

Story ends: 54:20

Reference:

Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

The episode image is an interpretive panel from Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia PA.

Learn more about the Brister English Project, a non-profit passionate about connecting American descendants of chattel slavery with their ancestry.

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Peggy Shippen, part two

In the second part of Peggy Shippen’s scandalous saga, we see Philadelphia throw one of its classic riots, and she and Benedict visit a variety of places including my own hometown in Nova Scotia!

Intro ends/story starts 04:07

Ad break: 30:11

Story ends/outro starts 1:01:04

Reference:

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-era Women and the Radical Men They Married, by Nancy Rubin Stuart

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Peggy Shippen, part one

Peggy Shippen was living a Revolutionary-era brat summer when she married the worst possible person, and things went buck wild from there. Featuring: most of the characters from Hamilton. And: the city of Philadelphia.

Intro ends/story starts: 03:47

AD BREAK: 21:11

Story ends/outro starts: 47:30

Reference:

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-era Women and the Radical Men They Married, by Nancy Rubin Stuart

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Nanye’hi aka Nancy Ward

Nanye’hi, also known as Nancy Ward, was a prominent leader and diplomat of the Cherokee Nation during the American Revolution.

Intro over/story starts: 04:06

Ad Break: 36:05

Story ends/outro starts: 1:11:04

References:

Finding Your Roots “Fathers and sons”

Nancy Ward: American Patriot or Cherokee Nationalist? by Michelene E. Pesantubbee

Nanyehi’s Experience of the American Revolution by Lillie Burke

Women in World History entry by Deborah Jones

Woman of Many Names by Debra S. Yates 

Cherokee Nation: A History of Survival, Self-Determination, and Identity by Dr. Bob Blackburn, Dr. Duane King, and Dr. Neil Morton

Cherokees and British Sign Treaty of Whitehall

Nanyehi (Nancy Ward) episode of the Long May She Reign podcast

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Introducing BEEF with Bridget Todd

This week on Beef, the brilliant 17th century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dares to defy the Catholic Church with her scholarship and searing wit. Pick up Dr. Stephanie Kirk’s fascinating book Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico.

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Written by Adrián Duston-Muñoz

The actors who voiced Sor Juana’s words are Luisa Sofia and Franco Machado-Pesce

Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by James “Sam” Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo

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Peg Plunkett, part three (with Karyn Moynihan)

All good stories must come to an end, and so it is with Peg Plunkett. Guest co-host Karyn Moynihan (co-host of Double Love: The Sweet Valley High Podcast) joins us to wrap up this instantly iconic trilogy.

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Intro ends/story begins: 04:38

Ad break: 31:24

Story ends/outro starts: 1:06:37

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References:

Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore by Julie Peakman

Memoirs of Mrs. Margaret Leeson by Peg Plunkett aka Mrs. Leeson

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