Part Two: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

Margaret continuing talking to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was. Sources: https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/ https://www.nottinghams…

Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was Sources: https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.html https://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/ https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/cu…

Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/ https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm https://…

Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt. Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/ https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm https://www.anc…

Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art. Sources: https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/ https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visit…

Part One: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art Sources: https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/ https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visitors/ Alan Loma…

Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bring-judgment-day/63271E8000571D588BF52B0F7CA2121E  (BJD26 for 20% off…

Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison. Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bring-judgment-day/63271E8000571D588BF52B0F7CA2121E  (BJD26 for 20% off) Sources: …

Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403 https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/ https://islamichistory.org/osm…

Part One: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403 https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/ https://islamichistory.org/osman-gazi/ htt…