Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/cad5e4f3-a6c3-414f-95ea-af6e003fcedf/transcript

Margaret finishes telling you about the histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.

Sources:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Margaret finishes telling you about the histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.
Sources:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/ A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/379cdfbb-a663-4221-896c-b42c0189f2e2/transcript

Margaret continues telling you about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.

Sources:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Margaret continues telling you about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.
Sources:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/ A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/14fb4bfe-573a-4903-b51e-b42b000ad34b/transcript

Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar

Source:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar
Source:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/ A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6f800551-f333-4ac8-a8b0-b4260010d755/transcript

Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

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