Episodes

Show Notes Courtney and Eleanor discuss some of the major historical events, writers, and genres that shaped the early to mid-Victorian period. Transcript here. Resources for this episode included: Sally Mitchell’s Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Timeline of Victorian Legislation on Victorian Web Stats from At the Circulating Library Alexandre Dumas’s publications The Oxford (or High

Show Notes Eleanor and Courtney discuss the life of cookery revolutionary, Eliza Acton. Transcript here. Read Eliza Acton’s Work UPenn’s Online Books Page featuring all digitized editions of her work Poems (1826) Modern Cookery (1845) Resources for this episode included: Asa Briggs. Victorian Things Sheila Hardy. The Real Mrs Beeton: The Story of Eliza Acton

Show Notes In the season five premiere, Courtney and Eleanor discuss some of the major historical events, writers, and genres that shaped the beginning of the Victorian period. Transcript here. Resources for this episode included: Sally Mitchell’s Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Richard Altick’s Victorian People and Ideas Timeline of Victorian Legislation on Victorian Web Pickwick

Show Notes A long overdue trailer as we set out on season five<img alt=”Transcript here” src=”https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eHxrCGLLWrAcjky4nRjMWZ0GtezIq_on?usp=sharing” />. Music: String Quartet no. 2 in B minor – II. Minuetto moderato, performed by Steve’s Bedroom Band

Show Notes The story featured in this episode is Mrs Ranford’s New Year’s Dinner. Read along. If you want to read more about William and Mary Howitt, their Quakerism, and work on behalf of the poor, there’s a good overview from the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire.

Show Notes In the tradition of our annual holiday episodes, I’ve gone a little wild with the title of today’s episode. Today, I’ll read you a Christmas Ballad titled “It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse,” which was first published in the 1870s  and which floats around with several variant titles. Before that, though, I’ll

Show Notes Tres de Marzo Ya Cepeda, el hombre ilustre  que nos legara en herencia  la Libertad y la Ciencia  fuentes de ventura y paz  consagra con noble anhelo  para eternizar su gloria  a su querida memoria  cantos de felicidad.  Escuchad… Su augusto nombre  por doquier repite el eco…  Todo el pueblo yucateco  honra hoy

We still need to get you last month’s episode! It’s coming! But in the meantime, we have a WHALE of a tale to share: episode one of The Land Whale Murders! _The Land Whale Murder_s is a Gilded Age comedic alternate history podcast about murders, birders, and a missing whale. The show is written by

Show Notes CW: Racially motivated violence and death, alcohol-related violence, settler violence, residential schools, suicide “A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction”