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Eclectic Curiosities

Eclectic Curiosities

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A podcast looking to make history interesting, one episode at a time. We cover everything from civil rights issues to gender and sexuality. The morbid and macabre, and the heavily meme'd, no topic is off limits as we explore the fantastic array of human history. 

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Episodes
  • The Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta
    Feb 9 2024

    You would have learned about it in school, but do you know why? Or even remember what it was about? Today we'll look at the Magna Carta. What it is, how it was formed, and why should we care about it, even 800 years later. 

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    28 mins
  • 🔒 Olive Oatman

    🔒 Olive Oatman
    Feb 3 2024

    Subscriber-only episode

    Our first subscriber only episode of February is about Olive Oatman. Olive was traveling with her family west when they encountered the Yavapai tribe. Her family was killed and she and her sister Mary Anne were taken. 5 years later Olive was living with the Mohave people, and she was traded for to return to white settler society. Her vibrant blue tattoos made her an overnight celebrity.
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    38 mins
  • Skull Tower

    Skull Tower
    Feb 2 2024

    In 1809, Serbian forces were desperately outnumbered by Turkish forces. It was the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. In the southern city of Niš, the Serbians decided to stand against the Ottoman forces. They would be massacred in this fight. Today you can visit this site, and it's marked by a morbid reminder of their defeat. A tower built out of their skulls. 

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    22 mins
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