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Eff The Tudors

Eff The Tudors

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 Ben Pollard and Jenny Recaldin take a comedic dive into the lives of some of history's unsung heroes and villains. Each week, they retell two BAME, LGBTQ+ or women's stories from across the world that you weren't taught about in history class.Copyright Eff The Tudors
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  • S3. E8. Halston and the History and Establishment of the Minimum Wage

    S3. E8. Halston and the History and Establishment of the Minimum Wage
    Jun 10 2021
    Ben Pollard and Jenny Recaldin discuss the life of legendary 20th Century superstar Leslie Cheung. They then discuss the History of the minimum wage in England and the UK, starting with a great plague, Edward the 3rd and the heard immunity strategy, and ending with Brian Cox and Tony Blair in 1999.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S3. E7. We Need to Talk About Hitler's Behavior

    S3. E7. We Need to Talk About Hitler's Behavior
    Jun 3 2021
    In this episode of Eff The Tudors, Ben and Jenny take a dive into 20th Century History, starting with a Romani traveler from Poland who lived through two world wars and ending with a story about America's first great female comedian.
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    38 mins
  • S3. E6. (SPECIAL) Pride Month's 6 Gay Showdown

    S3. E6. (SPECIAL) Pride Month's 6 Gay Showdown
    May 31 2021
    To celebrate the start of pride month, Ben Pollard and Jenny Recaldin discuss six intersectional queer people from history. Jenny discusses feminist abolitionist Angelina Grimké, gay moon deities Mitra and Varuna, and Disney legend and the mastermind behind Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, Howard Ashman. Ben discusses Marxist Urdu author Ismat Chughtai, intersex plantation worker Thomas(ine) Hall, and famed drag queen and political activist Marsha P Johnson.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
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