<p>In which the Historians discuss public history, the Bronze Age Mari and curse tablets in Roman Britain, the connections between soap operas with Bravo shows like Vanderpump Rules and RHOBH, contemplate Real Housewives' curses on each other, what Jax Taylor has to do with a legal record from 3,000 years ago, paralleling Yolanda's treatment of the Hadid sisters with imperial alliances of the Bronze Age, consider the relationships between ancient cure-alls and housewives' use of IV drips, rating travel journalism, and much, much more!</p><br><p>For more from our guest, check out:</p><p><a href="http://www.carlysilver.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CarlySilver.com</a></p><p>IG: @bespectacledlegend</p><p>Twitter: @CarlyASilver</p><br><p>Recommended Reading</p><br><p><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/do-you-want-build-icehouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "Do You Want to Build an Icehouse?: On the refrigerated innovations of ancient rulers," Laphams Quarterly, September 28, 2021 </a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/how-ancient-cure-alls-paved-the-way-for-drug-regulation/512594/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "How Ancient Cure-Alls Paved the Way for Drug Regulation," <em>The Atlantic</em>, January 10, 2017</a></p><p><a href="https://narratively.com/this-corrupt-boss-was-charged-with-sexual-harassment-3000-years-ago/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "This Corrupt Boss Was Charged With Sexual Harassment—3,000 Years Ago," Narratively, April 4, 2018</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greg Jenner, You’re Dead to Me podcast</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atlas Obscura</a></p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JStor Daily</a></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Historians on Housewives

Kacey Calahane, Jessica Millward, Max Speare

"If you’re going to curse me out, at least ask a god to turn my bowels to water on a cursed tablet” with Carly Silver

SEP 12, 202291 MIN
Historians on Housewives

"If you’re going to curse me out, at least ask a god to turn my bowels to water on a cursed tablet” with Carly Silver

SEP 12, 202291 MIN

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<p>In which the Historians discuss public history, the Bronze Age Mari and curse tablets in Roman Britain, the connections between soap operas with Bravo shows like Vanderpump Rules and RHOBH, contemplate Real Housewives' curses on each other, what Jax Taylor has to do with a legal record from 3,000 years ago, paralleling Yolanda's treatment of the Hadid sisters with imperial alliances of the Bronze Age, consider the relationships between ancient cure-alls and housewives' use of IV drips, rating travel journalism, and much, much more!</p><br><p>For more from our guest, check out:</p><p><a href="http://www.carlysilver.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CarlySilver.com</a></p><p>IG: @bespectacledlegend</p><p>Twitter: @CarlyASilver</p><br><p>Recommended Reading</p><br><p><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/do-you-want-build-icehouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "Do You Want to Build an Icehouse?: On the refrigerated innovations of ancient rulers," Laphams Quarterly, September 28, 2021 </a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/how-ancient-cure-alls-paved-the-way-for-drug-regulation/512594/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "How Ancient Cure-Alls Paved the Way for Drug Regulation," <em>The Atlantic</em>, January 10, 2017</a></p><p><a href="https://narratively.com/this-corrupt-boss-was-charged-with-sexual-harassment-3000-years-ago/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carly Silver, "This Corrupt Boss Was Charged With Sexual Harassment—3,000 Years Ago," Narratively, April 4, 2018</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greg Jenner, You’re Dead to Me podcast</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atlas Obscura</a></p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JStor Daily</a></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>