It's a History Podcast

This week I am sharing an episode that I guested on from the History Buffs or Bluffs podcast. History Buffs or Bluffs is A podcast where an author tells his wife a wild historical tale that's either completely true or totally made up and she has to guess which! Kyle Kochenberger is an author who is also a history buff and his wife Sydney doesn't know a whole lot about history. In this podcast, Kyle will be telling a story that he either thoroughly researched or completely made up from his writer's mind and at the end Sydney and the listeners will have a chance to guess if the story is true or not. In this episode Kyle tells me and Sydney about the Cadaver Synod of 897. Find them online here: https://www.instagram.com/historybuffsorbluffspod/ Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tLAKs6RzsiOi2cWlxfUtt?si=dd87df9f61f84d94

Hello!In this weeks episode, I am joined by Andrew Rowen to discuss his most recent release, the Historical Novel Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus's Demise: 1498-1502 Retold. This week marked our annual recognition of what is now indigenous peoples day on October 12 but had been Columbus day for almost 90 years. This day and what it means has evolved over time, and in speaking with andrew about his research into this time period, we can gain just a bit more knowledge on how these three individuals, Isabel, Anancaona, and Columbus lived this experience. This novel is grounded in primary sources and anthropological research that reconstructs from both European and Native perspectives the period of Caribbean history when permanent European colonial settlement began, commencing with Columbus's third voyage. Andrew Rowen has researched the history of the initial encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean's Taíno peoples for over a dozen years. His novels retell that history from a bicultural perspective based on primary sources, anthropological studies, and site research. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Harvard Law School and practiced law as a partner at a law firm before writing. You can find Andrew here: https://www.andrewrowen.com You can find the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/isabel-anacaona-columbus-s-demise-1498-1502-retold-andrew-rowen/5f0dab1f27d21191?ean=9780999196168&next=t

Hello! In this week's episode we are taking a look at the history of Ice Cream. Ice Cream is a dessert that has many different origins, as multiple cultures from around the world have enjoyed eating some version of an ice cream style dessert for centuries. There have been multiple inventions that have helped Ice Cream become the everyman dessert we know it as today, including the Hand Crank Ice Cream Maker. There is also a bit of myth with this history as we look at just how waffle cones became popular. Sources for today episode include: An article from the Museum of Ice Cream titled The History of Ice Cream: How Every Culture Invented It Independently https://www.museumoficecream.com/blog/history-of-ice-cream/ Another article from the Museum of Ice Cream titled: A Scoop of History: Nancy Johnson's Ice Cream Revolution https://www.museumoficecream.com/blog/a-scoop-of-history-nancy-johnsons-ice-cream-revolution/ An article from PBS titled Explore the Delicious History of Ice Cream by Tori Avery https://www.pbs.org/food/stories/explore-the-delicious-history-of-ice-cream If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

Hello! In this week's episode I am joined by Author Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo to discuss her recent release Crossing Division Street. Rebecca is a Chicago based author, nonprofit leader, and advocate for free expression and civil discourse. Crossing Division Street Traces four generations living through a century of defining events in Chicago and American History Drawing from research spanning 1891 to 2001. The book begins at the intersection of Division and Larrabee Streets, a crossroads at the center of a nation's story, where Little Sicily became Cabrini-Green and was remade again. Rebecca connects one changing neighborhood's history to a larger American tension: our need to belong to families and communities without surrendering the individuality that makes pluralism possible. The Book is out now and can be found here: https://bookshop.org/beta-search?bkshp-astro=t&keywords=crossing+division+street You can find the Instagram for the book Here: https://www.instagram.com/crossingdivisionstreet?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== You can find the website for the book here:https://www.crossingdivisionstreet.com/ If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

Hello! In this Week's final episode of the Formal Food safety series we wrap up with Harvey and continued development of the Food and Drug Law. We dive into multiple trials regarding various food additives such as nitrates in bleached flour and bones in boneless cod. We also discuss the conspiracy in the Department of Agriculture to try to remove Harvey from his position. Sources include: Coppin, Clayton A., and Jack High. "Umpires at Bat: Setting Food Standards by Government Regulation." Business and Economic History, vol. 21, 1992, pp. 109–18. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23703213. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026. Blum, Deborah. The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (pp. xi-xii). (Function). Kindle Edition. Check out the book here! https://bookshop.org/beta-search?bkshp-astro=t&keywords=poison+squad Want to start at the beginning of the series? Start here: The History of Food Safety Part 1 https://www.itsahistorypodcast.com/the-history-of-food-safety-part-1-historic-methods-of-food-safety-germ-theory-and-pasteurization/ The History of Food Safety Part 2 https://www.itsahistorypodcast.com/the-history-of-food-safety-part-2-fraud-food-adulteration-and-harvey-washington-wiley/ The History of Food Safety Part 3: https://www.itsahistorypodcast.com/the-history-of-food-safety-part-3-the-poison-squad-the-worlds-fair-and-upton-sinclair/ If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!