A Global History Geek-Out
On one of my recent trips, I did some backpacking through central Europe and I had a wonderful time. But my trip became dramatically better if that’s possible when I entered the city of Ljubljana in Slovenia. The city is magical in the way it is laid out and […]
The story of the Lost City of Petra begins with the story of the Nabataeans, nomadic traders who eventually settled in Edomite territory around 2 B.C. The Nabataeans had traveled everywhere and picked up architectural ideas from the Persians, Greeks, and Romans, and adapted these ideas into something that […]
Listen and Subscribe in iTunes Most of us have read Homer’s “Iliad” either in high school or college, but few are likely to remember the details of the characters and places it mentions. It may seem surprising to you that I’d be talking about Homer on a history […]
Subscribe and Listen in iTunes The West Bank Separation Wall has not been as famously identified to those who live in other parts of the world as the Berlin Wall was, but it’s just as obvious a reminder of the history of hostility and tension […]
Listen to Episode 3. The Birthplace of Gone with the Wind There seem to always be interesting intersections between history and art, and in this episode of The History Fangirl, we dig a bit into one of those crossings, the life of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone […]
Listen to Episode 2. Rila Monastery Listen and Subscribe in iTunes Previous Episode: Episode 1: The Roman Forum It’s hard for me to describe how much I love Rila Monastery. I sat down with Eric Halsey, the host of the “Bulgarian History Podcast” to talk about this amazing 10th […]
Listen to Episode 1, The Roman Forum One of the places I toured while in Italy was the area in and surrounding the Roman Forum. It’s a central part of early Roman history that is sadly little more than a pile of ruins today. But the Forum was […]
Episode Transcript: Hi, I’m Stephanie Craig. Welcome to the History Fangirl podcast. This is Episode 0, the ‘Start Here’ episode. I just wanted to take a minute to share a bit about myself and the show before we get into the first interview. I am a history and travel blogger. I travel full time. […]
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