The History Fangirl Podcast is an interview show for history lovers and travel enthusiasts.
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Theme Song is “Places Unseen” by Lee Rosevere
Episodes
A quick introduction about the podcast
Guest: Mike Duncan from The History of Rome Podcast
Guest: Eric Halsey from The Bulgarian History Podcast
Episode 3: The Birthplace of “Gone with the Wind”
Guest: Jessica Vanlanduyt from The Atlanta History Center
Episode 4: The West Bank Separation Wall
Guest: Tamer Halaseh from Tamer Tours
Episode 5: Agamemnon’s Mycenae
Guest: John Bennet from the British School at Athens and the University of Sheffield
Episode 6: Discovering the Lost City of Petra
Guest: Jane Taylor, author of “Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans”
Episode 7: Reimagining the Dragon City of Ljubljana
Guest: Dr. Noah Charney, author of Slovenology and The Art Thief
Episode 8: The Acropolis and the Golden Age of Athens
Guest: Ryan Stitt, author and creator of The History of Ancient Greece
Episode 9: The Walls of Constantinople
Guest: Patrick Wyman, author and creator of the podcasts The Tides of History and The Fall of Rome
Episode 10: The UNESCO World Heritage Site List
Guest: Gary Arndt from Everything Everywhere
Episode 11: Iceland’s Thingvellir
Guest: Lee Accomando from the Viking Age Podcast
Episode 12: The Beaches of Normandy
Guest: Jory Brenjens from Liberation Route Europe
Episode 13: Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Guest: Christopher Mitchell from travelingmitch.com
Episode 14: New York’s Central Park
Guest: Ariel Viera from Urbanist
Episode 15: The Lost City of Cahokia
Guest: Bill Iseminger, Assistant Site Manager at Cahokia
Episode 16: The Painted Churches of Moldavia
Guest: Ciprian Slemco, Owner of Hello Bucovina
Episode 17: Banqueting House: The Place to Kill a King
Guest: Leanda de Lisle, author of The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr
Episode 18: The Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.
Guest: David Plotz, CEO of Atlas Obscura & Host of the Slate Political Gabfest
Episode 19: The Boston Witch Trials
Guest: Nancy Mades-Byrd from the Witch Hunt Podcast
Episode 20: Belgrade: The Rise of the White City
Guest: Alex Cruikshank from the History of Yugoslavia Podcast
Episode 21: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Guest: Nicholas Blincoe, author of Bethlehem, Biography of a Town
Episode 22: Exploring Wartime Berlin
Guest: Nick Shelpley, host of the Explaining History Podcast
Episode 23: The Brooklyn Bridge
Guest: Ariel Viera from Urbanist
Episode 24: The Oracle of Delphi
Guest: Ryan Stitt, author and creator of The History of Ancient Greece
Guest: Drew Vahrenkamp host of the Wonders of the World podcast
Episode 26: The Hermit Kingdom of Albania
Guest: Allison Green, Travel Writer and Blogger at Eternal Arrival
Episode 27: A Very Special Q&A
I answer listener questions from email, the blog, and Facebook.
Episode 28: The Literary Pubs of Dublin
Guest: Colm Quilligan, Owner of the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
Episode 29: How Bordeaux Got Its Wine
Guest: Megan Stetzel from Why Wait to See the World
Episode 30: Bangkok & the Kingdom of Siam
Guest: Charles Kimball from the History of Southeast Asia Podcast
Guest: Deborah Cadbury, author of Queen Victoria’s Matchmaking: The Royal Matchmaking that Shaped Europe
Episode 32: Birmingham and the Civil Rights Movement
Guest: Barry McNealy, Education Programming Consultant at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Episode 33: Belfast & the Troubles
Guest: Fin Dwyer, host of the Irish History Podcast
Episode 34: The Lost History of Angkor
Guest: Drew Vahrenkamp, host of the Wonders of the World podcast
Episode 35: The Colorful History of Lindisfarne
Guest: Professor Michael Drout from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
Episode 36: Penn Station: Sacrificial Lamb
Guest: Greg Young, host of The Bowery Boys podcast
Episode 37: The Storied History of the Guinness Storehouse
Guest: Fergus Brady, Archive Manager at the Guinness Archive
Episode 38: Space Tourism in Houston, Texas
Guest: Valerie Stimac, founder of the Space Tourism Guide
Episode 39: An Irreverent History of Disney World
Guest: Maggie Garvin, author of Mags on the Move
Episode 40: Roskilde: The Vikings Go to Denmark
Guest: Noah Tetzner, host of The History of Vikings Podcast
Episode 41: Josiah Henson and the Underground Railroad
Guest: Jared Brock, author of The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story that Sparked the Civil War
Episode 42: No Place Like It: A History of Singapore
Guest: Ravi Mehta, host of The Wealth of Nations Podcast
Episode 43: The History of Kiev: Beauty through Tumult
Guest: Megan Starr from MeganStarr.com
Episode 44: What Happened at Chernobyl?
Guest: Jessica Elliott from How Dare She
Episode 45: The Lost History of the Black Pioneers
Guest: Anna-Lisa Cox, Harvard Professor and author of The Bone and Sinew of the Land
Episode 46: Barcelona’s Groundbreaking Transexual Monument
Guest: Jose Ramon Harvey from My Normal Gay Life
Episode 47: England’s Roman Baths
Guest: David Crowther from The History of England Podcast
Episode 48: Atlanta’s Ponce City Market
Guest: Caroline Eubanks, author of This is My South
Episode 49: Philadelphia’s Elfreth Alley
Guest: Brittany Thomas, Board Member for the Elfreth’s Alley Association
Episode 50: Best of the Show’s First Year
Some of the best clips to celebrate the show’s first anniversary.
Episode 51: Traveling the Green Book
Guest: Tomiko Harvey, author and creator of Passports & Grub
Episode 52: The Strangely Competitive History of the CN Tower
Guest: Chris Mitchell, travel writer at Traveling Mitch and co-host of Rick Steves Over Brunch
Episode 53: The Massacre at Srebrenica
Guest: Alex Cruikshank from the History of Yugoslavia Podcast
Episode 54: The World Nomad Games
Guest: Various World Nomad Games participants
Episode 55: The Great Kazakh Famine
Guest: Megan Starr from MeganStarr.com
Episode 56: Stalking Chernobyl
Guest: Darmon Richter from Ex Utopia
Episode 57: Veliko Tarnovo: Bulgaria’s Medieval Capital
Guest: Eric David Halsey from the Bulgarian History Podcast