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It's a History Podcast

Join me each week as I take a look at all things history! Whether it be a person, a place, event, or just something really interesting, I will cover many of the stories our past has to offer.

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    106: The History of Food Safety Part 3: The Poison Squad, The Worlds Fair, and Upton Sinclair (opens the original)

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    Hello! In This weeks Episode we are going to be continuing our look at the history of food safety. This week we are looking at the Poison Squad experiments themselves, Harvey's continued work in making the Public Aware of the state of food, and a trail on canned beef. In the two previous parts of this series we discussed the state of food safety when it came to milk and dairy products. We also took a look at the changing landscape of commercially processed foods and their increasing use of untes

  2. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    105: The History of Food Safety Part 2: Fraud, Food Adulteration, and Harvey Washington Wiley (opens the original)

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    Hello! In This Weeks continuation of the History of Food Safety, we lay the ground work for the work of one man, Harvey Washington Wiley, and his work to introduce a food safety bill and educate the American People on what exactly they were eating. Harvey was a chemist with a special interest in food Safety and through his work, we were able to discover just how adultered the food being produced and sold in the US actually was. Make sure to check out Part One where we go into further detail on M

  3. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    104: The History of Food Safety Part 1: Historic Methods of Food Safety, Germ Theory, and Pasteurization (opens the original)

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    Hello! In this week's episode we are starting a multi part series on the history of food safety in the US. Looking at the recent food recalls we have had in the US, I got to thinking about how we got to where we are today. In today's episode we look at some historic methods of food safety including cooking, drying, and pickling. We take a brief look at the history of germ theory, and then spend the rest of the episode looking at the history of milk safety after the rapid industrialization and ur

  4. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    103: HistoRomantasy with Felicia Salber: A Conversation about Arthurian Times, Myths, and Sexuality (opens the original)

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    Hello! In this episode I am Joined by Professor and Author Felicia Salber to discuss her Up coming novel "Kinightly Whispers". This novel is rooted in Arthurian times, and Felicia pulls from historical sources to keep her story based acuartley in this Medieval Era. There is discussion of sex and sexuality in this episode. Find Felicia Here: Substack ("The Carriage"): http://feliciasalber.substack.com Webpage: http://feliciasalber.wordpress.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/felicia.salber.autho

  5. Episode · Aug 13, 2026

    102: The Hindenburg Disaster (opens the original)

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    Hello! This week we are taking a look at the Hindenburg Disaster. In episode 100, we took a look at the history of Zeppelins themselves which was made up of many different periods of trial and error to create an airship that was suitable for both passengers and war. This week we take a look at the Hindenberg Itself, What went wrong, and the Hindenbergs Nazi Connections. We also look at the live recording from Herbert Morrison of a minute by minute live audio description of the Hindenberg Landing

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