Aug 27

Catherine Dior, an Interview with Justine Picardie, Part I (Dressed Classic)

International best selling author Justine Picardie joined us in this 2022, two-part episode to discuss the life and legacy of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine, a WWII French resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and inspiration behind Dior's most famous scent ... Show More

44m 15s

Aug 22

Fashion History Mystery #49: A Brief History of Shorts (Dressed Classic)

This week we revisit a 2020 Fashion History Mystery where we answer a listener query about the origin of women's shorts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20m 27s

Aug 20

Beautiful For Ever!: The Extraordinary Life and Trial of Madame Rachel (Dressed Classic)

Fashion history and true crime come together in this 2022 episode where we explore a scandal of the 1860s involving a British cosmetics maven who bilked her clients out of fortunes with the promise to halt the aging process and make them beautful forever. Learn more about your ad ... Show More

40m 11s

Sep 2023

What’s The History Of Pockets? with Dr. Hannah Carlson

You know the feeling when you try on a dress and realize—it has pockets? Those pockets were more than 500 years in the making! Dr. Hannah Carlson joins us this week to discuss why pockets are still not a staple for womenswear, and how people throughout history—from Queen Elizabet ... Show More

1 h

May 2015

An Interview With Dr. Elizabeth P. Archibald: Ask the Past

Dr. Elizabeth P. Archibald of Ask the Past has delved deep into old manuscripts to find pertinent and impertinent advice from the past. In this interview, she discusses the history of how-tos and her new book. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.c ... Show More

40m 51s

Aug 2022

Charles II's Mistresses

Lucy Walter, Barbara Palmer, Louise Kérouaille and Nell Gwynn. These are the names of just a key few of King Charles II’s mistresses. In this episode, Kate is joined by Linda Porter to introduce us to these women, in addition to the King’s wife, Catherine of Braganza. We find out ... Show More

48m 4s

Aug 2023

Eleanor Aquitaine: The Life of a Medieval Badass

You would think that a woman who was queen several times, commanded armies and was possibly the most powerful woman in medieval Europe would need no introduction…yet here we are. On today’s show we’re joined by author and new co-host of the History Hit podcast Gone Medieval, Elea ... Show More

43m 53s

Sep 2023

84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale

The Lady with the Lamp, the great nurse who forever changed public health for the better: Florence Nightingale lives large in the national consciousness. Mary Seacole, however, has been largely forgotten by history, even though she too played a significant role in the Crimean War ... Show More

54m 9s

May 2024

History Behind the Headlines: student protests down the centuries

In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter chronicle the history of student protests, explore the story of a remarkable medieval astrolabe and discuss some new discoveries about Jane Austen. The HistoryExtra podc ... Show More

41m 13s

Mar 2023

From Eve to Austen: Women in Literature

Why might a woman have willingly confined herself to a cell for the rest of her life? Why have so many female authors in history published under aliases or initials? And what was Jane Austen’s dirtiest joke? In this episode of Betwixt the Sheets, Kate is joined by Anna Beer to di ... Show More

41m 59s

May 2023

Anne Boleyn & Katherine of Aragon: Rival Queens?

History has painted Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in two very different hues: one wife, one mistress; one Spanish, one French; one committed Catholic, one radical reformer. But a new exhibition at Hever Castle examines one curious moment of confluence, right in the midst of ... Show More

20m 41s

A History of Pockets, an interview with ...