About this podcast
I find myself drawn to the more social side of history than dates or battles. While I do think dates and battles are important, I find questions like ‘When did Catherine of Aragon realize she'd lost Henry VIII’s love to Anne Boleyn?’ or ‘Just what exactly was Aaron Burr's deal?’ to be what really fascinates me about history. This is the lens that I view history from on the Door Key Podcast (and the accompanying Substack newsletter) because I'm a dork with a deep love of history who wants to talk about it.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 78 episodes
- John Adams (Replay) · 29 minClick here to leave me a written message! John Adams was the second President of the United States. This episode is an overview of his life - from his childhood, to his role in…
- The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (Replay) · 19 minClick here to leave me a written message! This episode talks about the shooting of seven members of a Chicago bootlegging gang of mobsters. This event, which happened on February…
- Julia Child (Replay) · 17 minClick here to leave me a written message! Julia Child was an American chef, cooking teacher, author, television personality - and so much more! This episode was edited by…
- [BONUS] The history of MS (Replay) · 23 minClick here to leave me a written message! March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, so this episode goes into the history of this disease - discussing its past, its present…
- Alice Roosevelt (Replay) · 27 minClick here to leave me a written message! Alice Roosevelt was the daughter of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, but it was her outgoing personality and…
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Replay) · 31 minClick here to leave me a written message! This episode is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or as I call him throughout the episode, Amadeus. This episode discusses his early life…
- Studio 54 (Replay) · 22 minClick here to leave me a written message! This episode is all about Studio 54, the New York disco that was just as famous for being extremely selective about who they let in as…
- King Tut (Replay) · 32 minClick here to leave me a written message! This episode discusses the life, death, and the eventual discovery of the tomb of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or, as he's most…
- Houdini · 27 min · Episode 76Click here to leave me a written message! The final episode of the 2024 Spooktacular talks about the life of Harry Houdini. Houdini would rise from a challenging childhood to…
- Causes of Death in 1632 · 21 min · Episode 75Click here to leave me a written message! The fourth episode of The Spooktacular looks at listed causes of death in 1632! It's a fascinating look into 1632, highlighting the main…
- The Donner Party · 41 min · Episode 74Click here to leave me a written message! The third episode of the Spooktacuar is about The Donner Party! This was a group of American pioneers who left for California in 1846…
- The Sweating Sickness · 26 min · Episode 73Click here to leave me a written message! This episode of the Spooktacular is about The Sweating Sickness! This mysterious and deadly disease swept through England and Europe in…
- Jamestown · 23 min · Episode 72Click here to leave me a written message! This first episode of 2024’s Spooktacular explores the history of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas…
- The Hatfields and McCoys · 20 min · Episode 71Click here to leave me a written message! This episode looks into the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud. This was a bitter and violent rivalry between two American families along the…
- The Princes in the Tower · 28 min · Episode 70Click here to leave me a written message! This episode discusses the Princes in the Tower mystery! After the death of King Edward IV, his sons princes Edward and Richard went…
- Marie Curie · 31 min · Episode 69Click here to leave me a written message! This episode discusses Marie Curie, who was born in Warsaw in 1867. She eventually moved to Paris, where she conducted groundbreaking…
- Helen Keller · 26 min · Episode 68Click here to leave me a written message! This episode discusses the life of Helen Keller. Born in 1880, Helen was left blind and deaf from an illness at 19 months old. She…
- Bonus episode: 5K downloads! · 10 min · Episode 67Click here to leave me a written message! Door Key has reached the milestone of five thousand downloads! This is a bonus episode to say thank you - going over some of my favorite…
- Zheng Yi Sao, The Pirate Queen · 22 min · Episode 66Click here to leave me a written message! Door Key is talking about Zheng Yi Sao, the Pirate Queen this episode! Zheng Yi Sao lived in China during the late 1700s and early…
- A Conversation with historian Jackson van Uden · 46 min · Episode 65Click here to leave me a written message! My friend historian, political scientist, and author Jackson van Uden and I had a conversation about totalitarian regimes and the movie…
