Textory - The Podcast
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Who doesn’t like petty texts, celebrity gossip, dating advice, spicy song lyrics, or controversial opinions? Now imagine all that... but it’s historical. In this podcast we’ll be reading some juicy historical letters, diaries, articles and other piping hot tea. So get yourself something to drink and let’s jump into TEXTORY.
Hosted by Karolina Żebrowska
Episodes
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- S3 Ep18: How To Not D*e, 1878 · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 18With Halloween around the corner, today we’re appropriately talking about Victorian d*ath - specifically, what were the most common causes, and what ideas they had to avoid it…
- S3 Ep17: "I Hear The Reaper Coming" - Real Ghost Stories From 1920s · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 17We all know someone who knows someone who has some good stories... How about some from 1920s? These supposedly real encounters were described and sent in by the readers of "Ghost…
- S3 Ep16: Victorian Psychic Mediums Debunked by... a Victorian Psychic Medium · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 16Levitating tables, ghostly plasma sightings, mysterious voices - every turn-of-the-century seance enjoyer was hoping for some unforgettable spirit manifestations. But one medium…
- S3 Ep15: How To Study in 1917 · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 15Blind obedience, an open mind, critical thinking skills – what was expected of early 20th century students and what tips were considered useful to students? Find in today's…
- S3 Ep14: "I Felt Awkward At Court" - 11th Century Japanese Diary · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 14Today we're reading possibly the oldest text in - wait for it, it's a mouthful - Textory's history! The Sarashina Diary (AD 1009-1059) was written by a Japanese lady who spent…
- S3 Ep13: Manly Women, Womanly Men · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 13Nothing scared 17th century folks more than witches, but women dressing in masculine styles was a close second. In today's texts - "Hic Mulier" and "Haec Vir" pamphlets from the…
- S3 Ep12: Random Dating and Pinning In The 1950s · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 12What was random dating and how did it affect 1950s love lives? What was the pinning ritual all about and why was it perfect for predatory young men? All this and more in today's…
- S3 Ep11: Tips For Edwardian Female Students · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 11How much studying is too much? What should a female student wear? What should her dorm look like? If you were a female student in the Edwardian era, you would have loved "Girl…
- S3 Ep10: Gentle Parenting or Crying it Out? Raising Children in 1920s · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 10Over a hundred years ago parents were also looking to parenting books for advice. What does this one, "The Best Method for Raising Children" from 1924, has to say about caring…
- S3 Ep9: Monsters, Amber and Elks · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 9Located at the edge of the Baltic sea, 17th century Gdańsk was a multicultural merchant city. Peter Mundy, a British traveller, lived there for around a decade, and left a…
- S3 Ep8: “Slept All Day”. A Victorian Teacher’s Diaries · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 8What was a typical day like for a teacher in a small town in 1890s Illinois? Today we’re reading diaries of Emma Wormwood and reflecting on the lifestyle, duties and leisure a…
- S3 Ep7: The 17th Century Relationship Advice Column · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 7What if I told you first popular advice column was published in the 1690s? “The Athenian Mercury” followed a Q&A format, which dealt with issues from the fields of philosophy…
- S3 Ep6: How To Woo: Courting in The 1920s · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 6Should a potential 1920s candidate for a wife be "untouched”? Not at all, let her use life! At least that was the opinion of Clement Wood, the author of today’s text - “The Art…
- S3 Ep5: Strawberries, Mermaids and Revenge · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 5Are women good at poetry? Can they even write it? These were probably serious questions people in the past were asking. In today’s episode we have an answer that is a loud and…
- S3 Ep4: Filthy Matters. A Renaissance Guide to Good Manners · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 4We might imagine Renaissance Italy as a place of innovation and art, but the day to day reality was plagued by disgusting behaviors. Today we're reading a surprisingly foul 16th…
- S3 Ep3: Jane Austen's Situationship · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 3Tom Lefroy is often pictured as Jane Austen’s true love that forever ruined her views on marriage. But do her own writings suggest it was mostly... well, a situationship? Find…
- S3 Ep2: Eaten Away - Observations on The Venereal Disease, 1686 · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 2Rotting flesh, deformed bones, disappearing noses... Old medicine didn’t have much to offer for those suffering from the most horrific diseases - like syphilis - but some…
- S3 Ep1: How To Be a Victorian Servant · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 1From never-ending list of tasks and duties to possibly being mistreated, domestic service in the Victorian era sounds like absolute hell. And yet, for many women, it was a dream…
- S2 Ep20: Women War Workers · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 20Working nights? Working from home? Lunch breaks? These were some of the very modern-sounding questions working women were asking during WW1. In today's episode we're talking…
- S2 Ep19: Victorian Ballroom Etiquette · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 19Gloves or no gloves? How did you get introduced to eligible gentleman? Could he buy you a drink? Today we're reading “Routledge’s Ballroom Companion” from 1866. ________________…
