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Step right up and try your luck in our grand season finale about the history of amusement parks! We're joined by Chicago comedian Rob Grabowski as we jump all the lines, eat all the sweets, get handsy in the dark rides and take a stroll through the pleasure gardens. Bartholomew Fair illustrated (1808) Advertisement for a puppet show at Bartholomew Fair Bakken park (Denmark) then 1 & 2 Bakken entrance now Pleasure Garden: Vauxhall Gardens in the Regency Era Vauxhall Gardens in 1809 View from the Midway Plaisance - 1893 Chicago World's Fair A Shoot-the-Chutes ride (Riverview Park Chicago - 1963) On a dark ride -- The Tunnel of Love at Riverview Park 1943 Questionable entrance to The Tunnel of Love (Riverview) Entrance to the second Steeplechase Park (circa 1908 - coney island) Luna Park entrance (coney island) Disneyland under construction Cedar Point postcard (1907?) Brochure of Cedar Point (1929ish) More on Rob: Rob Grabowski is an actor, improviser & fellow podcaster based in Chicago. He's worked all over the city with theaters and ensembles including The Second City, Victory Gardens, iO Chicago, Annoyance, The New Colony and ComedySportz Chicago. He's the unofficial, honorable Mayor of Chicago, co-host of Poppin’ Bottles & Talking Shop (w/ James Dugan and Rob Grabowski) podcasts, producer of REDACTED at The Music Box, and we just really like him a whole bunch. Sources: Wiki, An Open Suitcase, VOX, Arcadia Publishing, coaster10.com Complete citations on our website. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

We aren't gonna sugar coat it: this episode is about a genocide. Nat teaches us about Stalin's secret genocide of the Ukrainian people: Holodomor. But don't worry, Cass lightens the mood with a lovely mini-history of accents in America and this is an Erik Singer fancast now. SOURCES: Holodomor: Britannica, holodomor.ca, vlogbrothers, foundation for economic education, ukrainer in english on youtube, TRT world  More detailed sources on our website. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon to help fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS:  Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Is this a podcast potluck because our guest Dr. Ellen Schrecker brought us a buffet of tasty historical treats this week. Join us as we discuss her explore how America's unjust involvement in Vietnam and the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement forever changed the landscape and trajectory of the American higher education system. Then learn even more in her recent book: The Lost Promise: American Univiersities in the 1960s. Lewis Powell Memo Vietnam War Teach Ins at University of Michigan Bernard Fall on street with VN soldiers Bulletin started by asian studies scholars to educate/protest US involvement in Vietnam Faculty with armbands in front of low library at Columbia University Bakke decision protests SFSU protests SFSU faculty strikers More on Ellen: Ellen Schrecker is an American historian and author who has written extensively about McCarthyism and American higher education. Her latest book, The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) provides the first comprehensive analysis of American higher education’s most turbulent decade. Her previous books include No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities (1986), The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents (3d ed. 2017), Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America (1998), and The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the University (2010). Besides publishing articles in The Nation, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and elsewhere, she edited Academe, the American Association of University Professors’ magazine. She also wrote a Chinese cookbook. She is a retired professor of history at Yeshiva University and lives in New York City. Website: https://www.ellenschrecker.com/ SOURCES: Visit sharedhistorypodcast.com for sources. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Everything you've ever been told about sleep is wrong. Take it from Cass, she's now a sleep history expert* teaching us all about biphasic and polyphasic sleep and how, of course, capitalism has ruined the party again. Then, Nat introduces us to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who made an economical and ecological impact one tree at a time. (*no she isn't) Monophasic, Biphasic & Polyphasic Sleep Schedules Depiction of communal sleeping in middle ages More medieval communal sleeping Wangari Maathai Wangari Maathai & her nobel prize The Green Belt volunteers hard at work SOURCES:  Sleep: BBC Wangari Maathai: NobelPrize.org, UNESCO, The Green Belt Movement, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica More detailed sources on our website. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon to help fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

The devil didn’t make us invite DJ and filmmaker Jason Deuchler (aka DJ Intel) on the podcast this week, but after this overview of the Satanic Panic and glowing endorsement of the modern church of Satanism’s good work…he won’t be disappointed. But no one made Cass tell us about the WWII pet cull and we will all be disappointed. The Satan Seller by Mike Warnke Mike Warnke himself The discredited 'Michelle Remembers' Dee Snider at PMRC hearing Anton Szandor LaVey and Jayne Mansfield The unveiling of the Satanic Temples' Statue of Baphomet WWII Pet Cull Pamphlet Handing off cats in the WWII pet cull More on Jason:   Jason Deuchler is a Chicago-based DJ, film professional and jackass of all trades. His latest project, The Brewed, a coffee shop he is opening in partnership with the folks at Bric-a-Brac Records, is opening soon in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Follow Jason @DJIntel on Instagram and catch his streamed DJ sets on Twitch. Sources: Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s, by Kier-La Janisse Wikipedia, Chicago Tribune, Vox, NY Times, Last Podcast on the Left SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

In honor of her would-be 100th birthday, we're celebrating the life and legacy of the incomparable Betty White. This woman not only lived through a lot of history, she made her fair share as well. Betty on Life with Elizabeth Running the GD show On Password With Allen Ludden on their wedding day As Sue Anne Nevins on Mary Tyler Moore Collecting Emmys with MTM crew Golden Girls Collecting Emmys with GG crew Betty at 1986 Emmys Betty on SNL Forest Ranger Betty (2010) SOURCES: Mental Floss, Biography.com, IMDB, Wiki, "Betty White: First Lady of Television" documentary via PBS. More detailed sources on our website. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

History podcast team-up time! We're joined by the brilliant hosts of Beyond Reproach: Stephanie Domingo and Tux Loerzel! They're here to tell us the not-so-uplifting and frustratingly still relevant story of Buck v. Bell and the history of eugenics and forced sterilization in the United States. Buck v. Bell Historical Marker Carrie & Emma Buck Eugenics Tree Tux's discovery: ShopGoodwill.com More about Beyond Reproach Beyond Reproach is a comedic history podcast about scandals and scandalousness in politics and government. Each episode, hosts Stephanie & Tux explore the sordid stories of America's past, all while drinking heavily, talking too much, and generally making fools of themselves. Follow them on Instagram & Twitter. Here's Beyond Reproach's episode on the same topic. Sources:  Wiki, CNN, Minn Post, Psych Central, PBS, NPR, Cornell Law School, SF Gate, National Archives. More detailed works cited on website. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon for access to exclusive merch and bonus content. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Come with us on a historical stroll down Tokaido Road in Japan and then, once you've worked up an appetite, you can munch on the tasty history of Chinese food in America. The five ancient highways in Japan The 53 Stations of the Tokaido map Tokaido Board Game The Shank's Mare (novel about a journey along the Tokaido) One print from The 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige Fifty Three Pairings Across the Tokaido Road (woodblock series) Location of Taishan within Guandong David Chan enjoying some food David Chan on Instagram David Chan's Blogspot SOURCES: Tokaido - JapanCheapo.com, Wiki, Britannica, Hiroshige.org SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon for bonus content and more! MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Who better to tell the tale of the Leif Eriksson saga than the Norse Adventurer himself? Or at least an actor who played him: Thor Knai. Set sail with us on an exploration of Leif the Lucky and his whole family: most notably his sister Freydis and his old man Erik the Red.   Thor at Leif in Legends of Tomorrow Leif & Freydis in Legends Leif Eriksson statue in Reykjavik Leif Eriksson Discovers America by Hans Dahl L'Anse Aux Meadows historical site - Newfoundland Smithsonian article about evidence of Vikings in Newfoundland More on Thor: Thor is an LA-based actor, veteran and professional game master. You may recognize him from Legends of Tomorrow, The Outpost, Reign and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend among others. Follow Thor @ThorKnai on Instagram and Twitter. Hire him to DM your next game on Start Play Games Sources: Wiki SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram  SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode.  MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!  CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co.  About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.  SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Whether you've sacked and plundered ancient artifacts or turned on your country, just take responsibility for your own actions! That's our take away from today's episode exploring the civilization and Bronzes of Benin and WWII triple agent Mathilde Carre aka Victoire aka La Chatte. Statue of Asoro, general who couldn't look over his shoulder when on the battlefield Benin Bronze at The University of Aberdeen Benin Bronze at Museum in Hamburg Mathilde Carre on trial Mathilde Carre with her trial attorney Roman Czerniawski, co-creator of the Interallie network Hugo Bleicher, 'history's greatest spy catcher' Jazz Musician Slide Hampton Golem and Jinni (Nat's book rec) SOURCES: Bronzes of Benin: ArtNews.com, face2faceafrica.com Mathilde Carre: The History Press.co, Wiki, Encyclopedia.com SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Movies are a man's industry, except when you consider that Hollywood was essentially built by women. Author, screenwriter and Hollywood history super-nerd, Claire S. Duffy joins to chat about the women who made the movies, and then men and code that wrote them out of the final edit of history. From Mary Pickford and Dorothy Azner to Greta Gabo and our dear friend Frances Marion, these are the women who built Hollywood. RDJ as Chaplin Mary Pickford on camera Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks at Pickfair Estate Mary Pickford & Frances Marion Dir. Dorothy Azner Anne Bauchen, Academy Award winning editor Margaret Booth, edited Ben Hur Cecil B. DeMille + Gloria Swanson: Why Change Your Wife? DeMille + Swanson: Male and Female Where Are My Children - Lois Weber film about abortion (1916) Stills from Where Are My Children 1, 2, 3 Greta Garbo kissing woman in Queen Christina Greta Garbo as Queen Christina Joseph Breen William Hays Roscoe Arbuckle & Virginia Rappe More on Claire: Claire S. Duffy (aka CS Duffy) is an author and screenwriter. Her crime thriller series, the Glasgow Kiss series, is now on Book #6: Alone in the Dark. She is also the writer of new time travel fantasy Before Again and The Stranger for Storytel. Claire's most recent project is a substack series on the OG women of Hollywood. All this info and more on her website: csduffywriter.com! Listen and learn more from Claire on her episode of Under The Kilt SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Let us slip into something a little more...history. From impotence trials and cheating on virginity tests, to a history of self-satisfying sex toys, today we're tempting and teasing you with some sexy history. I mean, come on, it's episode 69. Depiction of impotence trial The Life and Adventures of Miss Fanny Hill Still from 'Hysteria' film In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl ~6000 year old bronze dildo Ancient Greek bread dildo Steam-powered 'manipulator' (1869...nice) Hand-cranked vibrator (1880s-1900s) Electric vibrator for your...neck (1920s) Goat eyelid and lash cock ring SOURCES: Impotence Trials & Virginity Tests: The Smart Set, Buzzfeed, Ancient-Origins, Medievalists, The Whores of Yore  Sex Toys: Thrillist, allthatsinteresting.com, Complex, Gourmandize SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzAnimations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

He sings, he dances, he stands among legends. His talent and charisma knows no bounds. He is a hero to us all, or at least to this week's guest Jamie Jirak. His name is John Joseph Travolta and this is his history. The Stayin' Alive poster staring us down all session Jamie showing JT her tattoo Jamie & JT Jamie on the news when JT was in NYC More on Jamie: The self-proclaimed Darcy Lewis of Comicbook.com, Jamie Jirak is a staff writer, comedian, podcaster and professional binge-watcher. Catch her podcasting with Hollywood Already Did It and Phase Zero. Read her words with comicbook.com here.  Follow Jamie on Instagram @JamieJirak and on Letterboxd: @JamieCinematics SOURCES: Jamie's encyclopedic memory of all things JT. SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

We're exploring the world of exploring the world - it's geography week! Join us on a geogrpahy journey from A to Z, or, rather, Z to Z. First, it's New-to-You super continent, Zealandia. Then, we meet "Zonia" Baber, teacher, activist, spitfire geographer (yes, that's a thing). Lost continent of Zealandia Map with addtl facts Tectonic Map of Zealandia Ball's Pyramid, one place where Zealandia is above water 'Zonia Baber Zonia Baber in the Field Zonia's patented desk SOURCES: Zealandia: Wiki, Business Insider, brittanica.com, NBC news Zonia Baber: Smithsonian Mag, Trowelblazers, Wiki SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon or Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

Democratic NYC Council candidate Felicia Singh joins to remind us all to keep going and to teach us a bit about the history of indentured servitude, particularly in Guyana. And while we're in Guyana, we learn about the country's "Father of the Trade Union Movement," Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow. Guyana on Map Kaieteur Falls Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow Critchlow Monument More on Felicia: Felicia Singh is a teacher, the proud daughter of working-class immigrants and workers’ rights advocate. Singh is running for New York City Council with the priorities of fully funding schools, supporting small businesses and workers, climate and environmental resilience and accessible transportation. District 32 is the last remaining Republican-held seat in Queens, despite being a majority Democratic district. Felicia is running a campaign rooted in organizing, and committed to centering the most marginalized voices in the district. Felicia Singh has been endorsed by a coalition of over 60 community and grassroots organizations, unions and elected officials including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Kirstin Gillibrand and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards as well as the NY Working Families Party, Labor Strong 2021 coalition and Sunrise Movement NYC. https://www.felicia2021.com/ Follow Felicia at @FeliciaSingh2021 on Instagram & @fsingh_NYC on Twitter. SOURCES: Critchlow story: Encyclopedia.com, Photius.com, Countrystudies.us SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. (New Patreon info to-come) MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

With great power comes great spookability, or at least that's the excuse we're making for this week's SCARED HISTORY episode feat. Emperor Domitian's psychologically abusive Black Banquet and the Nigerian boarding school legend of Madame Koi Koi. We're so excited to be back y'all. Atlas Obscura Tour of Kcymaerxthaere Our friends Under The Kilt are on their own feed now - find links here. SOURCES:  Domitian Story: The Smart Set, NPR, Roman Army Talk.com, https://daily.jstor.org/a-roman-feast-of-death/ Madame Koi Koi Story: Wiki, The Guardian, Education.gov.ng, USOSA, SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Buy us a "coffee" and fuel our next episode. (New Patreon info to-come) MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Animations: The Banditry Co. About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people. SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

They say there can only be one Highlander, but that's not true. The Scottish Highlands are a land rich with history, culture and community -- all of which was almost lost when it was systematically stripped away (and they were stripped away from their land) during the Highland Clearances. Actor, producer, entrepreneur and all-around amazing storyteller, Adam Robertson, joins us this week to weave a tale as rich as the lives the highlanders led before the clearances...and surfing...we also talk about surfing a lot. 'The Last of the Clan' by Thomas Faed Ruined crofts in the highlands 1, 2, 3, 4 Govt member reads the Riot Act to angry crofters at Aignish Farm A modern interpretation of an 1800s Newspaper, featuring lawyer and 'improver' Patrick Sellar Map depicting areas affected by the Highland Clearances The Duke of Sutherland Statue on Ben Bhraggie Support us on Patreon. Become a patron of our network: Broadsheet Radio. More on Adam: An experienced actor who has also produced film and theatre at a commercial level. In addition to his work in the creative sector Adam has managed several businesses over the years incl. co-founding Western Edge Pictures, a street food business in London and a restaurant in South Wales. Since 2016 He has been the lead facilitator for the charity Street Cones developing and delivering creative projects in Scottish prisons, with young offenders and other marginalised groups and has directed many short films using lived experience individuals. Including 'Something To Lose' and most recently 'A Heavy Price' a film looking at the myths vs realities of prison life. He teaches workshops on Acting for Camera & Audition Techniques independently and at Scottish Universities & Colleges. Follow Adam at @AdamRobertson09 on Instagram and @AdamRobertson9 on Twitter SOURCES:Devine, T. M. Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed. Penguin Books, Limited, 2018. Gunn, George. The Province of the Cat: A Journey to the Radical Heart of the Far North. Islands Book Trust, 2015. Learmonth, Andrew. “Is It Time for the Duke of Sutherland Statue to Come down?” The National, 29 Aug. 2017, www.thenational.scot/news/15502316.is-it-time-for-the-duke-of-sutherland-statue-to-come-down/. Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. Penguin, 1969. SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”Additional Music: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzProducer: Kathleen Mueller Mason SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com

Grab your boots and kit, we're hitting the pitch and talking football with actor Cameron Jack. Oh, and just like that ball, we're bouncing all over the place in this one because Scotland loves the game but does the game always love all of Scotland? Join us for a little bit of history, a little bit of talking shop and a lotta bit of talking about Adam's best asset. More on Cameron: You may recognize Cameron from a whole host of things where he often plays a baddie and/or a thug. Credits include The Dark Knight Rises, Calibre, Outlander, What Happened to Monday and so much more. Follow Cameron at @rentathug on Instagram. SOURCES:Cammy’s brain SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”Additional Music: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzProducer: Kathleen Mueller Mason SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com Support us on Patreon. Become a patron of our network: Broadsheet Radio.

You can't talk about Scotland's history without talking about poet, icon and lover of dames and drink: Robert Burns. And if you're gonna talk about good ol' Rabbie, you should probably consult an expert. We're so lucky to have Dr. Moira Hansen from the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow to share some lesser known tales of The National Bard, his family, his collaborators, and the myths we've spun about him. Robert Burns, painted by Alexander Nasmyth Frances Dunlop Burns’ tours mapped out Page from Burns’ Tour of the Highlands (Aug/Sept 1787) Robert Burns House in Dumfries Burns statue in Glasgow (by George Edwin Ewing, Francis Leslie and James Alexander Ewing) The Poet & His Muse - depiction of Burns and Coila by Albert Hemstock Hodge (loc. in Stirling) More on Dr. Moira Hansen Dr Moira Hansen is a post-doctoral researcher based in the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow. She completed her PhD in 2020 and now works on a range of projects exploring aspects of Scottish literary culture in the eighteenth century, as well as undergraduate teaching. This is possibly an upgrade on her previous life as a high school English teacher as she now doesn't have to do parents' evenings! Follow Moira @MoiraEHansen on Twitter SOURCES: Centre for Robert Burns Studies https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/research/researchcentresandnetworks/robertburnsstudies/ 'Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century' https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/ www.robertburns.org www.rbwf.org.uk www.burnsscotland.com Robert Crawford's 2009 biography The Bard: Robert Burns, a biography, published by Pimlico SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”Additional Music: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzProducer: Kathleen Mueller Mason SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com Support us on Patreon. Become a patron of our network: Broadsheet Radio.

Grab your prams and practice your Les Mis because this week we're building a barricade--except instead of Marius we're talking about Mary Barbour and the Glasgow rent strikes of 1915. Join Adam, Nat and this week's lovely (and in love) guests actor, Stephen McCole and writer/teacher, Emma Noble. Mary Barbour Mary Barbour Statue Photo of strikers 1 Photo of strikers 2 Rent strike in the paper Watch/Listen to Alistair Hulett play “Mrs Barbour’s Army” More on Stephen & Emma: Follow Stephen at @s_mccole on Instagram & @stephenmccole on Twitter & Emma at @mrsmccolio on Instagram & @emmanoblewrites on Twitter SOURCES:Burness, Catriona. “Mary Barbour & Rent Strike 1915.” Remember Mary Barbour, 16 Jan. 2014, remembermarybarbour.wordpress.com/mary-barbour-rent-strike-1915/.  “Mary Barbour - a Dangerous Woman?” Dangerous Women Project, 1 Mar. 2017, dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/03/02/mary-barbour-dangerous-woman/.  Paterson, Laura. “Centenary of Glasgow Women's Rent Strikes.” Womens History Scotland, womenshistoryscotland.org/2015/12/24/centenary-of-glasgow-womens-rent-strikes/.  rs21. “1915 Glasgow RENT STRIKE: How Workers Fought and Won over Housing.” rs21, 13 May 2021, www.rs21.org.uk/2015/06/12/1915-glasgow-rent-strike-how-workers-fought-and-won-over-housing/.  SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man” Additional Music: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Producer: Kathleen Mueller Mason SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com Support us on Patreon. Become a patron of our network: Broadsheet Radio.