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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 ...
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HEYPOD!

Filip Winther, Alicia Andersson & Pim Ehrelind

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I Heypod finns det ingenting som de tre vännerna Filip, Alicia och Kiki inte kan få för sig att prata om. Varje vecka får ni följa med på deras galna upptåg och lyssna på deras fruktansvärda idéer!
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery -- the ascent of Aconcagua and the mystery ship Mary Celeste; science -- a new comet and lichen dyes; portraits of the seasons by Lucy Maud Montgomery: biographies of Charles Dickens and Clara and Robert Schuman; a history of the Transcendental utopia Fruitlands by ...
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Anomalous Fascination

Anomalous Fascination

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The mysteries of the universe are vast. Whether they are light years away, in a far off country, in things we use everyday, or even our own backyard...they never seem to have an explanation...they just ARE. This podcast seeks to bring these unexplainable phenomena to our audience, while making it easy for anyone to understand. If nothing else, by listening to this, you’ll sound a lot smarter at parties.
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! During the episode about Rasputin, I promised to tell the story of what happened to the Romanovs after the death of Rasputin - this episode makes good on that promise! What would happen next would not be good: Russia’s Prime Minister would step down, and Tsar Nicholas …
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! June is Pride Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about Sally Ride! Sally Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. She joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space. She was the youngest America…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! June is Pride Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about The Stonewall Uprising today! The Stonewall Uprising was a series of protests by members of the LGBTQ+ community. These protests were in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich V…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Rasputin was a Russian mystic and holy man who lived from 1869 to 1916. He's best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia. He gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire. This episode talks a…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! I love history, but I also love all things Spooky and True Crime! So when I got a chance to team up with Traci and Jeremy from the Total Conundrum podcast to discuss some historical True Crime, I was in! In this episode: Traci, Jeremy, and I discuss the mystery of the …
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! My friend Holley Snaith is a historian, author, and editor. She was kind enough to spend some time talking with me to tell me about her amazing career. I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it! Here's a link to Holley's website: ht…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! this episode is about the actress clara bow. clara was an actress during the silent movie era, and successfully transitioned to 'talKies'. she wAs in the movie 'it', and became known as 'the it giRl'. clara bow caMe to personify the roAring twentIeS with her flapper st…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Do you find yourself lost in the maze of history? Are you interested in the past, but think learning about history is too much work, or boring? Introducing Door Key – an all-natural, non-harmful, multi-sourced history podcast. Happy April Fool's Day! Support the Show. …
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! March is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by discussing Amelia Earhart! Amelia Earhart is most well-known for being the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. Amelia's attempt to be the first woman to circumnavigate the …
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! March is Women's History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by having a discussion with author Aly Riley! Aly and I discuss her book 'She Spies: Women of the American Revolution, their historic missions, and agent 355 revealed'. This book talks about the roles wom…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! February is Black History Month, and Door Key is celebrating that by talking about George Washington Carver. Carver was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. He was a professor at Tuskegee Institute, where he developed techniques to impr…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Door Key is celebrating Black History Month by talking about the one and only Josephine Baker! Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. She was a flapper synonymous with that era, as well as the first black woman to star in a major motio…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Door Key trailer. Please subscribe to the podcast and share this trailer. Website: https://doorkey.buzzsprout.com Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1040108179952433/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/doorkeypod LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/doorkeypod…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode briefly discusses the life and death of Abraham Lincoln, but the main focus of this episod is the plot to kidnap his remains about 10 years after his burial. Support the Show. 😍 NEW Subscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FREE and paid options: https…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! It's been 50 episodes! This episode is a celebration - Door Key has released 50 episodes! I put a call out to listeners to send in a question or comment, and you listeners really came through! This episode is me reading those questions and comments and answering them! …
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about Napoleon. I'm joined by military historian Michael Stroud, and we discuss the movie that's out right now about Napoleon, as well as the real historical figure. During our conversation, Michael recommends two books about Napoleon. Those two books a…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses the history of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is celebrated in America, and is on the fourth Thursday of every November. (There's also Canadian Thanksgiving, as well as similar celebrations in other places of the world, but this epi…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses Mary I of England. Mary I is known to history as Bloody Mary, but her real name was Mary Tudor. She was King Henry VIII’s oldest child and the daughter of Catherine of Aragon. She would eventually become Queen of England, but it was a long, tough…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode puts the spooky into Spooktaculer by discussing reported hauntings at Mount Vernon, which was George Washington's home. I don’t think there’s anything much better than a good ghost story, especially around Halloween! This is the fourth and final episode th…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about Juana of Castille, who was Queen of Castile. Known to history as Juana la Loca (which translates to Juana the Crazy, or Juana the Mad), Juana had a very tumultuous, tragic life that certainly qualifies for an episode in the Spooktaculer. This is t…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode is about H.H. Holmes, who is known as America's first serial killer. The crimes Holmes is most well-known for took place in Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893,around Chicago, where he built his infamous 'Murder Castle'. Thi…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, and before it ended 20 people would be executed. This episode discusses th…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! In November of 1924, a group of people went out on William Randolph Heart's yacht which was named The Oneida to celebrate film producer Thomas Ince's birthday. The weekend ended with Thomas Ince's death. It's unclear what happened on the yacht that weekend to cause Tho…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key 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 public antics that made her an icon. This episode takes a look at Alice's life, and why Americans were so captivated by her that the…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia from 1762 – 1796. Her long reign was inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, and during this time, Russia experienced a renaissance of culture and sciences. This all sounds good, but as we'll see see, it wasn’t all sunshine…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode explores the history of the ancient Roman city Pompeii, and gives examples of the (sometimes bawdy) graffiti found scrawled on the walls of the city when it was dug up centuries after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. (A bit of a content warning her…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were American criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression committing crimes like bank robbery, car theft, and even murder. PS - There's a great podcast called You're Wrong About that recent…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! We're finishing Pride Month by talking about Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, playwright, and author. He was famous for his talent, but also his sharp and biting wit. This episode also discusses his arrest, trial, and subsequent imprisonment for having relat…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! June is Pride Month, so this episode is about Baron von Steuben. Baron von Steuben was a Prussian Baron who came to the US to help train the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was smart. He was brave. He was charismatic. He was so instrumental in helping…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses the HBO series Rome, and how it compares with real history. Support the Show. 😍 NEW Subscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FREE and paid options: https://doorkey.substack.com/ There's even a special series in the newsletter about Bridgerto…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message! This episode discusses the life of Queen Charlotte. Queen Charlotte was the wife of King George III. This episode talks about her life before she married the King of England, her life as Queen of England, and discusses what her life was like after George III 'went mad'…
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🥰 I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key 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 as a child prodigy, his travels through Europe during the late 1700s, his early death at 35, and how the life of one of that era's roc…
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