It's a History Podcast

Join me each week as I take a look at all things history! Whether it be a person, a place, event, or just something really interesting, I will cover many of the stories our past has to offer.

It's a History Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Madison Schmidt, with 105 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Madison Schmidt hosts It's a History Podcast, a education show with 105 episodes published.

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  Episode #102

  102: The Hindenburg Disaster

  Aug 13, 202620 min

  Hello! This week we are taking a look at the Hindenburg Disaster. In episode 100, we took a look at the history of Zeppelins themselves which was made up of many different periods of trial and error to create an airship that was suitable for both passengers and war. This week we take a look at the Hindenberg Itself, What went wrong, and the Hindenbergs Nazi Connections. We also look at the live recording from Herbert Morrison of a minute by minute live audio description of the Hindenberg Landing. Check out episode 100 for more information on Zepplins: https://www.itsahistorypodcast.com/the-zeppelin-from-fantasy-to-reality/ Sources for today's episode include: Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology by Edward Regis If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at itsahistorypodcast@gmail.com . You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

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  Episode #101

  101: Soldier For The Union: A conversation with William W. Campbell

  Jul 30, 202634 min

  Hello! In this weeks episode I am joined by William W. Campbell, a neurologist, writer, artist, philanthropist, and retired US Army colonel whose creative writing career began with short stories about memorable patients encountered over nearly fifty years of medical practice. Today we are going to discuss his most recent release A historical fiction titled Soldier For the Union that explores the secret heroism of women who fought in disguise on the front lines of the Civil War. Links to find William: https://www. williamcampbellauthorartist. com/soldier-for-the-union-book https://williamcampbellauthor.substack.com The book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/soldier-for-the-union-william-w-campbell/5d88a28d75f2123d?ean=9798897471638&next=t If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at itsahistorypodcast@gmail.com . You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

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  Episode #100

  100: The Zeppelin: From Fantasy to Reality

  Jul 23, 202626 min

  Hello! In this week's episode (The 100th episode!) we are taking a look at the History of Zeppelins. Over the course of today's episode we will take a look as one man's fantastical design managed to persevere following disaster after disaster. The story of the Zeppelin is one that is full of many ups and downs, mostly down's, and in this episode we will look at how the design, though minimally changed, came to be the one that we all know and love. In this episode I mention Epsiode 96, which is on the History of the Hot Air Balloon. Here is a link to that episode: https://www.itsahistorypodcast.com/hot-air-balloons-paper-balloons-hot-air-vs-gas-and-modern-ballooning/ Sources for today's episode include: Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology by Edward Regis If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at itsahistorypodcast@gmail.com . You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

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  Episode #99

  099: What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted In Intercountry Adoption: A conversation With Paige Towers

  Jul 9, 202631 min

  Hello! In this week's episode I am joined by Paige Towers to discuss her recent release What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption. In this episode we discuss the Holt family and their adoption agency as well as the Familicide of the Suepple family. You can find Paige's book here: https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=what+they+stole If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at itsahistorypodcast@gmail.com . You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

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  Episode #98

  098: The Fourth of July and Fireworks

  Jul 2, 202612 min

  Hello! In this week's episode of It's a History Podcast, We will be taking a look at the history of Fourth of July celebrations in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary, looking at why July 4th became the national holiday even though delegates like John Adams expected July 2nd, when Congress approved the Lee Resolution, to be the official anniversary. In this episode we take a look at what the Lee Resolution said and also look at how British anniversary traditions shaped American celebrations. We will also take a look at the first organized celebrations in Boston and Philadelphia in 1777. Sources for today's episode include: An article from the National Park Service titled History of Independence Day https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalmall4th/history-of-independence-day.htm?ref=journal.stephenoliveto.com An article from George Washington's Mount Vernon titled The Earliest July Fourth Celebration https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/the-earliest-july-4-celebrations An article from History.com titled Why Do We Celebrate July Fourth With Fireworks? By Sarah Pruitt https://www.history.com/articles/july-4-fireworks-independence-day-john-adams If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at itsahistorypodcast@gmail.com . You can also find me on Instagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!

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