Dig: A History Podcast

Creepy, Occult & Spooky Series #1 of 4. We commemorate and document life through photographs, and have been doing so since the 19th century. But photography has also been used to document death. In this episode we are discussing Victorian postmortem photography. This has received a lot of interest on the internet lately as Victorian memento mori photographs have become rather popular on certain internet sites. And although many of the pictures on those sites are in fact postmortem photographs, many are not. They are either completely fake, or they are pictures of living people being passed off as postmortem photos. Find show notes, affiliate links and the transcript at digpodcast.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War, Conflict and Violence Series #4 of 4. Today’s discussion is about the creation of historical memory and how one war in particular, The Texas War of Independence, is remembered. But also how historical memory of that war is profoundly colored by the memory of the Civil War through what is known as the Lost Cause. Find Show Notes, Further Reading, and a complete transcript of this episode at https://digpodcast.org/2017/10/08/lost-cause-texas-slavery/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War, Conflict and Violence Series #3 of 4. Dealing with the history behind why we have Confederate memorials and what they mean, but also talk about something fun: guerrilla warfare – the irregular forms of war that took place largely in the Western reaches of the Civil War's borders.  For Show Notes, Further Reading, and a complete transcript of this episode, visit https://digpodcast.org/2017/10/01/guerrilla-warfare-civil-war/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War, Conflict and Violence Series #2.5 of 4. The military revolution changed every detail of military service, provided a profession for sons who were not their fathers’ heirs, sparked concerns over hygiene, fashion, taxation, necessitated the development of the modern nation-state as we know it and made Europe, a small insignificant region of the world, a hegemonic force for centuries to come. All this and more on today’s episode. Find Show Notes, Further Reading, and a complete transcript at: https://digpodcast.org/2017/09/24/military-revolution/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War, Conflict and Violence Series #2 of 4. In early modern Europe—that’s about 1500 to 1800—warfare changed dramatically, mostly due to the rise of gunpowder weapons. The introduction of artillery and shoulder arms to early modern European warfare had immediate consequences such as changing fortress design, necessitating the switch from cavalry to infantry, and the building of large standing armies. Find Show Notes, Further Reading, and a complete transcript for this episode at: https://digpodcast.org/2017/09/24/military-revolution/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War, Conflict and Violence Series #1 of 4. While today, press coverage treats Christianity’s alignment with political conservatism as a foregone conclusion, there is a larger milieu of liberal and progressive activism with Christian social justice. Join Averill and special guest Mark Lempke, PhD, for this special episode exploring George McGovern and the elusive Christian Left. Get the transcript and bibliography, and info about our guest host Mark Lempke, at digpodcast.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sex Series, Episode #4 of 4. Get a complete transcript and bibliography at digpodcast.org. We have an image of puritans as cold, severe, hyper-strict and religious people, and while that’s not entirely false, it’s also not entirely true. From the very beginning, Early Americans were thinking about sex. The courts were burdened with hundreds of cases in which people broke the laws regarding sexual morality, such as premarital or extramarital sex or pregnancy out of wedlock. There was also a panic around a rise in bestiality!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 In 19th century New York City, sex was for sale and it wasn’t hard to find it. Commodified sex was everywhere and available for any price. The years between roughly 1850 to about 1910 were the years that commercialized sex and vice in New York City were the most visible, the most prolific, and the most wild. Show Notes, Further Reading, and a full transcript at: https://wp.me/p8Ra4D-Wm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sex Series, Episode #2 of 4. Marie Stopes was one of the most significant figures in the modern birth control movement. She founded 37 international family planning clinics and brought sexual knowledge and fulfillment to countless women around the world. Get a complete transcript and bibliography for this episode at digpodcast.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sex Series #1 of 4. The Marquis de Sade is a notorious figure in the history of the French Revolution. Some see him as a twisted, debauched lunatic who preyed on the bodies of women and children. Others see him as a literary genius who was a revolutionary spirit ahead of his time. Get a complete transcript and bibliography for this episode at digpodcast.org   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices