EPISODES
Episode 104—Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White
What does hockey’s first organized league and a colony of creative rabbits have in common? One was black, one was white, but both buck expectations…
Episode 103—Everyday War (feat. Dr. Greta Uehling)
What the networks deem “newsworthy” barely scratches the surface of what it means to be a nation at war, a community at war, a civilian at war. Cultural anthropologist Dr. Greta Uehling join…
Episode 102—Jazz Goddess, Gypsy Queen
Today we're talking about two ladies who've got rhythm and music: black singer, composer and music critic, Nora Holt; and fierce beast of falmenco, Carmen Amaya.
Episode 101—Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us! (feat. Lanny Jones)
As we explore overlooked figures from history, we often find ourselves shouting about how these folks should have been celebrities…
Episode 100—In Da Club: A Shared History Musical Spectacular (feat. Then This Happened: Musical Stories)
Remember when every TV show had a musical episode? Ring in the 100th episode of Shared History with the history of house music and Chicago's Everleigh Club PLUS original and fully improvised songs…
Episode 099—The Most Interesting Man in the World (feat. Michael MacBride)
Nobody puts Baby in the corner and nobody makes Merton Clivette pick a lane. Author and indie publisher, Michael MacBride, regales us…
Episode 098—This Little Horse Lord Hates Disco
Finally, more people are talking about Scythia and, of course, Chicago! And by more people, we mean us.
Episode 097—Balloon Poppin’ Daddies
We’re starting this season off with a bang…or at least Natalie is, as she traumatizes Cass with a harrowing…
Episode 096—Chasing Waterfalls (feat. Alex DiVirgilio)
It's the season 6 finale and that calls for our signature silly finale tradition of a waterfall episode...
Episode 095—The History Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Everyone knows there is nothing cooler than sweet tats and sick dragons, so in this week's episode we're bringing you both…
Episode 094—Cheers to Beers and Queers (feat. Nicholas Ryan from Herbiery)
We’re taking beer back to it’s roots, literally, with a not-so-hoppy history lesson from our friend Nicholas Ryan at Herbiery.
Episode 093—Stay Socialist, Not Toxic
Same topic, almost the same person. Cass and Nat come as close as ever to having the same topic in this week’s socialist, feminist fanfare…
Episode 092—The Last Badass (feat. Tehya from For the Love of History)
If Tom Cruise is involved, it's wrong. That's one of many lessons we take away from this week's episode on samurai women…
Episode 091—Nobby Nat & The Unwashed Casses
Coming up with new nicknames is an art form, and this episode is chocked full of art. Cass teaches us all about…
Episode 090—Don’t Wake Daddy Disney (feat. Caitlin Cadieux)
...because he was kind of a d*ck. We're joined by motion designer and co-host of the Cartoon Feelings podcast..
Episode 089—Scared History 4: Scared 4 History
Sometimes there is nothing scarier than reality. So, in this edition of Scared History, Nat & Cass is keeping things close to home…
Episode 088—Like an Icon in the Sky (feat. Tom Betti of the PanAm Podcast)
Once the second most recognizable brand in the world after Coca-Cola, Pan Am is and was more than an airline. Historian and host of The Pan Am Podcast, Tom Betti…
Episode 087—That Peasant’s Poisonnnn
Cass tells us the 1850 BCE Egyptian story of "The Eloquent Peasant" and Natalie opens up the crock of lies about the danger of poisons in the royal court.