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Broad History

Isabelle Roughol
American Revolution
Women's History
Wages For Housework
Women In the American Revolution
Abigail Adams
Women In History
Broad History
Newsletter
Care Work
Dissolution Of the Monasteries
Paris
French Politics
France
Fire Safety
Polly Bemis
Ella Watson
Loyalists
John Adams
Literary Journalism
Current Events

The history you think you know, with women in it this time

PublishesTwice monthlyEpisodes13Founded6 months ago
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What really happened between Angelica and Hamilton? Did she really ask her sister to "lend him to me for a little while"? Why did Eliza sign her name to the Federalist papers? Did Angelica get a little too close to Jefferson? What about all the Schuy... more

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Abigail Adams made a killing in war bonds (and possibly a bit of insider trading). She used John Adams' diplomatic posting to import luxury goods from France and resell them at an insane markup. ... more

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The most radical thing about the American Revolution? The sudden politicisation of colonial women, argues Dr Carol Berkin, author of "Revolutionary Mothers" and one of the preeminent historians o... more

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In part 2 of our exploration of the American frontier, Megan Kate Nelson introduces two women who belie the homesteader image conservative "trad wives" like to harken back to. Polly Bemis was a C... more

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Woody Holton
Historian, University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Episode: American Revolution | Ep 2 | Abigail Adams, capitalist (Woody Holton)
Carol Berkin
Historian and author of Revolutionary Mothers
The City College of New York (CUNY) / author
Episode: American Revolution | Ep 1 | The political awakening of American women (Carol Berkin)
Megan Kate Nelson
Historian of the American West
University-affiliated author of The Westerners
Episode: The American Frontier you never hear about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 1)
Dr. Kate Lister
Sex historian, host of Betwixt the Sheets, author of Flick A History of Female Pleasure
Betwixt the Sheets; book author
Episode: History's super confused ideas about women's sex lives (Kate Lister)
Julia Cooke
American writer and journalist, author of Starry and Restless
Author
Episode: The mothers of war journalism (Julia Cooke)
Emily Callaci
Professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; author of Wages for Housework
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Episode: "All work is sh*t" or the anti Girl Boss feminism of the 1970s (Emily Callaci)
Fiona Sampson
Biographer of George Sand, Mary Shelley, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; professor and British poet
Author of Becoming George
Episode: George Sand, the author who outsold Victor Hugo (Fiona Sampson)
Victoria Bateman
Economic historian; author of Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power
Economica (author); academic
Episode: Women have always had jobs (Victoria Bateman)

Host

Isabelle Roughol
Host of Broad History; frequent presenter with deep ties to the project; leads historical storytelling and interview structure.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 12 ratings
  • Great Binge

    I recently discovered this podcast on a road trip. I love being immersed in stories that are not typically told in a history book. I am hooked and going through the backlog.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CRuth4116
    United States19 days ago
  • Great podcast!

    I love this podcast! Every episode is different and fascinating. Thank you for a podcast I didn’t know I needed.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Catialada
    United States21 days ago
  • My new favourite podcast

    Every episode I’ve listened to so far has been a revelation - enlightening, entertaining and enraging in roughly equal measure. Can’t wait for more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Barcelonessa
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Best new podcast of 2026

    Essential listening for all men (and women too). The forgotten and ignored women of history. Add it to your favourites now.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Margaret Klemola
    Australia3 months ago
  • You’ll learn something at every episode

    Super well-researched, it’s brain food to fix what is otherwise a daily flood of tiktok clips of cute cats. To be clear, you need the cat videos. But also, you need this

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    115ab115
    United States4 months ago

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Notable for highlighting overlooked women and challenging myths.
A must-listen for anyone curious about nuanced historical narratives.
Explaining history in engaging, human terms.
Well-researched and brain food for history buffs.

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#88
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Apple Podcasts
#181
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History's super confused ideas about women's sex lives (Kate Lister)
Q: So what's a moment in women's history, or a moment in history, that you think we should explore again from the perspective of women?
Kate suggests revisiting the sexual revolution of the 1960s to understand its uneven impact, arguing that real equality in sex did not occur for everyone and that the revolution mostly benefited some groups while leaving others behind; she also recommends exploring medieval period women's experiences through new scholarly lenses.
The homesteaders trad wives would rather forget about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 2)
Q: What is a moment in history that you think we should look at again from the perspective of women?
A reexamination of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican women who ran ranches, traded, and shaped frontier economies would broaden our understanding beyond the famous white male icons and reveal a more layered West.
The homesteaders trad wives would rather forget about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 2)
Q: Do you want to take it from there?
Yes, here is how Polly Bemis's journey connects to the broader patterns of Chinese migration, labor, and settlement in the West, and how her life challenges typical western frontier narratives.

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A history podcast focused on uncovering women's roles and perspectives often missing from mainstream narratives. Episodes mix rigorous scholarly context with vivid storytelling to challenge myths about the past, from the American West to gendered labor and sexuality. Listeners can expect nuanced analyses, strong guest expertise, and calls to broaden the historical conversation to include marginalized voices, with a distinctive emphasis on how past narratives shape present culture and politics.

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1. Woody Holton
2. Carol Berkin
3. Megan Kate Nelson
4. Dr. Kate Lister
5. Julia Cooke
6. Emily Callaci
7. Fiona Sampson
8. Victoria Bateman

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