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Who Did What Now
Author: Katie Charlwood
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Whoever said history was boring obviously wasn’t paying attention. Each week, join Katie Charlwood, history harlot and reader of books, as she delves into the people, places and events that make history a bit more interesting!
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SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON!!!See Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!!Get Your TicketsAs we continue spooky season, how coud we discuss witches and not share he tale of the very witch trial that shaped King James' view of daemonologie, The North Berwick Witch TrialsHosted by Katie CharlwoodListen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It is the season of the witch and so get ready for England's darkest hour, the trial of the Pendle Witches, in which families are condemned by the testimony of a young child. The first of many tales this season of those accused of witchcraft and cunning...Hosted by Katie CharlwoodSee Who Did What Now LIVE in London this November 2025!!!!Listen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COME SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON THS NOVEMBER!Welcome to the final installment in the Josephine Baker Saga: Death of a Showgirl. She lived a full life, fro rags to riches, resistance to Rainbow tribe, she was a civil rights activist, mother of 12 and a diva til the end.Hosted by Katie CharlwoodListen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COME SEE ME LIVE IN LONDON THS NOVEMBER!Josephine Baker had a life so full it could not be contained by one episode alone! In this eoisode Josephine deals with duals, death, international tours, another marrige, and nazis. But how exactly does one from, the highest paid movie star of the era to becoming a French Resistance spy!?Hosted by Katie CharlwoodListen to Kiss Like You’re Sorry Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jospehine Bake lived a full life, so much so that it was impossible to fit the bisexual, burlesque icon's story into just one episode! So welcome to part one, where we learn all about how Josephine went from dirt poor to dancing in Paris, one of the celebrated performes of the Jazz era, and who liked Willy so much she married to of them!Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lili St Cyr grew up with nothing...and ended up the most scandalous woman in America! From poverty to police raids, to being denounced by the Public Morality Committee, she had a scandalous life on and off the stage..Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate to Burlesque Hall of FameI'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the arts boomed and the Burlesque show was born and it created stars, women like Liane de Pougy, a star, a desired courtesan, a princess and a nun.Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US troops, an SS officer, some politicians, a famous tennis player and Charles de Gaulle's sister....in the AlpsHosed by Katie Charlwood Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven Spielberg had to tone down his cruelty in Schindler's List because he didn't want audiences to think that it was exaggerating or making things up. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to avoid too many questions. A place of brutality, where women were used as forced labour for Siemens and Heinkel, to build rockets and luftwaffe machinery. To provide products for businesses owned by prominent SS, and to make uniforms for the soldiers. But it wasn't all work, women were used for horrific "scientific" experiments, tortured and more...Content Warning: Murder, Abuse, SA, Infanticide and more. Proceed with caution.Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the one who was inflicting it. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which became a pivotal moment in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. What happened in Downtown LA in June 1943?Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com Fill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kate Warne, a woman in history we should know more about. The first "lady" detective in the USA, she solved crimes, performed subtrefuge and even thwarted an assassination attempt on President-elect, Abraham Lincoln.Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the second half of the John Brown tale, we get to hear about Brown's FAFO era, from Bleeding Kansas to the guerilla warfare at Osawatomie, the Battle at Black Creek and of course the rai on Harper's Ferry, and the events that led him to be executed for treason. Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour! (News Coming Soon)Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy Independence Day! It's July 4th which means that it's the perfect time to talk about some classic American history. I was hoping to get this into one epidoe but alas, there's too much to tell. so join me for Part I of the tale of John Brown, the American Abolitionist,Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comHosted by Katie CharlwoodFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A film noir femme fatale, actress Mary Astor found herself embroiled in a custody battle and "crime of the century!" A scandal so inticing that it knocked the news of fascists off of the front page of the newspapers. To start off our US History month, the American starlet and the purple diary scandal! Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
King Edward II had everything he needed in life, a great education, a throne to sit upon, huge tracts of land and a beautiful face... unfortunately his greatest achievement as King was having a pirate beoyfriendHosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alan Turing is a man who deserved to be celebrated, a cryptanalyst, mathematician and codebreaker who helped win the Second World War, A man who was possibly neurodivergent and definitely homosexual. This pride month I am so excited to finally tell you about about the genius, Alan Turing.Hosted by Katie Charlwood I'm on Tour!Get Your TicketsDonate at: Patreon Tip JarJust in CaseBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's Pride month and so it's the perfect time to tack about trans cultural icon, Billy Lee Tipton - a transgender jazz musician, who performed all over the country, had five dogs, five wives and a great sense of humour. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This Pride Month, let us tell a tale of one of the best-known authors and least-known asexuals in history - Miss Louisa May Alcott. You may know her as the writer of the classic novel, Little Women, but Alcott had an interesting life that is only hinted at in her novels Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at: Patreon Tip JarBeacons (at the bottom of the page)Follow me on…InstagramTikTokFacebookBlueskyFan Mail:Katie CharlwoodC/O The Postal StoreUnit 11AForte Retail ParkLetterkennyCo. DonegalIrelandF92 DY22Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.comHosted by Katie CharlwoodFill out the survey! http://bit.ly/whodidwhatnow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
having a progressive Brit try to explain John Brown is like someone from Kansas trying to explain Guy Fawkes; they have no context.
Right at the beginning you mention a zombie movie, particularly Nazi zombies. I really need to know what it is called if you wouldn't mind dropping the title please lovely.
'owned by Donald Trump', that really makes my skin crawl. Nobody should be owning anyone, least of all that 'man'.
The volume is way off on this video. Be prepared to lose your eardrums when the ads come on.
loved it. as usual. thanks.
So if you're from a country that is a bit more advanced and well off, and you wish to go to a country that is impoverished to help, because you care about people, that makes you a racist with a white savior complex, and if you don't choose to help, then you're a racist and heartless. So white people are just damned if they do and damned if they don't. That is a crock of shit.
love her accent. she's pleasant to listen to. very interesting stories. but she has an intense hatred for men, and she's not shy about it.
first, thank you Katie, for being a phenomenal educator! I'd never heard of the Magdalene Laundries before today, and I truly appreciate the time and work you put into your research and production. But is anyone else getting ads inviting them to apply to work with "US Customs and Border Control?" I think the audience of this particular podcast are probably some of the last people Customs and Border Control would want to hire... so bizarre. BUT THANK YOU KATIE!
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"The owner of this arm suffered a severe case of the murders" 😹
"I'm not judging an iguana. They do their own thing." 🤣
love these podcasts. I have been really enjoying them
I am loving these. I can't believe this is all a lie. that blows my mind.
very in-depth, empathetic look at a human being who was murdered by an evil person
I want to know which podcast did this to you? way to go reclaiming her name.
absolutely love this podcast. it's like hearing someone spill tea about a coworker, but it's historical figures. makes history accessible and relatable.
I am so in love with your Chanel. I binge listen to it at work. 12 hour shifts mean I am running out of podcasts fast :(
Love the pod. I do wish the volume randomness could be addressed. You're loud then soft then loud. It's very jarring.