History.icu

This is the first episode of History.icu. It's going to be a short podcast, published about every two weeks, about weird, quirky, offbeat events that are suprisingly relatable.Today's episode is about the Defenestration of Prague, or why you should check to see if someone has closed the window before you come very far into the room.Music is supplied by jjstiano of www.looperman.com

This episode is about the Dancing Plague of 1522. When times are tough, the tough go dancing.Music is courtesy of jjstiano over at Looperman.com

This is the story of an average woman named Jenny Geddes. By being who she was she triggered a reformation in her church, and set rolling unforeseen consequence in the entire kingdom. She chose a place to take her seat and to take her stand and that changed everything.Music provided by jjstiano over at Looperman.com.

The story of how not to own a small piece of the Klondike.Music provided by jjstiano over at Looperman.com.

This is the story of when a hat is fashionable, when it is not, and what you can do about that.Music is courtesy of jjstiano over at Looperman.com.

What do you do when 20,000 emus overrun your farm? Go to war, obvously.Music courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman.com

What if there was other intelligent life in the universe? In all of the vastness of creation, what if we weren't the pinnancle being out there?Music is courtesy of jjstiano over at Looperman.com. Cover art comes from chriscalderwoo1 at Pixabay.

This is the story of Igor Gouzenko, who is not your typical Cold War spy. On a Friday night, in September of 1945 he started the Cold War. But it didn't happen the way you think it might.Thanks to jjstiano at Looperman.com for the music, and to Paul Daley at Pixabay.com for the image.

Pity poor Liechtenstein. Tiny and ignored and even bullied, it's still a country that knows what's important.Thanks to jjstiano at Looperman for the music, and to pasja1000 at Pixaby for the image.

It was the night the guns went silent. Sometimes there's something more powerful in war than hate.Music has been provided by jjstiano and and Kevin MacLeod.

In this episode the Dutch teach the Spanish a few things about ice. The theme music is courtesty of jjstiano

Do you love him or do you hate him? What makes a hero? The great Arthur Irwin was said to be the slimiest man in baseball.Music from jjstanio at Looperman.com. Art work courtesty of Wikipedia.

If you think politics today is absurd, you need to meet Canada's Rhinoceros Party.Check out History.icu for show notes and a transcript of the podcast.Thanks to jjstiano for the theme music, and Free-Photos for the rhino image.

What happens when women want really big feathers on their hats? How far will people go to satisfy the craving? And how long will the craving last?Music courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman, and image is from ivabalk at Pixabay.

The story of the USS Seadragon, its voyage under the ice, and the world's strangest baseball game.Image from Wikimedia Commons and the music is from jjstiano at Looperman.

The Anglo-Zanzibar War, at 38 minutes is the shortest war in history. Yet enough brief events can be of lasting significance.The music is from jjstiano and the photo of the HMS Philomel comes from Wikipedia.

The tale of Typhoid Mary is a famous one, but how was it that Mary Mallon managed to spread typhoid in New York? The tale is stranger than you think.Music, as always, is by jjstiano, at Looperman.Image from Lupo 09:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC) - According to http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-702b,0,3017376.photo?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation[dead link] this is an illustration that appeared in 1909 in The New York American. (According to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.html, the precise date was June 20, 1909)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689799Notes go here

When the odd are down and enemies actually collaborate for the greater good to make food fall from heaven, what can it be but a miracle?Music by JJStiano at Looperman. Image of the Lancaster bomber is in the pubic domain and can be found on Wikipedia.

If they won't let you cut down a tree in Korea, does it make a sound? This is is the weird tale of a tree pruning operation in the Korean demilitarized zone in 1976. Music is courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman.

This is the story of the unlikely death of one man. Music courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman. Image of the gun used in the assassination from Daniel R. Blume.