The Reluctant Historian

This week Liz and Dakota take a condensed look at ancient Egyptian religion, including some of their beliefs and practices.

This week, Liz and Dakota look at some of the more famous alien and UFO sightings from around the world.

With all the discussion on the interwebs about possible alien life, Liz and Dakota take this week to talk about the existence of aliens, and some famous UFO sightings that have occurred since WWII.

This week is a quicky to give an update to changes coming to The Reluctant Historian

This week, Liz and Dakota ease back into the swing of things with a quick factoid episode about Valentine's DayEpisode Noteshttps://www.womansday.com/relationships/a4702/10-fun-valentines-day-facts-103385/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/a26863/valentines-day-facts/https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/valentines-day-facts

This week, Liz and Dakota look at an urban legend from Quebec and talk about how the actual history of a murderer quickly became something of a ghost story.Episode Noteshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/la-corriveaus-cage-quebec-canadahttps://www.scaryforkids.com/la-corriveau/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-corriveauhttp://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/corriveau_marie_josephte_3E.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveauhttps://nuvomagazine.com/culture/la-corriveau-of-quebec-city

Welcome back to season three!This week, Dakota shares the story of a medical history/mystery from the French Revolution, the tale of the man who couldn't stop eating: TarrareEpisode Noteshttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/747/747-h/747-h.htmhttps://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/tarrare/https://www.wiltons.org.uk/news/155https://historianandrew.medium.com/tarrare-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eating-including-puppies-and-a-maybe-toddler-dde79b8d50b7https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eatinghttps://www.messynessychic.com/2018/07/13/whatever-you-do-dont-tell-the-french-about-tarrare/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrarehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare

This week, Liz and Dakota look back at some of their favourite episodes from 2022, recounting memories and zingers, and looking forward to the future.A huge thanks goes out to all of you who have tuned in this year... the podcast wouldn't be the same without you, and we are so incredibly appreciative that you take the time out of your day to listen to us talk history. We look forward to connecting with you all again on January 18, 2023... Happy Holidays from us at The Reluctant Historian

This week, Liz and Dakota delve into some Icelandic Christmas Folklore, learning about the Christmas Witch, a hungry Christmas Cat, and 13 meddlesome pranksters.Episode Noteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-thirteen-yule-lads-icelands-own-mischievous-santa-clauses-180948162/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-icelands-christmas-witch-much-cooler-and-scarier-krampus-180967605/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklorehttps://www.britannica.com/place/Icelandhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/568050/gryla-christmas-troll-iceland