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Footnoting History<\/span><\/i> cycles through multiple hosts each season (all of whom have graduate degrees in the history field and a passion for the crevices of history not commonly explored). Each host\u2019s personality comes across in the show, adding a fresh variety to each episode. Featuring widely unknown stories from the past, the people or events covered are considered \u201cunderstated pieces of history.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, when you think of the Declaration of Independence, you likely think of Johnsh Hancock\u2019s signature. Right? The fact that a woman\u2014<\/span>Mary Katharine Goddard\u2014also signed the document is hardly ever even mentioned in history class. Jane Austen fanatics might identify the name Thomas Lefroy as Austen\u2019s main romantic interest, but what they might <\/span>not <\/span><\/i>know is that she was engaged (and then un-engaged less than 24 hours later) to a man named Harris Bigg-Wither! (This was a personal shock to me.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The length of each episode varies as much as the hosts. I like choosing the episodes I listen to based on both the topic and amount of time I have. I\u2019m also excited for their new series, \u201cFootnoting Disney,\u201d which will cover the cultural influences that inspired the stories of Disney trademarks like <\/span>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Little Mermaid<\/span><\/i>. Should be a good listen!<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 2020 Issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Footnoting History cycles through multiple hosts each season (all of whom have graduate degrees in the history field and a passion for the crevices of history not commonly explored). Each host\u2019s personality comes across in the show, adding a fresh variety to each episode. Featuring widely unknown stories from the past, the people or events covered are considered \u201cunderstated pieces of history.\u201d\u00a0 For instance, when you think of the Declaration of Independence, you likely think of Johnsh Hancock\u2019s signature. Right? The fact that a woman\u2014Mary Katharine Goddard\u2014also signed the document is hardly ever even mentioned in history class. Jane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[1280,1279,434,598],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n