Girl Historians
Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
130 episodes · Explicit
A comedy podcast where Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne attempt to be historians.
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The Cursed Fleetwood Mac Episode
Listen girls, we're changing our audio set up for this season and no change goes over entirely smoothly. we tried to record this once and ruined the audio completely. We tried again, and the audio came out...a bit…
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Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
WE ARE BACK WITH GIRL HISTORIANS: SUMMER SCHOOL! in this season, we will be doing smaller topics that we want to explore- perfect for summer beach brain in this special PRIDE episode, Blair and Carley discuss LGSM,…
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We're in Salem
Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne Produced by: Rob Moden Music by: Jacob Ollivier Cover artist: Nicola…
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The Salem Industrial Complex
In the last 'normal' episode of the Salem Witch Files, we saw Challengers, Blair tells Carley about how Salem embraced its history, boys kissing, the ethics of dark tourism, the dirty boy versus the clean boy, and what…
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Executions & Aftermath & Drake & Kendrick
Carley and Blair have half-formed opinions on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, a timeline of everyone in Salem saying sorry about getting all those witches killed, and a new target for who they want on the podcast.…
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The Weirdest Salem Witch Trials Pop Culture
With the Salem Witch Files winding down, Blair and Carley catch up on summer plans, board games, and insights from eavesdropping on a therapist. Then, Carley talks about some favorite pop culture that inspired by the…
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Wicked (Part 2)
Get cozy as Blair takes Carley behind the scenes of the musical, from its inception through its legacy. Also, we learned not to advertise the podcast with dead dogs. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and…
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Wicked (Part 1)
Was this whole Salem Witch Trials podcast just a Trojan horse to talk about a musical? Kinda. This week, Blair and Carley talk about why they love the musical, and recap its plot. (Next week: talking about the behind…
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Women of Salem Invented Gay Pop
Carley leads Blair through a deeper-dive on some of the women convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials. And, JoJo Siwa. Also: voice notes, the eclipse, another lie we told, The Giving Tree, Anne Putnam Sr's…
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Witch Trial Conspiracies
Fungal bread. Land grabs. Bored girls. And defining what the devil even is. Carley and Blair drink Wayne Gretzky's white wine and address, debunk, and occasionally embrace the biggest conspiracy theories about the…
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Bustin' the Men of Salem
After no one asked, Blair and Carley look deeper at the lineup of men executed in the Salem witch trials. If you ever thought “I wish they wouldn't sing so many musical theater songs,” never before has a Monkey's Paw…
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The "2 Executed Dogs" Comedy Hour
Everyone asked for it, so here’s an episode where Carley and Blair (try not to) talk about the two dogs that were executed for witchcraft. In a new Girl Historians tradition, it only took 5 or 6 episodes into the…
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The Crucible's John Proctor is the Villain
Carley and Blair jump forward in time to review two stageplays related to the Salem witch trials: Arthur Miller's 1952 McCarthyism allegory The Crucible, and Kimberly Belflower's 21st-century response, John Proctor is…
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Best of Truthtanic | Girl Historians Season 1
Now that we've moved on to witches, take a trip down memory lane with some favourite moments from Girl Historians season 1, as Blair and Carley investigate what REALLY happened to that famous good boat, the RMS…
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Misconceptions and the Wicked Trailer
It's a lighter episode this week - like watching Bill Nye instead of having science class - as Blair leads Carley through what people get wrong about the Salem witch trials. Also: career changes, musical theater girls…
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Live Show (w/ Guest Historians Kenley Ku, Brendan Kane, Sarah Bennett, and Ben Sosa-Wright)
To celebrate the podcast coming back, Blair and Carley gathered their comedian friends and demanded THEY tell some history for a goddamn change. Recorded February 15, 2024 at Bar Orwell in Toronto. Featuring!…
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First Accusations
Carley tells Blair about the first accusations of witchcraft in Salem against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba. And after two episodes, they FINALLY search for witch trial porn. Plus: Infinite Jest, Smash,…
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People Went Crazy Over Witchcraft Because Everything Sucked... and Energy Drinks
Blair leads Carley through some history of how witchcraft was perceived pre-Salem... and they have witch-themed energy drinks. Brought to you by Alani Witch's Brew! (not really) Plus: nicknames, Broadway, Lavender…
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Salem Witch Trials Timeline and Fancasts
Blair and Carley are back, they hate the Titanic now, they're only about witches. Sign up on Patreon for episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonuses! patreon.com/GirlHistorians Welcome to the Salem Witch Files!…
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Trailer | Girl Historians: Salem Witch Files
Truthtanic is now Girl Historians! The Titanic is dead to us! Comedians and wannabe historians Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne are back February 9th for the first episode of Girl Historians season 2: the Salem Witch…
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The Future and We Saw Titanic: The Musical
In the Truthtanic season finale and last episode about the RMS Titanic, Blair and Carley talk about their big takeaways from the season, give their review of Titanic: The Musical, and also reveal who fucked up or…
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Titanic the Movie
Carley and Blair go behind the scenes of the iconic 1997 James Cameron/Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet Best Picture-winning movie, Titanic. Nudity! Scenes filmed backwards! Clam chowder spiked with drugs! It has nothing…
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Titanic Pop Culture (w/ Tim Blair)
Carley and Blair and guest Tim Blair (TallBoyz) talk about some of the major depictions of the Titanic disaster in pop culture - including a movie about the Titanic ending the cold war, the moderately cursed Titanic:…
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The Wreck
Carley and Blair celebrate our Lord and Savior, Robert D. Ballard, seemingly the only person racing to find the Titanic's wreck who wasn't just promoting his ping pong business or whatever. Plus: getting humbled, Enola…
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Titanic Conspiracies
"The energy... it's like we drank a bottle of wine before recording this." Blair and Carley review some of the major Titanic conspiracies that have popped up in the last century (fake ships?! JP Morgan?! Mummies?!…
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The Aftermath (w/ Ben Sosa-Wright)
Blair and Carley are joined by comedian Ben Sosa-Wright to dissect the immediate fallout of the disaster: a movie made within 31 days, government inquiries, and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The video talked…
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The Sinking
Carley and Blair dare to review the official timeline of the night the Titanic sunk... April 14th to 15th, 1912. Plus: Newsies, hangovers, astrology, the worst April Fool's joke ever, callbacks to the potato washing…
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Key Passengers and Crew
In part 2 of the investigation, Carley and Blair review the most famous suspects. How many shipwrecks can the Unsinkable Molly Brown survive without people asking questions? Plus: oral fixations, lots of singing, Jerry…
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The Ship
Blair and Carley welcome you to Truthtanic, the only show brave enough to ask: what happened to the RMS Titanic in 1912? In part 1 of the investigation, our hosts explain what to expect in each episode, their personal…
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Trailer | Girl Historians: Truthtanic
Comedians Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne have spent months obsessing over the Titanic. Like, pre-submersible. In season 1 of Girl Historians, they'll (genuinely) recap the history of the famous 1912 disaster, and…
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