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Episode 2 - The Celts

[fa icon="calendar'] May 12, 2015 12:30:00 PM / by Tori Zopf posted in Podcast Episodes

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We are happy to announce our third podcast episode is up and ready for your listening pleasure. 

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History on the Rocks - Now Available on Demand!

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 22, 2015 3:30:00 PM / by Tori Zopf

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This is a really quick update to let everyone know that our podcast is now available in two additional places! 

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Unnoticed POTUS John Tyler

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 20, 2015 3:30:00 PM / by Kellen Rice posted in Unnoticed POTUS

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Unnoticed POTUS focuses on our most forgotten presidents, from Martin Van Buren to Benjamin Harrison and more. You might be surprised at how interesting some of these always-the-ignored, never-the-Rushmore’d presidents turn out to be, and as a bonus prize for sticking with us on our favorite co-bland-ers-in-chief, we’ll post a new POTUS-themed cocktail for you to try out each week. Today: His Accidency Unnoticed POTUS John Tyler.

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Blue Laws, Bog Bodies, and Buddhist Mummies

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 14, 2015 4:27:33 PM / by Marco Costantini

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Our very own Kellen says it best this week - All the best poems are morbid. If that goes for podcasts, too, this week should be riveting!

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Ibn Khaldun and the Philosophy of Modern History

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 7, 2015 12:59:00 PM / by Marco Costantini posted in History of History

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Historians pursue “big” questions. What makes a civilization? What forces drive them to rise, expand, conquer, but then contrive to drag them into decline? What motivates us, directs our actions, creates the belonging we feel to the communities we construct around ourselves? The field was not always oriented toward finding these deeper truths. Herodotus (484-425 BCE) sought to chronicle the societies of the Mediterranean, North Africa and Western Asia in The Histories, and is rightfully considered the “Father of History,” but presenting an accurate retelling of the past is only part of the venture of history as it is practiced now.

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10 Lesser Known Cocktails You Don't Know But You Should

[fa icon="calendar'] Mar 30, 2015 9:05:00 PM / by Tori Zopf posted in Cocktail Recipes

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You Host a Pretty Good Party

But you want them to be better. Most of your friends are drinking gin and tonics, but you want to expand their horizons. 

Have no fear, History on the Rocks is here. Here are our top 10 weird cocktails you don't know but you should.

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POTUS Potables: William Henry Harrison

[fa icon="calendar'] Mar 27, 2015 12:30:00 PM / by Tori Zopf posted in POTUS Potables

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This recipe is part of an ongoing series to complement our series Unnoticed POTUS.  Look out for a new, presidential cocktail from POTUS Potables each Friday after Unnoticed POTUS is published.

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Unnoticed POTUS: William Henry Harrison

[fa icon="calendar'] Mar 25, 2015 12:30:00 PM / by Kellen Rice posted in Unnoticed POTUS

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Unnoticed POTUS focuses on our most forgotten presidents, from Martin Van Buren to Benjamin Harrison and more. You might be surprised at how interesting some of these always-the-ignored, never-the-Rushmore’d presidents turn out to be, and as a bonus prize for sticking with us on our favorite co-bland-ers-in-chief, we’ll post a new POTUS-themed cocktail for you to try out each week.

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Hard Liquor History: The Contested Origins of the Negroni

[fa icon="calendar'] Mar 23, 2015 12:30:00 PM / by Marco Costantini posted in Hard Liquor Histories

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Hard Liquor History is an ongoing series that examines the origins and histories of cocktails, liquors, and liqueurs (with the occasional foray into beer and wine). Not only will it discuss the who, what, when and where of these drinks, it will also look at the historical, social, cultural, and economic influences that led to or shaped their development. This episode of Hard Liquor History features the contested origins of the Negroni. Enjoy!

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POTUS Potables: Martin Van Buren - Martin Van Ruin

[fa icon="calendar'] Mar 20, 2015 12:30:00 PM / by Tori Zopf posted in Cocktail Recipes

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This recipe is part of an ongoing series to complement our series Unnoticed POTUS.  Look out for a new, presidential cocktail from POTUS Potables each Friday after Unnoticed POTUS is published.

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