78th Issue: Silas Soule, Mochi, and Homer Lea
I found a post on social media about the My Lai Massacre, and I was reading about the guy who was the whistle blower for that but this isn’t about that guy....
77th Issue: Thomas Szasz and John C. Woods
Discussion of mental health and executions of war criminals ahead FYI I was learning a little bit about the anti-psychiatry movement the other day. It led me...
76th Issue: Joe Lee Kiyoomia
Warning for torture, war, death, etc. Today I am thinking about Joe Lee Kiyoomia. He was a Navajo soldier who fought during World War II. He was fighting in...
75th Issue: Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum, Nasubi, and Gangubai Kothewali
Welcome back to another issue of my newsletter! I’ll jump right into it. I’ve been interested in reality TV lately, and I ran across this guy called Tomoaki...
74th Issue: Margaret George and Solomon Bibo
Today I’ll be telling you about two different people I learned about recently who I thought were interesting. The first is Margaret George, a commander of...
73rd Issue: Hans Rey, Ruth First, and Mochizuki Chiyome
You may have noticed that this is no longer a newsletter on Tinyletter. Mailchimp bought it and they wanted me to pay. So I moved to Buttondown, which seems...
72nd Issue: John Rabe and E.J. Bellocq
Hello! I’m back again! Today I'll be talking about two very different men, both of whom I find interesting. I’m starting out with a man named John Rabe. He...
71st Issue: Joan Hinton and her Family
Everyone’s talking about nepo babies lately, well I’m going to get in on this trend. I found this woman named Joan Hinton, and turns out her whole family...
70th Issue: Edward Rose and Sarah Winnemucca
Edward Rose was an explorer and fur trapper who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States. His origins are unknown, but he was...
69th Issue: The Abbasid-Carolingian Alliance and Kermit Roosevelt
Today’s newsletter is another grab bag of people, places, and things that have caught my interest lately. The first is the Abbasid-Carolingian Alliance. As...
68th Issue:
Here are four different people who I thought were kind of interesting. I hope you do too. If not though, it will not hurt my feelings. William Dampier I was...
67th Issue: Cassie Chadwick
Hi everyone! Yes you get another newsletter so soon after the last one. I will leave you alone for a couple months after this though, I promise. I’ve been...
66th Issue: The Mercury 13
I have been watching this show called For All Mankind. Well, I’ve only watched six episodes so far but it’s pretty good. It’s about an alternate history...
65th Issue: Drukpa Kunley and Phallus Worship
I was reading the latest Anthony Bourdain book – it was actually meant to be a collaboration with him and someone else and then he died so the book isn’t...
64th Issue: Radio Broadcasters of World War II Propaganda
Today’s topic is various radio broadcasters who went on the radio to deliver anti-American propaganda in English. There were quite a few people who did this,...
63rd Issue: Fun Facts
Hi! Sorry it’s been so long since the last issue, I was busy writing a book or maybe even two. I couldn’t find any one topic I wanted to delve into this...
62nd Issue: Women in (American) Football
Today I watched a documentary about women in baseball, and that made me curious about women in (American) football. Like how softball is the ‘girl’ version...
61st Issue: Mary Baker Eddy
Today I will write about Mary Baker Eddy. She founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, which is also known as Christian Science. I think it’s very...
60th Issue: Ziryab
A friend on Twitter suggested this topic to me, and then I saw that Puppet History covered it, but not everyone here follows that and also I don't watch that...
59th Issue: Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Today I learned about Clara Lemlich Shavelson. Clara was born in 1886 in Ukraine. She grew up in a Yiddish speaking Jewish village, and raised money for...