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Rude Eats: A Hannibal PodcastIf it Works: Murder Husband!In the final episode of the first season, we explore the theme of betrayal, and how it applies even to the name of episode. Is it too late for Will Graham to figure out who's betraying him and what's happening to his mind? Will Alanna and Jack believe in Will's innosence as the mountain of evidence against him comes to light? Will Mary fall in love with Hannibal again???? All this and more in today's episode.Rude Eats is hosted by Marie Vigouroux and Jeremy Greer. Follow our YouTube channel for fun videos, episode previews, and full...2025-01-192h 30Rude Eats: A Hannibal PodcastKill for WillFor S01E08 - Fromage, we analyze the show with the theme of "intention". What is Alanna's intention, arriving unannounced at Will's home? What of Hannibal's inentions for Franklin, Tobias, and of course, Will? Our characters learn some truths about themselves in this episode.Rude Eats is hosted by Marie Vigouroux and Jeremy Greer. Follow our YouTube channel for fun videos, episode previews, and full episodes. If the app you're using doesn't support built-in transcripts, you can find PDFs for each episode at this link. You can hear more of Mary on her Supernatural podcast...2024-11-102h 04
Little SleightsThe Canadian Titanic - RMS Empress of IrelandIn 1914 a Canadian ocean liner sunk to the bed of the St Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, taking over 1000 souls with her. It became the worst maritime disaster during peacetime in Canadian history. But before the tragedy, that ship was the RMS Empress of Ireland, the ship that helped realize the dreams of a growing Canadian company and thousands of immigrants.2022-04-0933 minLittle SleightsThe Nation's Darling - Lotta CrabtreeOne of the original child stars and, eventually, the highest paid actress of her day, she took the Wild West by storm in the late 1800s and forever left her mark on San Francisco and the American stages.But before all that, she was Lotta Crabtree.2022-02-0217 minLittle SleightsA Virginian Double Agent - James Armistead LafayetteSlave turned spy, Virginian James Armistead help change the tide of the summer of 1781 and the Battle of Yorktown as he snuck secrets out of Charles Cornwallis' camp and into the hands of the Marquis de Lafayette. But once he'd help win the war, could he also win his freedom?2021-12-0423 minLittle SleightsThe Three and A Half Wives of Julius Caesar, Part II | Pompeia and CalpurniaLast time on the Three and a Half Wives..., we talked about Cossutia and Cornelia, Caesar's first two wives. This week, we examine Pompeia and Calpurnia, the scandal and the dream, and the end of an era.2021-11-0619 minLittle SleightsThe Three and a Half Wives of Julius Caesar, Part I | Cossutia and CorneliaThey say behind every great man is a great woman, but who were these women who stood behind one of the most famous figures in history - Julius Caesar. Join me in Little Sleights as we do a deep dive into the lives of Cossutia, Cornelia, Pompeia, and Calpurnia - the three and a half wives of Rome's first dictator for life.2021-10-2415 minLittle SleightsThe Queen of Lies - Marina MniszechWife and mother of usurpers, two time Tsaritsa, destruction of a dynasty - she was a Polish-born noblewoman whose life became embroiled in the Russian Time of Troubles. Her actions sent ripples across two nations, raising two kings and dooming hundreds elsewhere, until her death in 1614.But before all that, she was Marina Mniszech.2021-10-0325 minLittle SleightsThe Displaced, Part 2 - Hiroo OnodaIn Part 2 of this series, we look at Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting World War II - 29 years after Japan's surrender. His beginning, his fight, and what came after - who he was in a Japan that had moved on.2021-09-1916 minLittle SleightsThe Displaced, Part 1 - Cynthia Ann ParkerThere are some people that might have enjoyed their little obscurities, to quietly continue on with their lives and their duties unnoticed, never to be reminded of the larger scope of humanity. In this short series I have two such tales for you. The first: the story of a woman who was violently ripped away from one family and eventually found a peaceful existence with another, only to have the cycle start again when violence found her once more. She was Narua, wife of a Comanche war chieftain, daughter of a Texas Ranger.But before all that...2021-09-0418 minLittle SleightsThe African Princess - Anna KingsleyBorn an African princess, she lived the majority of her life as slave, then slaveowner after she was sold as a child. As she grew to hold the confidence and admiration of the man she would call both Master and Husband, she earned her freedom and land of her own. Navigating the turbulent times of early 1800s Spanish Florida, she saw her life burn to the ground multiple times - once, she held the match herself. The name given to her was Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley.But before all that, she was Anta Majigeen Ndiaye.2021-08-1931 minLittle SleightsThe Woman in The Wax - Marie Tussaud Madame Tussaud’s is a household name, the famed wax museum that boasts a wide collection of celebrities and famous figures from history both recent and far-flung. But not many know the story of one woman’s lifelong labor in the field of waxworks. From humble beginnings in France, to surviving a revolution, to wandering Europe, the real Madame Tussaud became the preeminent wax creator of her time.But before all that, she was Anna Maria Grosholtz.2021-07-2921 minLittle SleightsThe Woman in The Wax - Marie TussaudToday her name is splashed in gleaming gold metal and bold black paint across the fronts of buildings all over the world, a name synonymous with entertainment and oddity. But not many know the story of one woman’s lifelong labor in the field of waxworks. From humble beginnings in France, to surviving a revolution, to wandering Europe, Madame Tussaud became the preeminent wax creator of her time.But before all that, she was Marie Grosholtz.2021-07-2215 minLittle SleightsThe Great Imposter Part 2 - Giorgio PerlascaPart 2 of Giorgio Perlasca's story.In 1987, a group of Holocaust survivors wrote to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum to notify them of an heroic savior that had gone unnoticed in Padua, Italy for many years - one who had saved over 5000 lives in Budapest in World War II. Once discovered, he went by many names: the Spanish Schindler. The Italian Wallenberg. Righteous Among the Nations.2021-07-0820 minLittle SleightsThe Great Imposter Part I - Giorgio PerlascaIn 1987, a group of Holocaust survivors wrote to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum to notify them of an heroic savior that had gone unnoticed in Padua, Italy for many years - one who had saved over 5000 lives in Budapest in World War II. Once discovered, he went by many names: the Spanish Schindler. The Italian Wallenberg. Righteous Among the Nations.But before all that, he was Giorgio Perlasca2021-06-2418 minLittle SleightsThe Byzantine Phoenix - TheodoraA saint no stranger to sinning, devout to some, diabolical to others and driven above all else, she was a force of nature made flesh that saw her will imposed on the most powerful men in her empire, including her husband, Justinian I. A staunch friend, loyal disciple, and dedicated wife, she was Theodora of Paphlagonia.2021-06-1017 minLittle SleightsThe Sawbones Suffragette - Mary Edwards WalkerEighty-six years. Multiple careers Wars of swords and speech. She was a prisoner. A prohibitionist. Spy, surgeon, suffragist. Writer and abolitionist. She was also the only woman to ever receive the United States Medal of Honor. Multiple careers, a war on two frontsBut before all that, she was Mary Edwards Walker.2021-05-2716 minLittle SleightsThe Devils in the DetailsDid you know the story of Napoleon’s most humiliating defeat? Or see the signs of future follies in Richard’s Nixon’s past? Have you heard of the greatest story Robert Louis Stevenson never told? If not, strap in, because this is a different kind of Little Sleights, where we’ll talk about the moments lost in the shadows of some of history’s tallest figures.2021-05-1314 minLittle SleightsThe Last Empress - XochitlIn 916 AD, a woman drew her sword against her enemies and led her kingdom into battle. She would lose that fight, and her life, that same day. Her empire would not long survive her absence, and soon both grave and civilization were lost to time. Now she is both empress and enigma. But before all that, she was Xochitl.2021-04-2914 minLittle SleightsThe Lost Fourths - Berenice/ArsinoeThey were the daughters of Ptolemy. Sisters of Cleopatra. Usurpers. Victors. Victims. Queens. But before all that, they were Berenice and Arsinoe.2021-04-1514 minLittle SleightsThe Shadow on the Wall - Branwell BronteHe would go down as everything from the failure of the family to the romantic anti-hero his sisters would become famous for creating, while history would see his sisters raised to the highest echelons in literature. They were the Bronte sisters. He, in the end, was much less.But before that, he was Branwell Bronte.2021-04-0116 minLittle SleightsThe Restoration Cinderella - Nell GwynShe was the mistress of Charles II, mother to a duke, and one of the first English actresses to (legally) grace the stage. But before all that, she was Nell Gwyn.2021-03-1718 minLittle SleightsThe Living Muse - Aspasia of MiletusShe was the mistress and perhaps wife of Pericles, preeminent Athenian leader. The target of playwrights, the muse of philosophers, and the source of debate and myth for years to come. But before all that, she was Aspasia of Miletus.2021-03-0314 minLittle SleightsThe Original Iron Lady - Clementine ChurchillShe was the wife of Winston Churchill, his rock and his safe place over the course of two wars, birth and death, depressions both financial and emotional, promotions and retirement. But before all that, she was Clementine Hozier.2021-02-1722 min
Little SleightsThe Bride of Transylvania - Justina SzilágyiWe talk about the second wife of Vlad Tepes - and her life beyond that.2021-02-0314 min