Best HMIH Podcasts (2026)

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Ep 37 'A French Connection' 34:21

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Today we take a trip to France. Discussing the Surrealist writer and photographer Claude Cahun and the chaotic life of opera singer Julie d'Aubigny better known as La Maupin. Enjoy!

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Ep 36 'Happy Mother's Day' 43:42

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Happy Mother's Day to all those spectacular mums out there!! We hope your having a fantastic day, and we hope to make it even better with learning about these inspiring mothers from past and present! With Azucena Villaflor and the other Mother's of the Plazo de Mayo who fought tirelessly for their lost children and with Jacinda Ardern, a leader who…

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Ep 35 'Mind Power' 33:29

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Let us pick your brain with a question? What do you know about psychologists Anna Freud and Mary Ainsworth? How about their work surrounding child development and attachment? Well, would you like to know even more!? Of course you would! So lie back on that leather sofa and listen to us tell you all about them and their impressive work!…

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Ep 34 'Our Twelve Points go to... Down Under' 42:53

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G'day listeners! Taking a trip around the world to greet our third highest group of listeners in Australia!! With the Queen of the Underworld Kate Leigh and her crime rival, the infamous Tilly Devine. And, writer and early feminist Miles Franklin! So grab your sunscreen, and sunhat and we'll have a bloody beauty arvo with these sheilas! With usual …

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Ep 33 'Scottish Escapades' 47:09

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We're going travelling again this episode, in a covid friendly way! This time we're off to Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. With Sophia Jex Blake, a member of the Edinburgh Seven who fought for her right to study medicine at University. And Flora MacDonald, the woman who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape the English! With our usual recs and us…

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Ep 32 'A Sadly Spooky Connection' 1:01:24

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Happy Halloween Listeners!! This episode we're looking at the lesser famous relations of some pretty famous names! With Ellen Key and her translator Mamah Borthwick lover of Frank Lloyd Wright, and Rosemary Kennedy of the famous Kennedy family. And for the spooky season these stories deal with a family curse, a bloody ending straight from a slasher…

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Ep 31 'Black Lives Matter' 57:18

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Greeting! This episode were celebrating these INCREDIBLE black women. Daisy Bates, who fought for the integration of schools, and Mary Seacole, who dedicated her life to helping save soldiers lives. Both fantastic icons, unfairly shadowed in the history books. With our usual women lead recommendations. So, pull up a pew and join us!…

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Ep 30 'The Irish Voyage' 51:26

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We're taking a trip to visit Northern Ireland this episode! Coming up all "M"s with Mairead Maguire, the magnificent peace activist who travelled around the world to protest for peace; and Mary Mallon, almost known as Typhoid Mary, an anti-masker of her time! With some great recommendations and our usual rambling! Enjoy!…

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Ep 29 'Disguise' (The Deception Trilogy) 48:49

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Duh duh duuuuh! The grand finale of our Deception Trilogy! With disguise! With Agnodice, a women forced to disguise as a man in order to study medicine, and Mary Ann Evans better known by her pen name George Eliot. With our recommendations and our usual ramblings! Enjoy and stay safe!

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Ep 28 'Spies' (The Deception Trilogy) 1:06:03

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Back again with part two of our Deception Trilogy! And with some Sneaky Spies (ooooh)! With Josephine Baker and Mata Hari, two exotic dancers turned spies who faced struggles and battled through. In times of war, these two adapted and tried to survive a world against them. Also, of course, with our usual recommendations of the episode!…

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Ep 27 'Lies' (The Deception Trilogy) 56:51

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Thus begins our 'Deception Trilogy' with our our episode of Lies. Bringing you Cassie Chadwick and Anna Anderson, two great tricksters of history! With the ups and down of money fraud and the unexpected return of the Russian Romanovs, and of course our usual recommendations of the episode!! Enjoy!

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Ep 26 'Hello Gibraltar!' 41:05

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Calling, Gibraltar!! This episode we're flying over for a holiday! Given all holidays have been halted for the time, we're having our own holiday via research! With Beauty Pagent winner Kaiane Aldorino and Writer Charlotte Lennox! Along with some exciting facts about Gibraltar; a short history of beauty pageants; and a devistating history of a fant…

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Ep 25 'We've Put a Spell on You' 52:16

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Mwahaha! It's a ~magical~ episode this time as we discuss Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, famous throughout the French Quarter to this day for her mystic ways! And the accused witch Tituba who you perhaps already know of *wink to you Arthur Miller fans*, but now we're talking about the real story! So join us as we talk Voodoo, Salem and of course our ep…

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Ep 24 'Little Wonders' 1:02:49

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This episode we're going back to childhood with these incredible children, inventor Temple Grandin and peace activist Samantha Smith. These brilliant children who inspire us adults with their courageousness and persistence!

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Ep 23 'Mythterious Girls' 54:47

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Greek Myths!! With Andromeda and Cassandra! Featuring an eagerly awaited Space Fact, some routinely Art Talk, and of course our usual Recommendations of the Episode!! We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording this one!!

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Ep 22 "ConsHERvationists" 42:26

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We're going bananas!! This episode we're discussing conservationists Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. Join us as we delve into the lives of these brilliant women who dedicated their own lives to the preservation of chimpanzees and gorillas! Listen, and enjoy!

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Ep 21 'You Can Call Me Queen K and T' 51:56

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That's right, it's royalty! So watch the treason, and brush up on your ma'ams! We're traveling to meet Queen Ka'ahumanu and Queen Tamara of Georgia! Listen, and enjoy!

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Join us in our first episode as we explore the lives of Helen Keller and Mary Pickford.