SYMHC Classics: Rose Bertin, the First Fashion Designer

SYMHC Classics: Rose Bertin, the First Fashio...

Up next

Behind the Scenes Minis: Onion Footprints

Tracy talks about how she came to love onions after disliking them as a child. Holly discusses her fear of heights, and questions evidence in Ludwig II's death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Bernhard von Gudden: Ludwig II’s Psychiatrist

Bernhard von Gudden was renowned as a reformer of asylums in Germany. But that legacy has been eclipsed by his part in getting King Ludwig II of Bavaria deposed. Research: Bhattacharyya, Kalyan B. “Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden and the Mad King of Bavaria.” Annals of Indian Ac ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Marie Antoinette
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

This is our first episode from 2011, there's a do-over for this doomed, yet fascinating and glamorous queen in episodes 53 and 54! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Marie Antoinette Reboot (Part 1)
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Once upon a time there were two podcasters who began their women’s history show with an episode about Marie Antoinette. Four and a half years later they revisited her life simply because they felt there was more to say about this woman who has been long misquoted and misunderstoo ...  Show more

Victorian Wardrobe Secrets
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

If someone from the future looked inside your wardrobe, what could they find out about your life? That you like going out to parties? Maybe your work uniform is in there? Or perhaps there is still evidence of fashion trends of yore, like the oh-so-low rise jeans of the early noug ...  Show more