Material Culture, Microhistory and Mayhem. The Past and Stuff is a casual and irreverent podcast by Dr. Ashley Bozian and Dr. Tracey Cooper. Each week we challenge each other to identify an historical object, and then discuss what it can tell us as a unique window on the past. Expect an unexpected mesh of connections and terrible jokes, as a two very serious academics (not!), one a Armenian-American millennial and the other a British Gen Xer, have too much fun while trying to understand each other and the history of the world.

Show Notes

Show Notes Episode Twenty: Witch Bottles and Obsidian Mirrors

Show Notes Episode Nineteen: Kreepy Krampus and Two Non-Voodoo Dolls (Part Two)

Show notes Episode Eighteen: Thanksgiving Fiascoes and Two Non-Voodoo Dolls (Part One)

Show Notes Episode Seventeen: Eighth Century Sweet Treats and Mysterious Retreats

Show Notes Episode Sixteen: Clockwork Computers, Ice Age Americans, and Big Foot

Show Notes Episode Fifteen: Transatlantic Halloween: Coffin Dolls and Headless Horsemen

Show Notes Episode Fourteen: African Halloween: Spider Staff and Significant Skull

Show Notes Episode Thirteen: Faking Fossils and Reading Livers

Show Notes Episode Twelve: Pan-Mediterranean Mythos and Mummy Bees

Show Notes Episode Eleven: A Totem Pole Theft With A Hint of Vanilla

Show Notes Episode Ten: A Spot of Tea and Silk from the Sea

Show Notes Episode Nine: Gained in Transit: A Desert Goddess and Arctic Doggy Heroes

Show Notes Episode Eight: Swaggering Samurai and Dracula’s Bloody Tears

Show Notes Episode Seven: Snake Women, The Devil’s Trumpet and Disco Planet

Show Notes Episode Six: Sicán Funerary Mask, Shang Ritual Owl and Another Kick-Ass Queen

Show Notes Episode Five: Ancient Diving and Ottoman Whining and Pining

Show Notes Episode Four: Perfumed Monkeys and Masked Madams

Show Notes Episode Three: Man’s Best Friend and A Ukrainian Woman’s Revenge

Show Notes Episode Two: Prehistoric Pee Pee and Pinot

Show Notes Episode One: Chess and Cleanliness