Ebbs of History
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<p>Welcome to Ebbs of History, the show where we dive into the strangest, wildest, and sometimes downright creepiest stories the past has to offer. From Dancing Plagues to Pirate Queens, we’ll laugh, we’ll gasp, but most importantly, we will learn how history is way cooler than your textbook ever told you. Every episode, we will take a quick trip through time, then see what lessons we can still learn today. This is the Ebbs of History!</p>
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June 18, 2026
When the Queen's Makeup Was Poisoning Her
<p>Ever wondered how a queen’s quest for flawless skin might have sealed her fate? This week we peel back the layers of Elizabeth I’s legendary white makeup, separating myth from history and exposing the deadly beauty secrets that could turn vanity into poison. Join us as we uncover the truth behind the inch‑thick ceruse, the rumors of lead‑laden death, and what this cautionary tale tells us about image, power, and the price we pay for perfection. </p><p></p><p>Sources: </p><p>- Wikipedia: Venetian ceruse — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_ceruse" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_ceruse</a> </p><p></p><p>- Royal Museums Greenwich: Facts Regarding Queen Elizabeth I's Death — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/royal-history/little-known-or-unknown-facts-regarding-queen-elizabeth-death" target="_blank">https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/royal-history/little-known-or-unknown-facts-regarding-queen-elizabeth-death</a> </p><p></p><p>- Historic Royal Palaces: Elizabeth I and Smallpox at Hampton Court, 1562 — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/elizabeth-i-and-smallpox-at-hampton-court-palace-1562/" target="_blank">https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/elizabeth-i-and-smallpox-at-hampton-court-palace-1562/</a> </p><p></p><p>- The Tudor Society: Elizabeth I catches smallpox — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tudorsociety.com/10-october-1562-elizabeth-i-contracted-smallpox/" target="_blank">https://www.tudorsociety.com/10-october-1562-elizabeth-i-contracted-smallpox/</a> </p><p></p><p>- The Elizabeth Files: Mary Sidney, as foul a lady as the smallpox could make her — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.elizabethfiles.com/mary-sidney-as-foul-a-lady-as-the-smallpox-could-make-her/9576/" target="_blank">https://www.elizabethfiles.com/mary-sidney-as-foul-a-lady-as-the-smallpox-could-make-her/9576/</a> </p><p></p><p>- University of Plymouth: Elizabeth I's near fatal illness of 1562 — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-history-2-2/elizabeth-is-near-fatal-illness-of-1562" target="_blank">https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-history-2-2/elizabeth-is-near-fatal-illness-of-1562</a> </p><p></p><p>- Eldridge, Lisa. Face Paint: The Story of Makeup. Abrams, 2015. - Riehl, Anna. The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. </p><p></p><p>- Sir Henry Sidney, Memoir of Service, 1583 (primary source for the Lady Mary Sidney smallpox quote) </p><p></p><p>- Culture Frontier: Did Toxic Makeup Kill Queen Elizabeth I? — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.culturefrontier.com/death-by-cosmetics-did-make-up-kill-queen-elizabeth-i/" target="_blank">https://www.culturefrontier.com/death-by-cosmetics-did-make-up-kill-queen-elizabeth-i/</a></p><p></p><p>Lost at Sea Shanty by legacyAlli Link:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/" target="_blank">**</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/**" target="_blank">https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/**</a> License: Attribution 4.0 International License</p>
June 11, 2026
When a Soccer Game Started a Real War
<p>Content note: this episode briefly discusses the death by suicide of an 18-year-old in 1969 and how the media of the time used her death politically. We handle it carefully but listeners may want to be aware.</p><p></p><p>If you need to talk to someone, in the U.S. call or text 988.</p><p></p><p>Imagine a World Cup qualifier that ignites a full‑scale war—three soccer matches, a border crisis, and a hundred‑hour conflict that reshaped Central America. Dive into the shocking tale of how a game of football turned into a deadly showdown and what it tells us about power, migration, and the fragile line between sport and violence.</p><p></p><p>Sources:</p><p></p><p>- Wikipedia: Football War — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War</a></p><p></p><p>- Britannica: Football War — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Football-War" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/event/Football-War</a></p><p></p><p>- BBC News: Honduras v El Salvador — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48673853" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48673853</a></p><p></p><p>- Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training: The 1969 Soccer War — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/" target="_blank">https://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/</a></p><p></p><p>- Zinn Education Project: July 14, 1969 — Soccer War — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/soccer-war/" target="_blank">https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/soccer-war/</a></p><p></p><p>- Chirinos, E.A. (2018): National Identity and Sports in Latin America — The Hundred-Hour Football War. Memorial University Open Journals</p><p></p><p>- Kapuscinski, Ryszard. The Soccer War. 1978.</p><p></p><p>- Galeano, Eduardo. Soccer in Sun and Shadow. 1995.</p><p></p><p>- Medium / Amit Katwala: World Cup Stories, 1970 — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://medium.com/@amitkatwala/world-cup-stories-1970-the-hundred-hour-football-war-cc801f6fac2b" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@amitkatwala/world-cup-stories-1970-the-hundred-hour-football-war-cc801f6fac2b</a></p><p></p><p>- Everything Everywhere: The Football War — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://everything-everywhere.com/the-football-war-el-salvador-vs-honduras/" target="_blank">https://everything-everywhere.com/the-football-war-el-salvador-vs-honduras/</a></p><p></p><p>Lost at Sea Shanty by legacyAlli Link:<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/" target="_blank">**</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/**" target="_blank">https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/**</a></p><p>License: Attribution 4.0 International License</p>
June 4, 2026
When Ireland Had a Pirate Queen
<p>Dive into the wild world of 16th‑century Ireland, where a fierce mother‑captain named Grace O'Malley defied kings, gave birth on a ship, and fought off pirates the next day—proving that history’s fiercest rebels can also be moms.</p><p></p><p>Sources: </p><p></p><p>Chambers, Anne. Granuaile: Grace O'Malley — Ireland's Pirate Queen c. 1530–1603. Gill Books.</p><p></p><p>Wikipedia: Grace O'Malley — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley</a> </p><p></p><p>Royal Museums Greenwich: Grace O'Malley — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/grace-o-malley-irish-female-pirate" target="_blank">https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/grace-o-malley-irish-female-pirate</a> </p><p></p><p>Royal Museums Greenwich: Grace O'Malley, fact and fiction — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/grace-o-malley-pirate-history-fact-fiction-legend" target="_blank">https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/grace-o-malley-pirate-history-fact-fiction-legend</a></p><p></p><p>IrishCentral: The incredible life of Grace O'Malley — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/grace-omalley-irelands-pirate-queen" target="_blank">https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/grace-omalley-irelands-pirate-queen</a> </p><p></p><p>The Irish Post: 12 fascinating facts about Ireland's Pirate Queen — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.irishpost.com/gallery/irelands-pirate-queen-twelve-fascinating-facts-about-legendary-grace-omalley-129406" target="_blank">https://www.irishpost.com/gallery/irelands-pirate-queen-twelve-fascinating-facts-about-legendary-grace-omalley-129406</a></p><p></p><p>Howth Castle: Legends — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://howthcastle.ie/about/history/legends/" target="_blank">https://howthcastle.ie/about/history/legends/</a></p><p></p><p>History Guild: Meeting Grace O'Malley — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://historyguild.org/meeting-grace-omalley-irelands-pirate-queen/" target="_blank">https://historyguild.org/meeting-grace-omalley-irelands-pirate-queen/</a> </p><p></p><p>EBSCO Research Starters: Grace O'Malley — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/grace-omalley" target="_blank">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/grace-omalley</a> </p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Encyclopedia.com" target="_blank">Encyclopedia.com</a>: O'Malley, Grace — <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/omalley-grace" target="_blank">https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/omalley-grace</a> </p><p></p><p>The National Archives (UK): State Papers SP 63/170 — Grace O'Malley's "Articles of Interrogatory," 1593 </p><p></p><p>Lost at Sea Shanty by legacyAlli Link: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/" target="_blank">https://freemusicarchive.org/music/legacyalli/sound-phrases/rf-lost-at-sea-shanty/</a> </p><p>License: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p>
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<p>Welcome to Ebbs of History, the show where we dive into the strangest, wildest, and sometimes downright creepiest stories the past has to offer. From Dancing Plagues to Pirate Queens, we’ll laugh, we’ll gasp, but most importantly, we will learn how history is way cooler than your textbook ever told you. Every episode, we will take a quick trip through time, then see what lessons we can still learn today. This is the Ebbs of History!</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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