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Making Myth Podcast

Making Myth Podcast

Von: Olivia Doman & Amanda Jordan
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We’ve all heard the phrase “reality is stranger than fiction” but does the same thing apply when we look at the past? The Making Myth podcast hopes to untangle fact from history, myth, legend and speak to how we assign meaning to our lives.

Join us on the journey as we transcend through the past and emerge with new understandings.

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  • Episode 23: The Making of the First Lady — Harriet Lane

    Episode 23: The Making of the First Lady — Harriet Lane
    Jul 3 2026
    Love what you hear? Send us fan mail!America's most forgotten First Lady was Harriet Lane. The niece of President James Buchanan, she joined him on a diplomatic mission to the Court of St. James where she met Queen Victoria. Her charm, grace, and sensibility made her popular in both England and America alike. In March 1857, Harriet moved into the Executive Mansion of the United States alongside her uncle. She hosted dazzling receptions, entertained dignitaries, and won the admiration of all politicians and the public alike. Newspapers declared her "America's First Lady", calling her the most popular hostess since the days of Martha Washington. This princess of the Republic endured incredible tragedy in her life yet dedicated her later life to helping others. Because of her generosity, the National Gallery of Art and Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins University exist.Come along with us as we explore Harriet's fashion taste, social calendar, and philanthropy through history and astrology for our 1 year anniversary episode!! Articles:“Harriet Lane: American Princess” by Sarah Fling (https://www.whitehousehistory.org/harriet-lane) “Harriet Lane, First Lady: Hostess Extraordinary in Difficult Times” by Homer T. Rosenberg (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40067251?seq=1) “Harriet Lane Johnston and the Formation of a National Gallery of Art” by Homer T. Rosenberg (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40067721?seq=1) "The Long Blue Line: Harriet Lane—first lady of the Coast Guard and the U.S.!" by William H. Thiesen (https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2960475/the-long-blue-line-harriet-lanefirst-lady-of-the-coast-guard-and-the-us/)“A Marriage in High Life” by Stephanie Celiberti (https://www.lancasterhistory.org/winter-wedding-at-wheatland/) "The remarkable Harriet Lane" by Colin K. L. Phoon (https://hekint.org/2021/09/17/the-remarkable-harriet-lane/)Books:Harriet Lane: America's First Lady by Milton Stern Digital Media:"Episode 27 | Tea with President James Buchanan and First Lady Harriet Lane: The Remarkable Life of a Bachelor President's Niece" (https://www.rosenbach.org/podcast/episode-27) Primary Sources: Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester, September 13, 1857 (https://archives.dickinson.edu/document-descriptions/letter-harriet-lane-lily-macalester-0) Ten years in Washington: Life and scenes in the National Capital, as a woman sees them by Mary Clemmer “White House Wives: The Place They Have Occupied in the History of the Nation. Women of Force and Some of Them of Heroic Lives” in Philadelphia Times, August 21, 1887 Websites:"Booking It Through History: First Ladies — Harriet Lane" (https://thehistorymom.com/2024/03/20/booking-it-through-history-first-ladies-harriet-lane/)“Harriet Lane” (https://www.whitehousehistory.org/harriet-lane) "Harriet Lane Clinic" (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/what-we-treat/specialties/general-pediatrics/harriet-lane-clinic) “Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston” (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6460751/harriet_rebecca-johnston)“Lecompton Constitution Senate Speeches” (https://ozarkscivilwar.org/archives/1426) Support Us!Patreon: patreon.com/MakingMythPodcastKofi: https://ko-fi.com/makingmythpodcast
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    1 Std. und 45 Min.
  • Episode 22: Charity Bryant & Sylvia Drake – An Early American Love Story

    Episode 22: Charity Bryant & Sylvia Drake – An Early American Love Story
    Jun 13 2026

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    On a cold February day in 1807, Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake met for the first time. In era where women were expected to marry men and become mothers, they would spend the next 44 years building a life together in rural Vermont until Charity's death in 1851.

    As teaching opportunities for women expanded after the American Revolution, Charity and Sylvia embraced the independence those careers offered. Charity was subjected to fierce gossip because of her "mannish" appearance and intense romantic friendships with other women. When Sylvia moved in with her sister Polly in 1807, she was dodging questions about when she'd get married.

    Come along as we explore queer identity, romantic poetry, and gender roles in Early America through history and astrology to celebrate Pride!

    This episode contains discussion of sexual content.

    Sources

    Articles:

    • “About Charity and Sylvia (the people)” by Vermont Humanities (https://www.vermonthumanities.org/programs/book-a-program/vermont-reads/vermont-reads-2026/about-the-people/)
    • “Charity Bryant and the Queer Affordances of the Early American Acrostic” by Jennifer Putzi (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27235251)
    • “New roadside marker in Weybridge commemorates 1800s same-sex couple” by Mary Williams Engisch (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-06-20/roadside-marker-weybridge-commemorates-1800s-same-sex-couple)
    • “Read the Revolution: Charity and Sylvia” (https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/charity-and-sylvia)

    Digital Media:

    • Charity and Sylvia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nVNb0d-2Y)
    • Drawing on the Archive: Tillie Walden's Charity and Sylvia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqlfs3R2lbI)
    • 013: Rachel Hope Cleves, Charity & Sylvia: Same-Sex Marriage in Early America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D82ogbip-Ac)
    • U6L3: Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6pt7fUyJWI)

    Books:

    • Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves

    Websites:

    • Charity Bryant (1777-1851) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112580287/charity-bryant)
    • Charity and Sylvia (https://www.charityandsylvia.com/)
    • “Charity and Sylvia: A Weybridge Couple” (https://www.henrysheldonmuseum.org/charity-and-sylvia)
    • Sylvia Drake (1784-1868) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112580393/sylvia-drake)

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    2 Std. und 17 Min.
  • Episode 21: Vitka Kempner: Forgotten Freedom Fighter

    Episode 21: Vitka Kempner: Forgotten Freedom Fighter
    May 30 2026
    Love what you hear? Send us fan mail!When the Nazis forcibly moved the Jewish population of Vilna, Lithuania to the ghetto, Vitka Kempner was ready. Born in Poland and always interested in education, Vitka fled her home town at 19 years old. In Vilna, she met two people who would accompany her through all the hard years ahead. Abba Kovner and Ruzka Korczack were more than just her partisans in arms, they were part of an inseparable trio.As part of the United Partisans Organization, she became a courier tasked with escorting Jews in and out of Vilna. To her, the greatest mission was getting everyone out of the ghetto before it was liquidated. Under enormous dangers posed by the Nazis, Vitka orchestrated sabotage missions resulting in blown up trains, power outages, and poisoned elite guards. She navigated immense risk with an ability to blend in like she naturally belonged there.Come along with us as we tell Vitka's story of resistance and bravery, life as a partisan, and life after World War II through history and astrology. Please practice self care when listening to this episode. SourcesArticles:Abba Kovner in Holocaust Encyclopedia (Holocaust Memorial Museum) (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/abba-kovner#:~:text=In%201961%2C%20Kovner%20testified%20at,Abba%20Kovner%20died%20in%201987) Atkion 1005 by Shoah Resource Center (https://wwv.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205721.pdf) Kalish, Kosminek and the Camps by Wolf Lassman (https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kalisz1/kal275.html) Ponary in Holocaust Encyclopedia (Holocaust Memorial Museum) (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/gallery/ponary) Vitka Kovner, partisan, passes away at the age of 92 by The World Holocaust Remembrance Center (https://www.yadvashem.org/press-release/15-february-2012-16-41.html) Books: The Avengers: A Jewish War Story by Rich Cohen "Heroic Young Women" in Partizaner geyen by Shmerke Kaczerginski, translated by Lillian Leavitt (https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/pakn-treger/2022-pakn-treger-digital-translation-issue/heroic-young) Digital Media:The Beginnings of Jewish Civilization in Poland and Lithuania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdskbkLLdG4) Holocaust: The Revenge Plot (2018)The Rebel: Vitka Kempner (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rebel-vitka-kempner/id1658561964?i=1000592001618) Primary Sources:Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt Nazis Complete Segregation of Jews in Vilna, October 12, 1941 (https://www.jta.org/archive/nazis-complete-segregation-of-jews-in-vilna) Oral History Interview with Vitka Kempner (https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50190) Websites:History | Color Psychotherapy (https://www.colorpsychotherapy.com/history) Joining the FPO (https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/joining-fpo) Ponary | Holocaust Encyclopedia (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/gallery/ponary) Ponary: Murder Site of the Jews of Vilna and the Surrounding Areas (https://www.yadvashem.org/vilna/during/german-occupation/ponary.html) Vitka Kempner’s Biography (https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/vitka-kempners-biography) Vitka Kempner | Jewish Partisans (https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/vitka-kempner) Vitka Kempner-Kovner (https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kempner-kovner-vitka) Support Us!Patreon: patreon.com/MakingMythPodcastKofi: https://ko-fi.com/makingmythpodcast
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    2 Std. und 42 Min.
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