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What is Broad History?
The history you think you know, with women in it this time
Hi, I'm Isabelle Roughol. I'm launching a new thing and I want to tell you about
Look, I would have done a walk and talk, but this is January in London. Trust me, this is better.
Broad History is a brand new podcast and newsletter about the history we think we know with women in it this
I'm looking to answer a simple question I've always had in a lifetime of consuming popular history and often leaving quite frustrated. And that is simply, what was women's part in this? And once we put women back in the story, does that change our understanding of the past?
I'm not doing this in a girl boss, rah-rah sort of way. I've always found that quite patronizing. No, I'm just freaking curious. There's a huge chunk of the past that we know way too little about because we've had this giant blind spot.
We're going to be looking at great events in history that you and I probably think we've already heard everything there is to know about – right now I'm working on the American Revolution for the semiquicentenial – and we're just going to shift the lens a little and see what happens.
And something else that I'm always interested in as a journalist and as a citizen is the echoes of history in our current time. So we're going to be looking at the news, at what's going on in the world right now – and there certainly is a lot to talk about – and we're going to look at whether we can better understand it by looking back. Because trust me, nothing that's happening right now is unprecedented.
Now, popular history can be quite blokey. Women's history has another problem. It can be so boring. I'm not here to make you eat your broccoli. I'm not here to convince you that what happens at the kitchen table is as interesting as conquests and revolutions. It's just not. No, we're going to be looking at conquests and revolutions and we're going to see that women were there the entire time. The only thing they haven't been a part of is writing the history books.
Now I'm serious about the science. Every episode, every newsletter comes after hours, days, weeks of research and it doesn't come cheap. It's pretty much my full-time job right now.
So of course we're built on a membership model. Chip in a few quid or dollars a month and support independent publishing and podcasting that is serious about women's history and about current
very close to launch. I'm pre-recording a bunch of episodes right now. What you can do is go to broadhistory.com and sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss a thing.
And that's also your opportunity to join as a member to help make this happen.
Go to broadhistory.com right now to sign up.
See you soon in your favorite podcasting app or your inbox.
Of course the cat is getting involved back here.
Someone's having a time out.