C19 Podcast

We went LIVE for the 1st time in Cincinnati at C19 for this episode - "C19 in the Public" - to discuss the potential possibilities and challenges of bringing together C19 studies and public humanities. Listen to hear more from experts engaged with various publics! on.soundcloud.com/qWrG2JDfSQos...

The October episode is out!! In this episode, Helen Hunt, Prof. of English at Tennessee Tech University, asks what kink and BDSM studies can show us about women's sexuality in the late 18th and long 19th centuries. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! #booksky #c19 #sexology

On Indigenous Peoples Day, we're revisiting Season 4, Ep. 2 featuring hosts Melissa Gniadek & Xine Yao in conversation with Indigenous artist Maria Hupfield and David Stirrup, Director of the Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies. Listen with us! buff.ly/0mSGDea #indigenouspeoplesday

Our September episode is out! Follow host Andrew Thibaudeau into the world of mesmerism by way of a years-long (often humorous) exchange between a man named Luther Stubbins and editor of the Boston Investigator. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! buff.ly/OkMJi0C #c19 #mesmerism #pseudoscience

Happy New Year! As of today, Stefan Schöberlein (Texas A&M–Central Texas) and Jessica Van Gilder (Georgia Tech) are the new co-chairs of the C19 Podcast!

Finally had a chance to listen to this while doing some pre-holiday food prep. It's delightful! Check out this great episode of @c19podcast.bsky.social by @ainenorris.bsky.social about one of the "Queens of Ghost-Land," a purported milk-bewitching woman named Sally (Sallie) Friddly.

New episode out today featuring Alex Alston (Bryn Mawr College) and Maurice O. Wallace (Rutgers University, New Brunswick)!

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Big thanks to the amazing folks at @c19podcast.bsky.social for letting me babble about Appalachian witchcraft and math. 🖤🖤🖤 It’s an honor to do this work.

The old enchanted milk pail trick. Nice.

New episode out now! Join Aíne Norris (Old Dominion University) in searching the archives for records of “Sally Friddly” of Potts Creek, Alleghany County, Virginia, who was accused of enchanting a milk pail to steal cream from her neighbors.

Our next episode contains a witch! Or does it?

If you liked "S03 E02 | Wives and Their Authors: Elizabeth and Herman Melville, Literary Labor, and Women's Work" back in the day, you should read @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social's essay in the latest issue of @j19journal.bsky.social!

The humanities are so hot right now

New episode! Join Rachel Trusty (Bucknell University) as she discusses James Chesser and Georgianna Holly's queer marriage in 19th-century Arkansas! soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

We need new producers to serve on the C19 Podcast Subcommittee for the 2026-2028 term! Send us your applications by 9/29!

Excited to dig into this!

Our next episode is by Mary Isbell, author of Searching for Wonder: Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts! Stay tuned! unewhaven.pressbooks.pub/searchingfor...

"I started watching this during the pandemic, as, oh, I can't go outside my house, but I can watch this guy make me an 18th century boiled apple inside of a bit of a dough and call it a pudding. And you know what, that's something." –Christopher Douglas (Jacksonville State University)

"Never forget that no peer-reviewed journal article you ever write will reach as many people as an ASMR video about making an 1807 version of macaroni and cheese."

If you're more of an audiobook / podcast cat, A Literary History of the United States is also available on Audible. You can learn about the literature of the road on the road!

Look at this all-star cast

Our forum on P.T. Barnum's American Museum is finally out in J19! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Really proud of this article out now in J19 on Pauline Hopkins, science, history, race, and morality. There is one glaring factual error that I apologize to the people of Sudan for. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Still accepting proposals for Season 10! What are you working on?

We've extended our deadline for Season 10 proposals to March 15! Feel free to reach out to Ashley or Ryan here or at c19podcast@gmail.com with questions or to brainstorm potential ideas for episodes! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Two more days!🎧

There are a lot of reasons for despair these days. I get it. It's also time to get after it! Registration for this year's Douglass Day is at an all-time high. Demand for histories of organizing and activism is just gonna keep going up and up 📈

Join us on Feb. 14th, Frederick Douglass’s chosen bday, for a day of collective love for Black history! You can join thousands of others to help make American history accessible for everyone by transcribing fascinating historical records! #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social

New Episode! Join Marlene L. Daut (Yale University) and Grégory Pierrot (UConn-Stamford) as they revisit Ridley Scott's big-budget 2023 biopic, Napoleon, out of Apple Studios. soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

Pitch us an episode! We'll begin reviewing proposals for Season 10 on 2/15. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards