History and Boba

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Podcast by Sedale Justice

History and Boba

For knowledge seekers, history lovers, and people that love fun facts, this is your podcast. My name is Sedale Justice and each week, I'm giving you a quick dive into our history. Some stories will be weird, others empowering, and some will be very dark. We'll be talking about unfiltered history that never made it into history books at school. If that interests you, please join me on this journey into our past.

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16 March 2026

A Ceremony That Has Survived Millennia

For this episode we’re going to a wedding that takes place in the small village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria. It’s a wedding tradition that has survived for over a thousand years, and it’s one of a kind.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPiIZd3OQCo

https://jetsettimes.com/countries/bulgaria/sofia/how-bulgarian-muslims-preserved-the-pomak-wedding-ritual-of-bridal-face-paint/

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09 March 2026

Freedom House Ambulance Service, America’s first 911

Can you imagine a time in America before people were able to dial 9-1-1 for medical help? Well, there was a time like that, and it was more recent than you think. Let’s take a trip to Pittsburg during 1968 and allow me to tell you the history of a group that shaped America’s pre-medical care, Freedom House Ambulance Service.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNfxg6HOe0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service

https://teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/freedom-house-ambulance-service-a-legacy-of-life-saving-care/

https://healthforce.ucsf.edu/news/americas-first-paramedics-were-black-their-achievements-were-overlooked-decades

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02 March 2026

A Language Only Women Knew

A language created for women by women. Have you ever heard of it? Today, we’re going to China to learn about a written language called Nüshu.

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Source:

https://www.europeanguanxi.com/post/n%C3%BCshu-the-women-only-language-that-recorded-a-hidden-perspective-of-history

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200930-nshu-chinas-secret-female-only-language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCshu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t89hQdF2YI

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23 February 2026

Umm...I Don’t Think You Should Eat That

Food. We eat it every day. And over the years, it has become quite convenient to acquire. We get in the car and go to the grocery store. Or we might eat out so we don’t have to worry about dishes. But there’s always that lingering question with every purchase that we make. What’s really in our food? Well, this is the question that people have had for hundreds of years. And the answer can sometimes be worse than you think.

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Source:

https://www.clarkemuseum.org/arsenic-and-old-lace-a-victorian-cookbook.html#:~:text=Some%20adulterants%20commonly%20used%20in,garments%20it%20is%20called%20boning.

https://www.mdhistory.org/an-update-on-arsenic-green-when-the-world-was-dying-for-color/

https://undark.org/2018/10/05/battling-scourge-embalmed-milk-2/#:~:text=A%20further%20investigation%20indicated%20that,recently%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Poison%20Squad.%E2%80%9D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Pont-Saint-Esprit_mass_poisoning#:~:text=The%201951%20Pont%2DSaint%2DEsprit,bread%22%20(pain%20maudit).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juA_sYeC23Y

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16 February 2026

From Me, With Love

Valentines Day means flowers, chocolate, poems, and letters. There are people that have extremely public lives, and yet, we know very little about them. But for some people, it’s the words they left behind meant for the person they loved the most, that reveals the depth of their soul. For this episode, I’ll be reading love poems and letters from composers, lovers, and writers that chose to write their souls on a piece a paper.

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09 February 2026

Flying In The Circus

Have you ever seen someone fly on a trapeze? How about someone dancing on two pieces of fabric called silks? Aerialists live on stages all over the world performing on hoops, fabrics, nets, and things you probably don’t even have names for. But, did you ever wonder how aerial arts started? Well, today we’re going to find out.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3uXVuXk8s4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hxJf1hbm8&t=69s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsJbHasFSo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbcwQcooNTQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Leitzel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum#:~:text=Phineas%20Taylor%20Barnum%20(July%205%2C,and%20Barnum%20%26%20Bailey%20Circus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbcwQcooNTQ&t=881s

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