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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20 July 2026

ΙΛΙΑΣ

Have you ever heard of Homer’s book, The Iliad. If you have, did you ever wonder where it came from? Well, what if I said that like all great stories, there’s some truth within the lines of this book. What if I told you, Troy did exist? And that when it fell, it took everyone in Greece down with it.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cki-9ANZTLg

https://www.historyhit.com/1184-bc-fall-troy/#:~:text=Excavations%20have%20unveiled%20walls%20and,possible%20destruction%20around%201190%20BC.

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

The Iliad By Homer

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13 July 2026

Women And Children First

‘Women and children first.’ This line is associated with shipwrecks. But did you ever wonder where this phrase came from and the overall history of shipwrecks? Well, that’s what we’re talking about today. Who survived in shipwrecks, who didn’t, and how the tragedy of the Titanic came to be.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birkenhead_(1845)#cite_note-iron-1

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/shipwrecked-women-and-children-first

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22847426/

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

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06 July 2026

A Dance Called Shui Yue Luo Shen

Today, we’re talking about a dance from a Chinese stage adaptation. But it’s so much more. For this episode, we’ll be diving into the Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River.

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Sources:

Book: The Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River

Translated and adapted by Yu Zhiying, Art by Ye Luying

https://vocal.media/art/is-the-hanging-in-ancient-chinese-criminal-law-equivalent-to-hanging-in-the-west-the-dark-history-of-hanging-in-the-east-and-the-west

https://www.shenyuncollections.com/blogs/blog/silk-a-gift-from-heaven#:~:text=Dating%20all%20the%20way%20back,be%20buried%20in%20the%20ground.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61TjEP26ej4

https://www.newhanfu.com/74029.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoshen#:~:text=Afterwards%2C%20Cao%20Rui%20found%20this,English%20translation

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29 June 2026

Land of The Living Goddess

Have you ever heard the history of the Nepal royal family? What about the Kumari? The living goddess that uses young girls as vessels. Today, we’re talking about a country who’s history is intertwined with political power struggles, a living goddess, and a curse.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_(goddess)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1wPim9gm3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB92ixJW4oo

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

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

https://factsanddetails.com/south-asia/Nepal/History_Nepal/entry-7807.html

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22 June 2026

I Swear, I'm Insane

Have you ever heard of the Rosenhan experiments at Standford? If not, you’re not alone. It didn’t receive as much attention as some other experiments performed by Standford, but the results were unsettling. Because unlike some experiments, this one was held in the real world. No safeguards were put into place the volunteers, and there was no way for them to quit. Once it started, they were trapped. Quite literally.

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Sources:

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

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/rosenhan-experiment

https://www.simplypsychology.org/rosenhan_experiment.html

https://www.in-mind.org/blog/post/doing-ill-for-the-greater-good-understanding-what-really-went-on-in-the-stanford-prison?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=343237259&gbraid=0AAAAADg-6I2p1EvESY13Czll6wVr34H-p&gclid=CjwKCAjwq6DQBhBVEiwA4ZD5XIwGYp9InxTLKBOPOlRGuhhclk1zJ-5_GVGxStkS3UMQ8-kDbmji0hoCcAsQAvD_BwE

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15 June 2026

A Deals A Deal

Today, we’re talking about at a story that comes from Germany in 1140. It answers the age-old question. If your house was on fire and you could only take one thing with you, what would that be? Would it be a family heirloom, maybe your computer, or something else entirely?

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Sources:

https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0875ast.html

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

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

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