# Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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7.11 Camelot’s Road

In the 1970s, Leonard Arrington formed an enclave of church scholars and historians that had such an open attitude of research and discovery that they called it Camelot.  By the early 90s, attitudes had shifted greatly against these “so-called” intellectuals, and not just them but also  feminists a…

Political Gabfest - Reaping the Whirlwind

Emily, John and David discuss the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and Democrats’ historic win in Georgia. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:  Yuval Levin for the National Review: “Failures of Leadership in a Populist Age” Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “History Will Judge the …

Nun, Suffering Saint or Outcast? Single Middle-Aged Women in the Church

If you're Protestant, a woman is supposed to get married. If you're Catholic or Orthodox, a woman can get married or become a nun. The Bible also offered polygamy as an option, one the Mormons famously adopted in their need to care for a large number of widows and orphans, but that is frowned up to…

111. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Ariel Lawhon’s 2023 novel The Frozen River. Topics include the latest hot goss on Disney/Marvel vs Dune 3, cover gripes, the real Martha Ballard and the “mom-ness” of the book, the continuing injustice for women, Taylor’s soapbox on women and medicin…

POP CULTURE: Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Ep 7 (Part 4)

Full spoilers for all Daredevil series including Born Again Season 2 Episodes 1-7. Episode Overview I'm joined again by Claude, an AI from Anthropic, for Part 4 of the Born Again Season 2 coverage. "The Hateful Darkness" is the penultimate episode of the season — and it delivers. Karen faces Fisk a…

Episode 101: Tara Mulder Describes the Conditions of Labor

Today's guest, Dr. Tara Mulder, gets real about the challenges of writing while moving between temporary jobs, juggling a ton of teaching, and struggling to find a tenure track position. But also told me why that struggle brought a surprising amount of freedom and led to a much more creative and en…

Women Missing From History: Recovering the Stories We Were Never Taught (Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe)

If you have ever worried that your path looks too scattered, too slow, or too unconventional to become meaningful, Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe offers another interpretation: You may be building your toolbox. Beth did not begin college planning to become a historian. She started in geology, then explore…

Bonus: Behind the Scenes of the Adams-Jefferson Letters

In 1959, the Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press published Lester J. Cappon’s The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and John and Abigail Adams. It was the first time that all 380 letters between Jefferson and the Adamses appeared in…