Textory - The Podcast

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• S3 Ep10: Gentle Parenting or Crying it Out? Raising Children in 1920s 09.07.2026 29min

  Over a hundred years ago parents were also looking to parenting books for advice. What does this one, "The Best Method for Raising Children" from 1924, has to say about caring for newborns, corporal punishment or regulating your emotions? You'll be surprised.
• S3 Ep9: Monsters, Amber and Elks 25.06.2026 37min

  Located at the edge of the Baltic sea, 17th century Gdańsk was a multicultural merchant city. Peter Mundy, a British traveller, lived there for around a decade, and left a fascinating memoir of his time in the town located in modern-day northern Poland that we're reading in this episode. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory 
• S3 Ep8: “Slept All Day”. A Victorian Teacher’s Diaries 11.06.2026 32min

  What was a typical day like for a teacher in a small town in 1890s Illinois? Today we’re reading diaries of Emma Wormwood and reflecting on the lifestyle, duties and leisure a woman faced in a 19th century rural setting. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory
• S3 Ep7: The 17th Century Relationship Advice Column 28.05.2026 28min

  What if I told you first popular advice column was published in the 1690s? “The Athenian Mercury” followed a Q&A format, which dealt with issues from the fields of philosophy, physics, religion, and interpersonal relationships, which are the focus of today’s episode. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory 
• S3 Ep6: How To Woo: Courting in The 1920s 14.05.2026 33min

  Should a potential 1920s candidate for a wife be "untouched”? Not at all, let her use life! At least that was the opinion of Clement Wood, the author of today’s text - “The Art of Courtship” from 1926. Surprisingly bold for the era, Wood’s tips and tricks on “wooing” the opposite sex are the focus of today’s episode. Enjoy! _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory 
• S3 Ep5: Strawberries, Mermaids and Revenge 30.04.2026 28min

  Are women good at poetry? Can they even write it? These were probably serious questions people in the past were asking. In today’s episode we have an answer that is a loud and clear “YES”, as we read works of female English, Scotch and Irish women throughout 17th-19th centuries. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory 
• S3 Ep4: Filthy Matters. A Renaissance Guide to Good Manners 16.04.2026 28min

  We might imagine Renaissance Italy as a place of innovation and art, but the day to day reality was plagued by disgusting behaviors. Today we're reading a surprisingly foul 16th century manual on being a well-behaved person. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory
• S3 Ep3: Jane Austen's Situationship 02.04.2026 33min

  Tom Lefroy is often pictured as Jane Austen’s true love that forever ruined her views on marriage. But do her own writings suggest it was mostly... well, a situationship? Find out in today’s episode! _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory
• S3 Ep2: Eaten Away - Observations on The Venereal Disease, 1686 19.03.2026 26min

  Rotting flesh, deformed bones, disappearing noses... Old medicine didn’t have much to offer for those suffering from the most horrific diseases - like syphilis - but some attempted ailing the sick. In today’s episode we’re reading “Observations on the Venereal Disease” from 1686. _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory 
• S3 Ep1: How To Be a Victorian Servant 06.03.2026 36min

  From never-ending list of tasks and duties to possibly being mistreated, domestic service in the Victorian era sounds like absolute hell. And yet, for many women, it was a dream job. Today we’re reading “Instructions in household matters: or, The young girl's guide to domestic service” from 1845, which details how to best prepare for that sort of work. Also, welcome to season 3 of Textory The Podcast! Announcement time – future episodes of the podcast will be uploaded on a separate Youtube channel rather than on my channel, so if you’ve been following the podcast there, make sure to subscribe the new channel to stay up to date with new episodes! You’ll find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@TextoryThePodcast _________________ Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory
• S2 Ep20: Women War Workers 11.12.2025 25min

  Working nights? Working from home? Lunch breaks? These were some of the very modern-sounding questions working women were asking during WW1. In today's episode we're talking women's labour and reading "The Garment Worker" magazine from April 1918._______Check out my Patreon! https://patreon.com/textory
• S2 Ep19: Victorian Ballroom Etiquette 27.11.2025 25min

  Gloves or no gloves? How did you get introduced to eligible gentleman? Could he buy you a drink? Today we're reading “Routledge’s Ballroom Companion” from 1866.________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep18: How To Avoid Consumption 13.11.2025 31min

  It's winter season in 1839 and you're trying to survive. What would be your reading of choice? Probably "How To Prevent Consumption", with bleakly useless advice and wild theories.
• S2 Ep17: Buster Keaton, The Exclusive Property of MGM 23.10.2025 35min

  Famous for his dead-pan comedy style, Buster Keaton was one the kings of slapstick comedy. But behind his success hid battles with production studios, his wife, and his addiction. In today’s episode, we’re reading Keaton’s memoir “My Wonderful World of Slapstick”. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep16: The Private (?) Life of Marie Antoinette 09.10.2025 41min

  There is so much myth and speculation around who Marie Antoinette was as a person, that it’s really helpful to have historical texts from the era – like today’s “Memoirs of Madame Campan” - of people that really knew her. But how reliable are her observations? ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep15: The Mass Female Protest of Ancient Rome 25.09.2025 35min

  Probably the farthest we’ve ever gone in our podcast time machine – today we’re in ancient Rome, in a crowd of very upset women, as described by Livy in “History of Rome”. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep14: I’d Rather Drown Than Submit To a Man 04.09.2025 44min

  A feminist – bordering on misandrist – text from 1592? Written by a woman? Count me in! In today’s episode, we’re reading Moderata Fonte’s “The Merits of Women”, translated and edited by Virginia Cox. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep13: The OG Edwardian Cat Lady 21.08.2025 40min

  While owning cats as pets goes back to antiquity and beyond, the existence of self-proclaimed “cat people” is a result of the popularization of the hobby in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we’re reading Francis Simpson’s “Cats and All About Them” from 1902 to see what Edwardian cat ownership looked like. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep12: The Victorian Anti-Rizz Guide 07.08.2025 25min

  In today’s episode we’re reading a rulebook on how to be an absolutely insufferable Victorian f*ckboy, by none other than the courtesan and dancer Lola Montez. Her “The Art of Fascinating” from 1858 should be a guide to anyone setting up a Tinder profile. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory 
• S2 Ep11: Woman's Thoughts on Women 24.07.2025 28min

  Not all women involved with the feminist movement were necessarily radical. Today we’re reading “Woman’s Thoughts on Women” by Dinah Craik, a British writer with an unusual life story, and discovering her views on female work, female friendships, and old women’s clothes. ________________ If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/textory