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The Digital Dust Podcast

After School Archive Club

Digital Dust is a history podcast about the stuff you learned in school with a perspective you might not have considered. Join four grad students as they answer questions like: could history...

Episodes

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Why Do Historians Hate Ghosts? + Some Good Museum News!

In this informal catch-up chat, Patrick, Katie and Lis question why historians are so reluctant to accept ghost stories as part of cultural...

40:23Oct 26, 2023

#Slay - Obsessing Over Cemeteries, The V&A, and PhD’s Learning New Things

Patrick updates the gang about the surprising new skill he has to learn as he starts his PhD, Lis obsesses over her morbid love of cemetery...

44:23Oct 11, 2023

A Scandal at the British Museum

A wave of controversy has overwhelmed the British Museum as the world has learned that 2,000 artifacts are MISSING from their collection - l...

40:05Sep 27, 2023

WELCOME TO THE CLUB! Plus: Our Honest Oppenheimer Review

Welcome to After School Archive Club! Each episode, four history lovers bring current topics, recent obsessions, and historic hot takes to t...

45:26Sep 13, 2023

Victorian Baby Farms and the Horrifying Story of Amelia Dyer | True Crime Time with Lis!

Welcome to True Crime Time with Lis! In this solo episode, your favourite true crime girlie explores the bizarre history of Victorian "baby...

39:10May 23, 2023

Mutants and Anti-Heroes: X-Men’s Unique Take on Oppression

Patrick takes us back into the comic book realm with a fascinating look at X-Men and it's powerful take on histories of oppression and what...

84:52May 2, 2023

Katie’s Top 10 Historical Fiction Reads

So you're looking for some historical fiction recommendations? Look no further - the queen of history reads is here to help! Katie takes on...

33:05Apr 18, 2023

Reality Check! Stuff About Museum Jobs No One Talks About

Museums are one of the most popular job destinations for historians, especially recent history grads, but there is a side to museum work tha...

59:38Apr 4, 2023

To AI or Not to AI? ChatGTP’s Role in History

ChatGTP has taken the world by storm, but is it a groundbreaking new technology or could it have serious implications for historians? Lis, P...

54:57Mar 21, 2023

History Horror Stories + Is High School History Broken?

On the first episode of Season 4, Patrick, Robin, Katie, and Lis swap history horror stories from in-class trench foot to hilarious work enc...

60:42Mar 8, 2023

Digital Dust Movie Night! The Green Knight

It's the end of season three and we are celebrating with the second annual Digital Dust Movie Night!! This year we watched The Green Knight,...

55:48Dec 6, 2022

Bayard Rustin: The Forgotten Pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement

This week Patrick shares the incredible life of one of his personal heroes Bayard Rustin. A pioneer of the civil rights and non-violent affi...

71:06Nov 9, 2022

The Bell Witch - A Terrifying True Halloween Tale!

Be sure to listen with the lights on! The Bell Witch is one of history's most baffling ghost stories, and we're bringing it to you live from...

46:11Oct 25, 2022

Fashion History, Feminism, and Social Capital with Julia Richards

This week Lis and Patrick are joined by Julia, a fellow public historian with a passion for fashion history! Julia walks us through 200 year...

49:05Oct 11, 2022

Greeking Out with Katie and Robin! Exploring Art and Mythology

For all our OG Iliad fans, this one's for you! Katie and Robin explore three different Greek myths as told through three different art piece...

45:58Sep 27, 2022

Museums and the Metaverse: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Lis and Robin unpack the unbelievably crazy world of the Metaverse, NFTs, and Bitcoin and how it could change museums forever - is it the ne...

44:05Sep 14, 2022

’Star Trek’ and Science Fiction as Social Commentary

Katie and Patrick take on the ultimate frontier to explore what Star Trek can tell us about race, gender, and social issues! Sources: The Ta...

55:01Aug 30, 2022

Appropriation vs Appreciation: The Art of Emily Carr

Robin and Lis discuss the controversial art of Emily Carr, a Canadian painter who captured Indigenous landmarks in British Columbia - but wa...

34:10Aug 16, 2022

Emancipation Day and Canadian Black History with Dr. Deirdre McCorkindale

August 1st is Emancipation Day for folks around the world who celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation of 1834 that banned slavery in the Bri...

56:30Aug 3, 2022

Hot Takes: Elvis and the Problem with Biopics

Season 3 is here!! After a summer hiatus, we are back and better than ever! Katie, Lis, Patrick, and Robin share their thoughts on the new E...

62:13Jul 19, 2022