Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 27: Neighborhoods Built By Love
Travel back in time to meet the queer communities that paved the way for ours!
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 12: Pride & Prejudice
S02E12: Historical queer love letters and lavender languages past and present.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 26: We’re All Mad Here
Mercury poisoning, mad hatters, and the actual inspiration for the character we all know today.
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 11: Not So Mellow Yellow
S02E11: Dr. Cyr, the father of School Bus Yellow, and the concerningly yellow canary girls of WWI.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 25: Trading Bones for Treasure
The origin story of a shockingly young Tooth Fairy and some international options for disposing of your baby teeth.
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 10: Pearly Whites and Pearly Frights
S02E10: Dentures and false teeth throughout history and street dentist Painless Parker. Chipped porcelain, cocaine, and an actual dental circus with a side of rehab? Obviously, we’re in.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 24: Thrifty Before Thrifty Was Cool
In this episode, we learn not to tangle with the women of Earlswood, that love can grow in the darkest of places, and that those apples aren’t real apples.
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 09: Keep Your Filthy Paws Off Our Silky…Parachutes?
S02E09: Recycled silk parachutes and garments made from escape and evade maps. Honestly, what’s hotter than lingerie made from the very map that helped your hot RAF pilot boyfriend escape the Nazis? Nothing! The romance novel practically writes itself.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 23: Weird Graves and Resting in Strange Places
Weird graves: Don’t want your dirty little secrets beautifully carved, and publicly displayed? Better stay out of Romania.
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 08: If These Graves Could Talk
S02E08: Interesting epitaphs and headstone symbology. Thanks to chisels, stone, and, for some reason, zebras, the dead don’t need to be ghosts to communicate with the living!
(If you can explain the zebras, please get in touch. We’re so confused.)
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 22: Whatever Happened to Cryogenics?
Cryogenics: So, are there just, like, a bunch of frozen bodies all hanging out together somewhere?
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 2, Episode 07: Don’t Ever Laugh as a Hearse Goes By
S02E07: Green burials, body farms, and the inner workings of tombs, vaults, and mausoleums: We jump into the world of burial and interment, and somehow come out on Team Mausoleum. (We’ll also take Team Grad Student Road Trip, pending availability.)