Jamie Redfern
@historyjamie.bsky.social
History podcaster, Product Owner, maker of bad jokes
Manchester, UK 📍
Manchester, UK 📍
A History of the United States Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal is out! This week we look at women's rights, and the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A History of the United States Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal is out! This week we look at women's rights, and the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792
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The struggle is real
It is my mission in life to demonstrate that it is technically possible to be a white guy interested in Rome and still be normal
there was a dumb tiktok going around that was like (a year or two ago that has evolved and also was referencing twitter posts) "WHY ARE SOOOOO MANY MEN OBSESSED WITH THE ROMAN EMPIRE" and I was like "idk probably because they're nazis" and also personellly im a 3kingdoms guy @gaius.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The struggle is real
Been a busy few days in Seville! Yesterday I went to my first Phoenician archaeological site, Gadir, and today I saw the original copy of the Treaty of Tordesillas!!
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Been a busy few days in Seville! Yesterday I went to my first Phoenician archaeological site, Gadir, and today I saw the original copy of the Treaty of Tordesillas!!
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Accidentally stumbled upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus today. It was nice getting to say "Fuck you" in person.
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Accidentally stumbled upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus today. It was nice getting to say "Fuck you" in person.
Wait I didn't realise Assassin's Creed 3 lets you play the American Revolution???
(Guess what game I've started playing)
(Guess what game I've started playing)
October 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wait I didn't realise Assassin's Creed 3 lets you play the American Revolution???
(Guess what game I've started playing)
(Guess what game I've started playing)
A History of the United States Episode 196 is out, and it's the return of Theologycast! In Theologycast 4 we look at the Second Great Awakening, giving particular attention to the Baptists and Methodists
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A History of the United States Episode 196 is out, and it's the return of Theologycast! In Theologycast 4 we look at the Second Great Awakening, giving particular attention to the Baptists and Methodists
Saw the @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social DREM tour last night and cannot remember the last time I laughed SO MUCH 😂
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Saw the @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social DREM tour last night and cannot remember the last time I laughed SO MUCH 😂
Laughing more than I should
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Laughing more than I should
Do you ever think you've suddenly gone colourblind and then remember that it's just night
September 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do you ever think you've suddenly gone colourblind and then remember that it's just night
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Breaking news: The British government said it was formally recognizing a state of Palestine, breaking sharply with the U.S. and reversing decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation.
U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially recognized Palestine as a state, joining major U.S. allies Canada and Australia.
wapo.st
September 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Breaking news: The British government said it was formally recognizing a state of Palestine, breaking sharply with the U.S. and reversing decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation.
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UK officially recognises Palestine as a state
UK officially recognises Palestine as a state
Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK has officially recognised Palestine as a state.
news.sky.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
UK officially recognises Palestine as a state
A History of the United States Episode 195- Education, Education, Education is out! This week we look at the spread of schooling and the postal system
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A History of the United States Episode 195- Education, Education, Education is out! This week we look at the spread of schooling and the postal system
On the metro this morning there is a man carrying a hose. Just a hose. I have so many questions.
Sir, why do you have a hose on a metro at 8:47am?
Where are you going?
Where have you come from?
Things I will never know the answer to.
Sir, why do you have a hose on a metro at 8:47am?
Where are you going?
Where have you come from?
Things I will never know the answer to.
September 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On the metro this morning there is a man carrying a hose. Just a hose. I have so many questions.
Sir, why do you have a hose on a metro at 8:47am?
Where are you going?
Where have you come from?
Things I will never know the answer to.
Sir, why do you have a hose on a metro at 8:47am?
Where are you going?
Where have you come from?
Things I will never know the answer to.
I do enjoy how my sense of time completely disappears when cooking.
Have a pan simmering. Check the time because surely this has been 20 minutes now.
90 seconds.
Have a pan simmering. Check the time because surely this has been 20 minutes now.
90 seconds.
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I do enjoy how my sense of time completely disappears when cooking.
Have a pan simmering. Check the time because surely this has been 20 minutes now.
90 seconds.
Have a pan simmering. Check the time because surely this has been 20 minutes now.
90 seconds.
You wonder if Clarkson's Farm plays up West Oxfordshire District Council, but this is ridiculous
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You wonder if Clarkson's Farm plays up West Oxfordshire District Council, but this is ridiculous
Reposted by Jamie Redfern
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
A History of the United States Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations is out! This week we round up our trilogy of the Early Marshall Court by looking at Dartmouth College v Woodward
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A History of the United States Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations is out! This week we round up our trilogy of the Early Marshall Court by looking at Dartmouth College v Woodward
A History of the United States Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges is out! This week we cover the Marshall Court, focusing on Marbury V Madison
August 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A History of the United States Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges is out! This week we cover the Marshall Court, focusing on Marbury V Madison
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there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture
A History of the United States Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers is out! This week we cover the Judiciary up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.
July 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A History of the United States Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers is out! This week we cover the Judiciary up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Exciting! So cool that Roman artifacts are still being discovered where I live! (This was literally my neighbourhood four months ago)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre
Archaeologists say the dig uncovered one of the best Roman finds in the city in more than 20 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Exciting! So cool that Roman artifacts are still being discovered where I live! (This was literally my neighbourhood four months ago)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
June 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
You think you know history. You can know the stories, know the statistics. You can think you're prepared.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You think you know history. You can know the stories, know the statistics. You can think you're prepared.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
Krakow. Ain't she pretty?
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Krakow. Ain't she pretty?
Wrote half of the next episode this afternoon and I'm so excited for it! Think you'll find it one of the most interesting episodes we've had
June 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wrote half of the next episode this afternoon and I'm so excited for it! Think you'll find it one of the most interesting episodes we've had