On this episode of historical hotties we have all hands on deck for this spooky episode about lady ghosts! It's Rufina Cambaceres, Kate Morgan, and Queen Ester, who is the most terrifying! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/hauntsDi Lindsey Nelsen

We're back in action at HHHQ and diving right in to a seasonal treat for us spooky folks: Real people -who are hot- who are rumored to have been cursed! Evalyn Walsh McLean vs. Howard Carter Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/cursedDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 87, I had the privilege of interviewing Ken Krsolovic, co-author of the great book League Park, The Historic Home of Cleveland Base…

It's getting hot out there, so let's jump into the cool category of history's hottest swimmers! Come on in, the Gertrude Ederle versus Annette Kellerman water is fiiiiine! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/swimmersDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

By listener request, this week we tackle the debate of hottest drummer in history! Who hit the sticks on those skins the best --is it the legendary Max Roach or "El Rey" Tito Puente? Listen and find out! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/drummersDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

From The Scavengers Network: Why is this audio file so long? The time from the last word of the statement to the last second of the track totals 8 minutes and 46 seconds. 8 minutes and 46 seconds doesn't sound like a long time until you are confronted with just how long it can drag on. 8 minutes and 46 seconds is how long it took to end George Floy…

One episode was not enough for us to feel good about covering the hottest spies in history. We needed another go around because spies are pretty hot, y'all. Marguerite Harrison vs Mochizuki Chiyome Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/spies2Di Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

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Today, in light of a global pandemic on the top of all of our minds, we decided to discuss two of the hottest nurses in history. WHO IS THE BIGGER BABE? Florence Nightingale or Mart Eliza Mahoney? Listen and see! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/nursesDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

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In the first of a series, we discuss people who were influenced by the Chicago World's Fair, pitting the last female stagecoach robber against the woman who invented the dishwasher! A crazy matchup with two fascinating figures! Josephine Cochran vs Pearl Hart! Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/worldfair1…

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This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 79, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

Two people who know a good form when they look at one, the Nelsen Sisters, debate which artists creates -and has- the best forms themselves. Who is hotter, Constantin Brâncuși or Augusta Savage? Show notes at https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/sculptorsDi LINDSEY & WHITNEY NELSEN

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 78, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 77, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 76, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

For this episode, I had the pleasure of re-connecting with Coach Matt Kramer from Wilmington High School Coach Kramer was on episodes 25-27 several years ago. Coach Kramer is the co-author of the great book The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO, which he wrote with legendary Ohio High School Basketball Coach Randy Montgomery (the book…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 74, I had the pleasure of speaking with Denison University Baseball Coach and Author Mike Deegan. To connect with the Outstanding O…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 73, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 72, I am continuing my review of the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If y…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 71, I am reviewing the book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Ohioan Daniel Coyle. If you are as inte…

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures. For episode 70, I had the pleasure of speaking with Financial Analyst, BMX Legend, and Ted Talk Speaker Jason Perz. To connect with the Outstan…

The Kentucky Derby may be postponed until September, but self isolation is no reason not to drink some bourbon, wear a fancy hat, and listen to this episode about female horseback riders in history. Elvira Guerra vs the Lucas Sisters! Yee-haw! Show notes at historicallyhot.com/equestrianDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

As you nurse your St. Patty's day hangover, or drink through your quarantine beer stockpile, we thought we would bring you two Historical Hotties who played a part in the history of brewing beer. Will Kubaba, the Sumerian alewife, goddess, and the only woman on the Sumerian King list win? Or will Theodore Mack, Sr. take the crown as a hardworking m…

Today we are talking about what the internet has memed as "the stripping that nerds do, you know...with top hats and corsets" otherwise known as Burlesque. Gypsy Rose Lee, queen of burlesque, faces off against Ann Corio, who almost singlehandedly saved burlesque from falling into obscurity. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A WINNER?!? Show notes at historicallyho…

This week is the Scavenger's Network Podcast Scramble! So instead of the Sisters Nelsen, you get fabulous guest hosts James (@UnabashedJames), Tracy (@adealswarlock) and Katelynn (@screamsmcnutty) who pit the Notorious B.I.G. against Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez against Nipsey Hussle and while personally I think Biggie should be the winner YOU WILL HAVE T…

Unbeknownst to each other, when we had all of history to choose famous couples from, we both chose 20th century Paris, pitting Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas against Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre! Show notes at historicallyhot.com/famouscouplesDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

This week, in honor of St. Valentine, we are laying down our lives for the hottest Martyrs in history. Hypatia of Alexandria versus Joan of Arc is a battle of babes with nerves of steel and unthinkable conviction. Who will come out the winner? Listen and see! (and watch The Good Place to see Lisa Kudrow's take on one of these two hotties!) Show not…

We're back from our end of year break, and we're bringing some hotties who defy gender norms with us! Special guest host Kye You (@Its_Me_Kye) of the podcast Brothers In Time (@Brothers_InTime) joins us to talk about these very appealing gender pioneers! The Chevalier d'Éon versus Albert D. J. Cashier versus Isabelle Eberhardt! Show notes at histor…

This week we're reposting the episode where we gave new meaning to "we won't go until we get some" as we talk about the holiday carol writers we most fancy. And if you're donning apparel, we want it to be gay. Irving Berlin vs Katherine Kennicott Davis in this holiday episode that is our gift to you! Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/carol…

In this episode we are the first in the class to raise our hands when the teacher asks "Who are some of history's biggest babes?" We're talking about just a few of the hottest teachers in history, pitting Emma Hart Willard against Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez. Get your scantron sheets ready to tally up the babe scores! Show notes at historical…

People think of muses as either the Greek inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts, OR they think of Sharon Stone in a kaftan. HOWEVER, there are a lot of real-life muses who have inspired incredible art, and they are, of course, hotties. Dora Maar versus Luisa Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino in this battle of inspo babes! Sho…

This week we're taking a little holiday break and going back to a favorite from the HHHQ archives, and replaying the episode where we talk about the people who have shaped American Thanksgiving into the holiday it is today. We give thanks for all the hotties. Is Sarah Josepha Buell Hale the hottest holiday influencer? Or Is Tony Sarg the babe that …

This week we're fighting for the honor of the hottest Marine. Will Minnie Spotted-Wolf, the first Native American woman to enlist, win out over Samuel Nicholas, the first ever officer commissioned in the US Marines? LISTEN NOW TO FIND OUT. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/marinesDi Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

In a Historical Hotties monumental FIRST we are revisiting a previously-used category! It's because our hot magician cup doth runneth over. Will Dell O'Dell beat out Harry Houdini? It's like sawing our hearts in half! Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/magicians2Di Lindsey & Whitney Nelsen

For our last spooky episode of October 2019 we throw a fillet of fenny snake into the cauldron to see which real life woman, accused of witchcraft, was the hottest. Will it be Jane Wenham or Grace White Sherwood, called the Witch of Pungo? Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/witches Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made fo…

We stare straight into the face of death this week with our episode talking about the hottest morticians. Will Henrietta Duterte prevail? Or will Frederik Ruysch's preservation reputation be preserved? Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/morticians Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen fro…

Meet us at the crossroads to light a fire and talk about people in history who are A) hot and B) allegedly sold their souls for skill and profit. Join us and guest host Daniel (@puffinwatch) of Heroes Rolling Zeros as we pit The Comte de Saint Germain against Robert Johnson and Niccolò Paganini. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/devil Spoo…

Welcome to our month of chills and scares. We pit spooky daddy Charles Addams against Halloween patron saint Elizabeth Krebs to find out who's been more formative in how we view the holiday today. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/halloween Spooky version of the Historical Hotties theme song made for us specifically by Jon Biegen from the …

Join us for the the Historical Hotties Podcast Year-End Listener's Choice Last Chance Extravaganza for 2019! We reveal the top 10 finalists, send them to some previous guest hosts for another round of conversation, including throwing in a curve ball with the addition of guest host WILDCARD picks! Dan Spencer joins us to determine WHICH HOTTIE IS CR…

*newsreel sounds* *telegraph sounds* *klaxxon* ATTENTION LISTENERS: For the two year anniversary of the Historical Hotties podcast, we are giving you, the listeners, the ability to pluck one losing hottie from the past year and launch them into official winner's ring. Who are the biggest babes in history? Who should have won, but didn't? YOU DECIDE…

COWABUNGA! In this most radical of episodes, we get our toes wet by hanging ten off the surfboard of history into the ocean of hotties. Which surfer was the biggest babe, Duke Kahanamoku king of the surf, or Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, inspiration for Gidget!?!? Listen and see! Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/surfers…

Today we explore the rugged individualism and charm of people who moved to the West in search of the gold in them there hills! We pit ingenue, comedian, and one of the most successful actresses in history, Lotta Crabtree, against trans stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst, noted for his nerves of steel. Who will win? Show notes at historicallyhot.co…

The dulcet tones of guest host Erich Hall (@platypusjones) grace your ears once again as we bring him back to discus these out-of-this-world Science Fiction writer hotties! Ursula K. Le Guin vs Douglas Adams vs Kōbō Abe in this excellent category, full of attractiveness of all kinds. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/scifi…

In this episode a tunnel is not ALWAYS a tunnel and a cigar is not ALWAYS a cigar. We are talking the smokingest psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and head-shrinkers in history. By popular fan request, Hermann Rorschach hits the field, competing against Bluma Zeigarnik. Show notes at historicallyhot.com/episodes/psychiatrist…