Suggestion Survey is Open through 2/24!
Added 2021-02-19 20:01:01 +0000 UTCOur theme for the month of February is Weird & Wonderful
The kooky, the strange, the just plain fun—these are the stories we're looking for. History's most unusual, madcap or even heartwarming tales, so long as they're out of the ordinary. If you want to hear about the (supposedly) immortal Count of St. Germain, tulip mania, the odd but revolutionary life of surgical pioneer Dr. John Hunter, alchemy, Spiritualism, or you wanted a second crack at the False Dimitris... this is the time!
An important note! Normally we only suggest one suggestion per patron, but last month I made a mistake and did not include one of the retired patron tiers for the suggestion survey. So to make up for it, everyone can suggest two topics for the category. Makes this month even more weird and wonderful!
Some notes about suggestions:
- If a suggestion we encounter only has enough research material/production scope for a one-off episode instead of a full series, we file it in a separate list to reference later when we are planning to schedule a one-off episode between series (this is true for every survey we do).
- Anything that happened or started before 1929 is fair game to suggest. We typically don't cover more recent events, unless we're working with sponsors who can provide more documentation about that historical topic.
Comments
I signed up too late to suggest, so perhaps next month. I would love to learn about the Mexican Revolution
Adil N
2021-02-25 21:47:18 +0000 UTCWhat about the Cadaver Synod or the Saeculum obscurum? Both were pretty nuts.
Christopher Paulos
2021-02-24 23:24:15 +0000 UTCI suggest the topic of "Russo-Japanese War of 1904" to explain where the phrase "The Short Victorious War" came from. And why the idea of a short victorious war is bad.
Anton T
2021-02-24 17:28:19 +0000 UTCI wish we did a video on General Patton the man legacy is such an interesting thing
AnimeInspector
2021-02-24 02:36:45 +0000 UTCWould love to hear more about the Mayan Civilization (pre-Spanish arrival).
RJ Kennedy
2021-02-23 23:02:49 +0000 UTCThe long journey of Oliver Cromwell's head (more of a one-off, no pun intended).
Mike Curtis
2021-02-23 19:03:48 +0000 UTCRa Ra Rasputin "lover of the Russian Queen" or the inner politics of the french revolution Both should weird and crazy enough for this topic and will have enough for 5 episodes easily :-)
Nimrod
2021-02-20 17:47:26 +0000 UTCNikola Tesla, the archetype real life mad scientist -OR- finally getting that real video on Rasputin
The Rogue Chief
2021-02-20 10:01:10 +0000 UTCNot sure what my second suggestion will be, but my first suggestion was Emperor Norton, though I suspect he's best-suited to a one-off.
General Luigi
2021-02-20 04:31:42 +0000 UTCOops thanks for the correction David
DeepDiveViolet
2021-02-20 01:07:35 +0000 UTCThe men's marathon event of the Summer Olympics of 1904
Chidumebi Njoku-Browne
2021-02-20 00:54:49 +0000 UTCTopic for a one-off episode: Maurice Wilson and his ill-fated attempt to reach the summit of Everest (His story begins before 1929, but the climax happens in 1933-1934).
Mackreth Reinhold
2021-02-19 23:38:15 +0000 UTCExtra Sci-Fi already covered this pretty extensively https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5AuEhpcGAo4ngmSDKuFgZZx
David Chuhay
2021-02-19 23:29:28 +0000 UTCThe Tale of Genji also called the Genji Monogatari the Standing Death of Benkei
Tyler
2021-02-19 21:17:50 +0000 UTCYou should do Deng Ai’s Detour to capture the Shu Capital of Chengdu during the fall of shu in the three kingdoms time period
Kyle Wooldridge
2021-02-19 21:12:55 +0000 UTCMy Extra Credits History Suggestion: Mary Shelley and Frankenstein
DeepDiveViolet
2021-02-19 20:22:05 +0000 UTCSurvey deadline says Wednesday January 24th. I believe this is a typo
James Ickes
2021-02-19 20:06:24 +0000 UTC
