HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

Hear about the places that managed to avoid the plague, at least for a little while, and what a medieval haz-mat suit looked like. Also, continue to roll the 'Death Dice' along with celebrated music supervisor, Mary Ramos, to see if any of the characters we meet along the way manage to avoid the sickness and death that overcame half of the global population.

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!
• Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.
• Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!
• Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!
• Crazy Rich Ancients
• Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos, who has worked on some of the most incredible film scores in movie history! A close collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, she’s had a hand in everything from Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained - and a slew of other favorites in-between.

Join us as we discuss the very beginning of The Black Death, starting with Patient Zero in Italy and then follow us… and the rats, and the fleas… around the world and right to our own back door.

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!
• Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.
• Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!
• Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Join Dawn for three hilarious stories told live, all centered around one simple question: what is the WORST DAY AT WORK? Dawn and her guests dig into spectacular professional disasters, bad decisions, and the kind of workplace chaos that makes you grateful you can just go home at the end of the day. Recorded live with the HILF crowd at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California).

🔗 JOE ROCHE

🔗 KELLEY VROOMAN

--- Read the Gizmodo article from 2010! This discusses the play-by-play detail of the lost iphone prototype story.

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🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

It was a cold and blustery night in 1692 when the Macdonalds were slaughtered in their beds by a group of rival Campbells who had not only sworn them no harm, but had been their guests for almost two weeks. Dawn is joined by friend and comedy writer, Joe Roche, for the dark tale of the Glencoe Massacre.

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: The Glencoe Massacre by John Prebble
• PODCAST: BBC In Our Time: The Glencoe Massacre (2010)
• VIDEO: Knives in the Dark(Part one of two)
• VIDEO: History Hit 'Forgotten Massacre of Jacobite Revolution' - Dan Snow

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Join Dawn and some very special guests - including her dear, sweet mom - and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California). Hear the tragic tale of Jonestown, why you too could have fallen into the charm of Jim Jones, and the stories of hope and resilience among the bloodshed.

🔗 Ryan Ripple

🔗 JB Ball

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🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

--- Looking for more historical information about Jonestown? This was my best online resource - An amazing digital archive hosted by San Diego State University (SDSU).

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Dawn is joined by Kat Perkins, one of her best friends (and the voice of the HILF theme song!) for a dive into the dark history of cults. From the strangest real-life rituals, to the made-up cults - and why it's important to know the difference.

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: The Penquin Book of Cults, collected by Joseph P Laycock.
• Heavens Gate HBO Documentary: Heaven's Gate the Cult of Cults
• Heaven's Gate 'Exit Interviews' (WARNING: These are not violent or graphic, but they are the last words of people about to take their lives and should be watched while girded emotionally... Hold a dog or something.)
• Rick Allen Ross - Cult 'deprogrammer' who I think is among the most frightening figures I met in this research.

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

King Philip is simultaneously a real historic figure, and an object of early American fantasy. Join Dawn and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California) to hear the tale of how history reports... and distorts... just like the present does.

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🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK?

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

The journey isn't over, it's only just reached the underworld. Rejoin Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they link arms to follow Odysseus all the way home. Whether you're preparing for Christopher Nolan's upcoming blockbuster movie, revisiting an old favorite, or experiencing The Odyssey for the first time, this episode explores why Odysseus' long road home remains one of the most thrilling—and profoundly human—stories ever told.

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🎫 Visit Theatricum Botanicum - Sam performs in Treasure Island, June - October, 2026

✅ Checkout Sam's work as a Personal Trainer!

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: One of many free, online versions of The Odyssey
• THE LECTURE: The Learning Companypresents Dr. Elizabeth Vandiver. (Hoopla and Libby often have audio versions available FOR FREE!)

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

As Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the big screen, Dawn is taking listeners back to the source. Join Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they get down and dirty with Homer, unpacking the gods, mortals, monsters, and misadventures that made The Odyssey one of the most enduring stories ever told. By the end, you'll be walking into your local cineplex HILF'd and loaded.

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🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

🎫 Visit Theatricum Botanicum - Sam performs in Treasure Island, June - October, 2026

✅ Checkout Sam's work as a Personal Trainer!

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: One of many free, online versions of The Odyssey
• THE LECTURE: The Learning Companypresents Dr. Elizabeth Vandiver. (Hoopla and Libby often have audio versions available FOR FREE!)

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

You're back in the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, for part two of this little-known chapter of World War II history. Re-join these badass fliers through more of their spine-tingling adventures (and misadventures) all the way to victory and beyond.

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🎧 HILF EP39 - NAZI KILLERS with Michelle Mosher

🎧 HILF EP60 - AMELIA EARHART with Fallon Morey

🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

✅ Checkout Heather's work in Personal Development: Body of Work

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: The Night Witches by Bruce Myles(1981)
• More about OPERATION BARBAROSSA from the Imperial War Musuem
• One of the only videos I found with interviews of some of the surviving pilots.

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Climb into the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, as they get to know some of the baddest-asses from this little-known chapter of World War II history.

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🎧 HILF EP39 - NAZI KILLERS with Michelle Mosher

🎧 HILF EP60 - AMELIA EARHART with Fallon Morey

🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

✅ Checkout Heather's work in Personal Development: Body of Work

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SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):

• BOOK: The Night Witches by Bruce Myles(1981)
• More about OPERATION BARBAROSSA from the Imperial War Musuem
• One of the only videos I found with interviews of some of the surviving pilots.

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck):

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Dawn and guest, Kelly Vrooman, go down the rabbit hole with neither the first nor the last "disgraced" American president. Join them as they review the unlikely rise and spectacular fall or Richard Nixon. Hear about the founding of the EPA, the Watergate burglars, and the insane story of Martha Mitchell.

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🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• Listen to Dawn and Kelly HILF Catherine the Great Part 1 and Part 2.
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK?

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel

Welcome back to book club! Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Return with Dawn and her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan, to discuss ALL the books they read over the last semester in school and which ones you - yes you - will want to read!

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BOOK LIST:

• A Scratch of The Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America by Colin G Calloway
• Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora by Stephanie E. Smallwood
• Tacky’s Revolt The Story of an Atlantic Slave War by Vincent Brown
• Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina by S. Max Edelson
• The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire 1713-1763 by Paul W. Mapp
• The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity by Jill Lepore

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Dawn sits down with her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan, to discuss ALL the books they read over the last semester in school and which ones you - yes you - will want to read!

🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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BOOK LIST:

• Devil in the Shape of A Woman by Carol F Karlsen
• The Saltwater Frontier by Andrew Lipman
• Mirroring the Past by On-cho Ng and Q. Edward Wang
• The Native Ground by Kathleen Du Val
• Chronicles by Chris given-Wilson
• The Invention of Comfort by John E. Crowley
• The Barber of Damascus by Dana Sajdi

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

Join host, Dawn Brodey, and a LIVE audience to hear this most-titillating chapter from The Golden Age of Piracy, the tale of Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Born in very different circumstances and on opposite sides of the Atlantic, their worlds would collide and eventually combine in the most swash-buckingly way.

Hear pirate trivia with comedian, Becca Melkonian.

Test your knowledge against comedian, Meryl Klemow.

Get to know my classmate, and future history professor, Stacey Hovhannisyan.

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🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK?

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel

Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to hear what John Wayne Gacy and a plane crash have to do with her birthday. You'll also get to know the fabulous Sam Hale, Horror Nerd, and learn all about her grandpa... and his bulge.

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🎥. See Sam's one-hour special!

🎙️ Come see Dawn in Horror Nerd at The Hollywood Improv, April 17th, 2026

🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK?

Find us on Instagram or email us hilfpodcast@gmail.com

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel

Dawn found herself tits-deep in pirate history and fell so far down the rabbit hole, she called on her friend - and frequent leading man - Patrick Day to fall with her! Hear the swashbuckling story of a man who helped write some of the 18th century's most toe-curling and horrifying chapters.

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🎥 - Watch Florescent Beast - "What is the cost of being creative?"

🎥 - Watch Cruel Hearts - "Find what you love, let it kill you..."

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)

• A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (Whoever he is...)
• A Cruising Voyage Around the World by Captain Woodes Rogers. (I screamed... will you?)
• Villains of All Nations by Marcus Rediker (THE greatest place to dive into pirate history at large.)

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Climb in bed with one of the first-ever sex symbols, Mae West! She was born in the 1800’s and lived long (and well) enough to star on broadway, lead the silver screen, and even release a ROCK ALBUM before she died! Guest is historian and playwright, John Heimbuch, who wrote the hit play Mae West and the Trial of Sex.

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)

• YOUTUBE - Watch a bit of Mae West in action!
• ARTICLE - Read a bit more about her life and times (American Heritage)

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Re-join Dawn and her guest, 76 year-old Zari Faripour, an elegant, intelligent, one-time refugee from the Iranian Revolution. Dawn delivers a utility outline of the major events and people involved in the 1970's revolution, while Zari colors it with her unique perspective and amazing life experiences.

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)

• BOOK - Iran Awakening byShirin Ebadi
• ESSAY - Structural Causes of the Iranian Revolution by Ervand Abrahamian.
• YOUTUBE - The Crash Course folks kill this stuff...
• For your current news, start with Reuters.

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Before there was Adam and Eve, there was Adam and Lilith! Hear the hot gossip straight from the Garden of Eden, and some of the best stories of this pre-biblical bad-ass.

Dawn is joined by two Minneapolis besties who thought when they booked their tickets to LA from Minneapolis in January, they'd be escaping ice... In fact, they found they were taking a mere break from fighting I.C.E. Fall in love with Rhiannon and Shanan, artists from the Twin Cities and the best coven you never knew you needed to join.

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✅ Keep up with Rhiannon on Instagram

✅ Keep up with Shanan on Instagram

✅ See the next SONGversation in Minneapolis!

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)

• BOOK - Lilith The First Eve by Siegmund Hurwitz
• More about the Alphabet of Ben Sera (Alphabet of Sirach)
• Lilith in the Ancient Texts from Gettysburg College

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries(multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel