UNSUNG HISTORY
A podcast about people and events in American history you may not know much about. Yet.
Recent Episodes
Aug. 8, 2022
The Women who Programmed the ENIAC
During World War II, the United States Army contracted with a group of engineers at the University of Pennsylvania Moore School o…
Aug. 1, 2022
Filipino Nurses in the United States
A February 2021 report by National Nurses United found that while Filipinos make up 4% of RNs in the United States, they accounte…
July 25, 2022
The Townsend Family Legacy
When Alabama plantation owner Samuel Townsend died in 1856, he willed his vast fortune to his children and his nieces. What seems…
July 18, 2022
The Unusual Codicil in Benjamin Franklin's Will
When Benjamin Franklin died in April 1790, his last will contained an unusual codicil, leaving 1000 pounds sterling each to Phila…
July 11, 2022
Dale Evans, Queen of the West
Dale Evans is probably best known as the Queen of the West, the wife and co-star of the King of Cowboys, Roy Rogers. But before s…
July 4, 2022
Independence Day
On July 4, Americans will eat 150 million hot dogs, spend $1 billion on beer, and watch 16,000 fireworks displays (and those are …
June 27, 2022
The 1966 Compton's Cafeteria Riot
On a hot weekend night in August 1966 trans women fought back against police harassment at Compton’s Cafeteria in the Tenderloin …
June 20, 2022
Two-Spirit People in Native American Cultures
In the summer of 1990, at the third annual Native American/First Nations gay and lesbian conference, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the t…
June 13, 2022
The Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village
The 12-story Women’s House of Detention, situated in the heart of Greenwich Village in New York City, from 1932 to 1974, was cent…
June 6, 2022
The Queer History of the Women's Suffrage Movement
Queer suffragists were central to the women’s suffrage movement in the United States from its earliest days. However, in a moveme…
About the Host
Kelly Therese Pollock
Producer & Host
Kelly has always been the kind of person who asks questions — lots of questions — to anyone who will listen and answer. With a BA in Religious Studies from Northwestern University and an MA in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara (where she wrote a thesis on feminist witches), Kelly has turned her questioning to politics and history where she digs deep into stories that aren’t getting enough attention.
By day Kelly is an administrator at the University of Chicago, where she has worked since 2004.
Kelly lives on the southside of Chicago with her husband, two kids, and two cats. When she’s not podcasting or working you can find Kelly with knitting needles in her hands. If she could knit and podcast at the same time she would.