A history and comedy podcast about the overlooked and underrepresented people and events from ancient to modern history. Join comedians Cass and Natalie for an educational, entertaining and sometimes irreverent romp through history as they share the tales your textbooks glossed over, whitewashed, man-washed...or left out completely.
A history and comedy podcast about the overlooked and underrepresented people and events from ancient to modern history. Join comedians Cass and Natalie for an educational, entertaining and sometimes irreverent romp through history as they share the tales your textbooks glossed over, whitewashed, man-washed...or left out completely.

For a baked good, you might hit up the boulangerie, but for an exceptional music education? For that, you'd hit up Nadia Boulanger. Award-winning music director and composer, Heidi Joosten, joins to discuss the strengths and shortcomings of this complicated icon of the music industry...and also the strengths and shortcomings of Tar.
Nadia Boulanger with Astor Piazzolla
Mr. Holland's Opus trailer (video)
More on Heidi
A reputable musical polymath, Heidi is a Jeff Award-winning music director, a composer, orchestrator, arranger, improviser, pianist, vocalist, and harpist. When she’s not in a rehearsal room, you can find her immersed in multiple composition projects and commissions, collaborating on new musical theatre works across the country, and scouring the globe for the best fried cheese curd with her best friend - her shih-chon, Ruby.
Follow Heidi @HeidiJoosten on Instagram. Or check out her website here.
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About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.