594 Episodes

  1. Episode 257: Hurrem Sultan, Ottoman Empress

    Published: 5/28/2023

  2. QAH Episode 7: Emperor Houfei, the Murderous Teenager

    Published: 5/24/2023

  3. Episode 256: Henry Every, Pirate King

    Published: 5/21/2023

  4. QAH Episode 6: Fart Proudly, by Benjamin Franklin

    Published: 5/17/2023

  5. Episode 255: Benjamin Franklin, American Polymath

    Published: 5/14/2023

  6. QAH Episode 5: Khosrow’s Better Antioch

    Published: 5/10/2023

  7. Episode 254: The Roman Empire

    Published: 5/7/2023

  8. QAH Episode 4: The Capture of the Den Helder Fleet

    Published: 5/3/2023

  9. Episode 253: The Roman Republic

    Published: 4/30/2023

  10. QAH Episode 3: The Leaning Tower of Pisa

    Published: 4/26/2023

  11. Episode 252: The Satsuma Rebellion

    Published: 4/23/2023

  12. QAH Episode 2: “Typhoid” Mary Mallon

    Published: 4/19/2023

  13. Episode 251: The Western Schism

    Published: 4/16/2023

  14. QAH Episode 1: Roland the Farter

    Published: 4/12/2023

  15. Episode 250: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 4/9/2023

  16. Episode 249: The History of Flight - Part 3

    Published: 4/2/2023

  17. Episode 248: The History of Flight - Part 2

    Published: 3/26/2023

  18. Episode 247: The History of Flight - Part 1

    Published: 3/19/2023

  19. Episode 246: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Eleven-Time President

    Published: 3/12/2023

  20. Episode 245: The Salem Witch Trials

    Published: 3/5/2023

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