595 Episodes

  1. Episode 173: Famous Last Words

    Published: 10/17/2021
  2. Episode 172: The Erfurt Latrine Disaster

    Published: 10/10/2021
  3. Episode 171: Atahualpa and the Massacre of Cajamarca

    Published: 10/3/2021
  4. Episode 170: King Shaka kaSenzangakhona

    Published: 9/26/2021
  5. A note on this week’s episode

    Published: 9/25/2021
  6. Episode 169: Attila the Hun

    Published: 9/19/2021
  7. Episode 168: Jadwiga of Poland

    Published: 9/12/2021
  8. Episode 167: Jeanne Baret

    Published: 9/5/2021
  9. Episode 166: Charles Ponzi

    Published: 8/29/2021
  10. Episode 165: Wild Bill Hickok

    Published: 8/22/2021
  11. Episode 164: The Time of Troubles

    Published: 8/15/2021
  12. Episode 163: Moondyne Joe

    Published: 8/8/2021
  13. Episode 162: The History of the Bicycle

    Published: 8/1/2021
  14. Episode 161: The Ancient Olympic Games

    Published: 7/25/2021
  15. Episode 160: The Watergate Scandal

    Published: 7/18/2021
  16. Episode 159: Hudson’s Bay Company

    Published: 7/11/2021
  17. Episode 158: The History of the Castle

    Published: 7/4/2021
  18. Episode 157: El Cid

    Published: 6/27/2021
  19. Episode 156: Brunhilda and Fredegund

    Published: 6/20/2021
  20. Episode 155: The Battle of Castle Itter

    Published: 6/13/2021

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