596 Episodes

  1. Episode 76: The Norman Conquest of England

    Published: 12/8/2019

  2. Episode 75: The Great Emu War

    Published: 12/1/2019

  3. Episode 74: Mutiny on the Batavia

    Published: 11/24/2019

  4. Episode 73: USS William D. Porter, History’s Unluckiest Ship

    Published: 11/17/2019

  5. Episode 72: Bowie, Crockett, and the Battle of the Alamo

    Published: 11/10/2019

  6. Episode 71: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

    Published: 11/3/2019

  7. Episode 70: Four Generations of the Dumas Family

    Published: 10/27/2019

  8. Episode 69: The Eighty Years’ War, Part 2

    Published: 10/20/2019

  9. Episode 68: The Eighty Years’ War, Part 1

    Published: 10/13/2019

  10. Episode 67: Josephine Baker: Singer, Spy, Activist

    Published: 10/6/2019

  11. Episode 66: Juan Pujol García, Self-Made Spy

    Published: 9/29/2019

  12. Episode 65: Tarrare, the Eating Machine

    Published: 9/22/2019

  13. Episode 64: John Paul Jones, Father of the US Navy

    Published: 9/15/2019

  14. Episode 63: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin

    Published: 9/8/2019

  15. Episode 62: James Lind and the Cure for Scurvy

    Published: 9/1/2019

  16. Episode 61: John R. Brinkley, the Goat Testicle Quack

    Published: 8/25/2019

  17. Episode 60: Alexander’s Siege of Tyre

    Published: 8/18/2019

  18. Episode 59: Neutral Moresnet

    Published: 8/11/2019

  19. Episode 58: Elagabalus, Rome’s Dirty Emperor

    Published: 8/4/2019

  20. Episode 57: Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate

    Published: 7/28/2019

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