Recent Episodes
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Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt
May 31, 2025 – 45:58 -
Ep. 115 Vietnam: War Through the Lens of a Conscientious Objector with Bruce Wasser
May 25, 2025 – 01:03:15 -
Ep. 114 The Found Colony of Roanoke?: How New Evidence Uncovered on Hatteras Island May Put the “Lost Colony” Myth to Bed Once and For All
May 18, 2025 – 57:21 -
Ep. 113 Infant Feeding: How Breastfeeding Has Been a Challenge and a Controversy Throughout Time
May 11, 2025 – 48:11 -
Ep. 112 Adolf Hitler Part 2: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
May 4, 2025 – 35:35 -
Ep. 111 Adolf Hitler Part 1: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
Apr 27, 2025 – 31:45 -
Ep. 110 Easter Island: How the Remote Pacific Island of Rapa Nui Became An Unnecessary Mystery
Apr 20, 2025 – 49:44 -
Ep. 109 The Philadelphia Experiment: How Tales of an Invisible Teleporting Naval Ship Found Their Way Into History
Apr 13, 2025 – 41:07 -
Ep. 108 April Fool's Day: How No One Even Knows What This Holiday Really Is
Apr 6, 2025 – 35:10 -
Ep. 107 Bloody Mary: Why England's First Queen Was Cast as an Evil Villain Instead of a Triumphant Underdog
Mar 30, 2025 – 49:09 -
Ep. 106 Madame Restell: The "Wickedest Woman in New York" and Why Abortion Really Became Controversial in the US
Mar 23, 2025 – 44:05 -
Ep. 105 Castles: Why Medieval Castles Still Stand As a Testament to Human Strength
Mar 16, 2025 – 45:04 -
Ep. 104 Aspasia of Miletus: Why This Powerful Woman Had All the Men In Ancient Athens Talking
Mar 9, 2025 – 39:39 -
Ep. 103 Radium Girls: How These Inspiring Women Stood Up To Their Abusers and Won
Mar 2, 2025 – 36:20 -
Ep. 102 Richard Etheridge: How Keeper Richard Etheridge Served Always “On Behalf of Humanity”
Feb 23, 2025 – 43:30 -
Ep. 101 Freedmen: How the Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony Became More Lost to History Than the Lost Colony Itself
Feb 16, 2025 – 46:42 -
Ep. 100 Benjamin Banneker: How An Impressive Human Being Was Transformed Into a Mythic Folk Hero
Feb 9, 2025 – 45:25 -
Ep. 99 Josephine Baker: How This Exotic Dancer Turned Spy Is Really So Much More Than That
Feb 2, 2025 – 48:01 -
Ep. 98 Cannabis: How Racism Led to the Demonization of a Rather Useful Plant
Jan 26, 2025 – 44:12 -
Ep. 97 Thomas Edison: Who Was Edison Really, Genius Inventor or Villainous Fraud?
Jan 19, 2025 – 45:37 -
Ep. 96 Hanover: How a German Family Helped Define What It Means to Be British
Jan 12, 2025 – 42:10 -
Ep. 95 Taured: How a Fraudster Was Transformed Into an Interdimensional Man of Mystery
Jan 5, 2025 – 41:03 -
Ep. 94 Dyatlov Pass: How Disney's "Frozen" Shed Light on a Decades Old Mystery
Dec 29, 2024 – 45:03 -
Ep. 93 Rudolph: How Underdog Robert L. May Created a Christmas Icon
Dec 22, 2024 – 36:52 -
Ep. 92 First Flight: How the Wright Brothers Changed the World Forever
Dec 15, 2024 – 57:38 -
Ep. 91 Révolution Part 2: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
Dec 8, 2024 – 44:54 -
Ep. 90 Révolution Part 1: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
Dec 1, 2024 – 33:19 -
Ep. 89 John Billington: How "America's First Murderer" Attended the First Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 2024 – 38:48 -
Ep. 88 Sacagawea: How Lewis and Clark's Indigenous Guide Did So Much More Than That
Nov 17, 2024 – 48:20 -
Ep. 87 Residential Schools: How the US Government Forced Indigenous Children to Give Up Their Identities
Nov 10, 2024 – 34:07 -
Ep 86 Mt. Rushmore: How Sacred Indigenous Land Was Stolen and Defaced by the US
Nov 3, 2024 – 35:40 -
Ep. 85: The Exorcist: How a Real Life Story Inspired the Cult Classic Horror Film
Oct 27, 2024 – 45:50 -
Ep. 84 Salem: Why the Witch Trials of 1692 Should Still Scare You Today
Oct 20, 2024 – 44:31 -
Ep. 83 Historical Hauntings: How Characters Throughout History Have Reappeared From the Afterlife
Oct 13, 2024 – 43:34 -
Ep. 82 Mary Shelley: How the Mind Behind Frankenstein Pushed All the Boundaries
Oct 6, 2024 – 44:31 -
Ep. 81 Columbus Part 2: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero
Sep 29, 2024 – 26:37 -
Ep. 80 Columbus Part 1: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero
Sep 22, 2024 – 34:59 -
Ep. 79 Lucrezia Borgia: How History May Have Cast This Infamous Daughter All Wrong
Sep 15, 2024 – 37:28 -
Ep. 78 Childbirth: How a Deadly Ordeal Got Deadlier Before It Got Safer
Sep 8, 2024 – 40:44 -
Ep. 77 Triangle Factory Fire: How a Horrific Tragedy Sparked a Movement to Save Workers Lives
Sep 1, 2024 – 42:48 -
Ep. 76 Michael Rockefeller: How a Famous Son's Mysterious Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All
Aug 25, 2024 – 42:13 -
Ep. 75 Jockey's Ridge: How a Fearless Mother Stood Down a Bulldozer to Save a Natural Wonder For All the People
Aug 18, 2024 – 45:25 -
Ep. 74 Polio: Why a Disease Existing Since Ancient Times Took Millennia to Become a Problem
Aug 11, 2024 – 41:12 -
Ep. 73 Theodosia Burr: How a Famous Daughter's Disappearance Remains a Mystery
Aug 4, 2024 – 37:15 -
Ep. 72 Khmer Rouge: How a Violent Government Murdered 1/4 of Cambodia's Population
Jul 28, 2024 – 45:19 -
Ep. 71 Aqua Tofana: How A Ring of Female Serial Killers Liberated Italian Women
Jul 21, 2024 – 43:10 -
Ep. 70 Coffee: How Coffee Changed the World, for Better and for Worse
Jul 14, 2024 – 34:01 -
Ep. 69 Washington: How We Barely Know America's First President
Jul 7, 2024 – 39:49 -
Ep. 68 Lost Technology: How Ancient Knowledge Has Been Erased By Time
Jun 30, 2024 – 43:25 -
Ep. 67 Bone Wars: How Dueling Fossil Hunters Put Dinosaurs on the Map
Jun 23, 2024 – 38:42
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