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Back to SearchBilly the Kid ~ Lawless Days, Short Years
Episode 251
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Episode 251
Out on the edge of a young and restless nation, where dust clung to boots and gun smoke drifted across wide New Mexico skies, a…
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Minamoto no Yoritomo ~ The Man Who Built Kamakura
Episode 250
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Episode 250
The air is thick with the scent of pine and salt, drifting in from the nearby coast, as a boy of ten stands at the edge of a wo…
1 week ago
Samuel Whittemore ~ The Wrong Man to Cross
Episode 249
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Episode 249
War is usually the domain of the young — quick feet, steady aim, and lungs strong enough for shouting charges. But in the sprin…
2 weeks ago
Rik Mayall ~ No Inside Voice Available
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Episode 248
Before the noise and chaos, there was simply a boy called Richard.
Born in 1958 in Harlow, Essex, he grew up in a house full of …
3 weeks ago
Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai ~ A Māori Response to Colonial Promises
Episode 247
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Episode 247
Before treaties were signed and borders were fixed on maps, power in Aotearoa was measured in mana — authority earned, defended…
1 month ago
Mané Garrincha ~ Roots Deeper than Fame
Episode 246
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Episode 246
Before the trophies, before the songs, before the stadiums learned his name, there is a man standing by a river.
No crowd. No no…
1 month ago
Robert Maxwell ~ Power Paper and Secrets
Episode 245
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Episode 245
Robert Maxwell was a man who seemed too large for the age he lived in. To some, he was a brilliant immigrant success story — a …
1 month, 1 week ago
Hugo Chavez ~ Born Under a Wide Sky
Episode 244
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Episode 244
Before the speeches and the salutes, there is a boy under the wide Venezuelan sky.
The llanos stretch endlessly—flat, dusty, ali…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
George Mallory ~ The Mountain Kept the Proof
Episode 243
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Episode 243
George Mallory did not begin as a legend.
He began quietly, far from the world’s highest places.
Born into a modest English famil…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Earl Weiss ~ The Fearless Chicago Bootlegger
Episode 242
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Episode 242
Before Earl Weiss became a name spoken in whispers, he was simply a boy growing up in a city that was learning how to be hard. …
2 months ago