Podcast Episodes

Dr. Hawa Abdi: A Sanctuary in Hell

Season 1 Episode 126

In the middle of Somalia’s civil war, when the world was falling apart, Dr. Hawa Abdi started building. On her family’s land outside Mogadishu, she created a hospital, a school, a legal aid clinic, a…

Published on 13 hours ago

Potemkin: This Ship Runs on Rage, Not Borscht

Season 1 Episode 125

In 1905, a Russian battleship crew said “enough.” Starving, abused, and fed up with maggot-ridden meat and brutal officers, the sailors aboard the Potemkin launched one of the most famous mutinies in…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Buried Alive: The 33 Who Refused to Die

Season 1 Episode 124

August 2010. Deep beneath the Atacama Desert, thirty-three Chilean miners are buried alive under thousands of tons of rock—half a mile underground. With only two days of food, no light, and no way ou…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Nikephoros Phokas: Pale Death of the Saracens

Season 1 Episode 123

In today's episode Ben and Pat are joined by Robin Pierson, host of The History of Byzantium to discuss Nikephoros Phokas was a man who didn’t look like he belonged on a battlefield—balding, pale, wi…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Bare-Handed Beastmaster: The Wild Life of Carl Akeley

Season 1 Episode 122

Carl Akeley was an artist, scientist, inventor, conservationist, and the godfather of modern taxidermy—but don’t let the job title fool you. This dude once fist-fought a full-grown leopard with one h…

Published on 1 month ago

Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant

Season 1 Episode 121

In today's episode Mike Primavera talk about legendary boxer Jack Johnson.

In the early 1900s, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world—then spent the next decade …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Rome Vs The Etruscans Part II: Ride or Die

Season 1 Episode 120

In this episode Ben and Pat continue the story of Rome versus the Etruscans....  The siege is over—but the danger is just getting started. With Rome teetering between freedom and destruction, a group…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rome VS The Etruscans Part 1: Before the Republic, There Was Blood

Season 1 Episode 119

Rome is cornered. The monarchy has fallen, the Republic is barely standing, and an Etruscan warlord is marching toward the gates with an army at his back and a puppet king in his pocket. The Romans a…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Abd al-Rahman: Prince of Blood, Lord of the South

Season 1 Episode 118

Abd al-Rahman was supposed to die with the rest of his family. When the Abbasid Caliphate overthrew the Umayyads in a brutal coup, they made sure to slaughter every last male heir—except one. Abd al-…

Published on 2 months ago

Banastre Tarleton: The Butcherous British Bastard of the American Revolution

Season 1 Episode 117

They called him The Butcher. A young, cocky British officer with a flair for showmanship and a taste for brutality, Banastre Tarleton tore through the American South on horseback, leading a feared le…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago