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The Colosseum Becomes a Wonder | A Conversation with Barry Strauss & Alison Futrell
Season 6
July 7, 2007. In a dramatic ceremony featuring pop stars, fireworks, and smoke cannons, the Colosseum is named one of the seven new wonders of the wo…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Forgotten Mentor Who Inspired Louis Armstrong
Season 6 Episode 9
June 28, 1928. Louis Armstrong is in the studio recording what he hopes will be another hit. His career is on the rise, but he’s not a household name…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mutiny of Henry Hudson
Season 6 Episode 8
June 22, 1611. It’s been a long, cold winter. Henry Hudson and his crew have been stranded in the Canadian Arctic for months, living on the ice in wo…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
Season 6
June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during a time o…
10 months ago
Jumping Off a High Dive on a Horse (While Blind)
Season 6 Episode 7
June 14, 1938. It’s 8:30 PM at Lake Worth Casino in Fort Worth, Texas. All eyes are on a huge high-dive platform, 40 feet in the air. And at the top?…
10 months ago
Inside the Nazis’ Supernatural Obsession | A Conversation with Historian Eric Kurlander
Season 6 Episode 6
June 4, 1941. Reinhard Heydrich transmits a message to all regional governors in the Third Reich: prepare for “action against occult teachings.”
Heyd…
10 months, 1 week ago
How the Whitman Murders Redefined the American West
Season 6 Episode 5
May 30, 1855. Five thousand Native Americans come to Walla Walla to negotiate a treaty. However, it’s not exactly a fair negotiation – the territoria…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
A Vicious Beating on the Senate Floor
Season 6 Episode 4
May 22, 1856. Charles Sumner isn’t worried about making friends in the Senate. His rhetoric is inflammatory, almost intentionally. He’s an ardent abo…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A Teenage Girl Saves France
Season 6
May 16, 1920. Tens of thousands of people surround St. Peter’s Basilica to honor Joan of Arc, a French peasant girl who died nearly five hundred year…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
McDonald’s Before McDonald’s
Season 6 Episode 3
May 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, California is a city on the rise, and to meet this new demand for cheap, good food, two brothers have…
11 months ago