Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMother Teresa Arrives in India
Episode 1287
January 6, 1929. Future saint Mother Teresa travels to India where she dedicates her life to helping the country’s sick and poor.
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The Beginning of the Prague Spring
Episode 1286
January 5, 1968. January 5th, 1968. Slovak reformer Alexander Dubček rises to power in Czechoslovakia, sparking a brief but remarkable wave of freedo…
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Saturday Matinee: American Scandal
Episode 1285
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we unpack one of most horrifying cases of misjustice that our country has seen- when a string of murders are wrongfully …
6 months, 1 week ago
The End of Islamic Spain
Episode 1284
January 2, 1492. Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella complete the reconquest of Spain with the capture of Granada, the final Muslim stronghold on…
6 months, 1 week ago
Operation Raspberry Takes on the U-Boats
Episode 1283
January 1, 1942. A retired British naval officer is ordered to turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic—using little more than chalk, string, and …
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Winning Monopoly
Episode 1282
December 31, 1935. An unemployed salesman registers a new board game at the US Patent Office without mentioning he stole the idea from someone else. …
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The Assassination of Russia’s “Mad Monk”
Episode 1281
December 30, 1916. Grigori Rasputin, the mystic confidant of the Russian royals, is assassinated in St. Petersburg, accelerating the fall of the Roma…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Brutal Killing of Thomas Becket Shocks England
Episode 1280
December 29, 1170. Archbishop Thomas Becket becomes a martyr after he is brutally killed by four knights in Canterbury Cathedral. This episode origin…
6 months, 1 week ago
Saturday Matinee: Curiosity Meets The Past
Episode 1279
On today’s Saturday Matinee, examine the human voice to learn what it can reveal about history, identity and expression across time.
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6 months, 2 weeks ago
King Lear’s Royal Premiere
Episode 1278
December 26, 1606. The first performance of a new play in front of King James I caps an extraordinary year for William Shakespeare.
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6 months, 2 weeks ago