Podcast Episodes

63: History of Everything: The Plague that Transformed Rome

The Antonine Plague of AD 165 to 180, also known as the Plague of Galen, was the first known pandemic impacting the Roman Empire, possibly contracted…

3 years, 6 months ago

62: History of Everything: The Story of Iran

Obviously with everything going on in Iran right now this is certainly topical but how many people can say that they know the history of Iran? Its a …

3 years, 6 months ago

61 History of Everything: Three Kingdoms and the story of a broken China

The Three Kingdoms from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three K…

3 years, 6 months ago

60 History of Everything: Into the World of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

Ancient Medicine is a rather tricky business. But among all peoples there is perhaps no group better than the Egyptians for their depth of understand…

3 years, 6 months ago

59: History of Everything The Wonderfully Wild Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley was an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her…

3 years, 6 months ago

58 History of Everything: The 14th Century and How Much it Sucked

The 14th century kind of sucked. War, famine, and disease were everywhere and europe experienced one of its darkest times. But there are so many wild…

3 years, 7 months ago

57: The Fire That Changed History: Cocoanut Grove

The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deat…

3 years, 7 months ago

56 History of Everything: The Wonderful Story Of The Chicago World Fair Pt 2

If you have not listened to part 1, please do so as this story is great

The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to…

3 years, 7 months ago

55 History of Everything: The Wonderful Story Of The Chicago World Fair Pt 1

The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in t…

3 years, 7 months ago

54 History of Everything: The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narr…

3 years, 8 months ago