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The Irish Famine Relief Mission | Ship of Hope
Season 79 Episode 1
In the winter of 1846, Irish immigrants in America began to hear troubling news from their home country: a potato famine was ravaging the countryside…
1 year, 3 months ago
Listen Now: We Came to the Forest
Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility planned for Atlanta. She decides to join the activ…
1 year, 3 months ago
History Daily: The End of the Siege of Leningrad
Season 78
January 27, 1944. Soviet forces defeat the German army outside Leningrad, ending an 872-day siege.
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1 year, 3 months ago
The Wright Brothers | Controlling the Skies
Season 78 Episode 4
Before the Wright Brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in December 1903, other air enthusiasts had tried to find the answer to powered, …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Wright Brothers | Coming Down to Earth
Season 78 Episode 3
In the summer of 1908, Wilbur Wright amazed crowds in France with his aerobatic flying demonstrations, and Orville made daring flights at a U.S. Army…
1 year, 4 months ago
History Daily: The Sole Survivor of the Retreat from Kabul
Season 78
January 13, 1842. William Brydon is the last man standing after a disastrous British army retreat during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
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1 year, 4 months ago
The Wright Brothers | Fliers or Liars
Season 78 Episode 2
By 1903, inventors and adventurers in Britain and France were launching their own experimental aircraft skyward. In the U.S., crowds gathered outside…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird
Season 78 Episode 1
In the late-1890s, two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, became obsessed with what Wilbur described as “the problem of flight.” With no …
1 year, 4 months ago
History Daily: Winston Churchill’s Famous “Some Chicken” Speech
Season 77
December 30, 1941. In a rousing speech to the Canadian Parliament, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrates his success in holding off Naz…
1 year, 4 months ago
Encore: Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge
Season 77 Episode 1
On January 15, 1919 a giant storage tank holding more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed, sending a deadly wave crashing into the streets…
1 year, 4 months ago