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Civil War Rivals: Robert E. Lee vs Ulysses Grant
Episode 1457
100 years ago, in the spring of 1864, the Overland Campaign ignited a ferocious clash between two titans of US military history: Ulysses S. Grant, th…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Early Years of the British Empire
Episode 1456
The British weren't always imperial global players with an empire of viceroys, redcoats and industrialised trade systems. The early years of the Brit…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Challenger Disaster
Episode 1455
On January 28, 1986, the nation watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew memb…
1 year, 9 months ago
Lost on Mount Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
Episode 1454
Dan unravels the mystery surrounding George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's daring attempt to conquer Mount Everest in 1924 - a feat that could have made…
1 year, 9 months ago
Inside North Korea
Episode 1453
With closed borders, a totalitarian regime, electricity blackouts and widespread poverty, North Korea is a brutal place to survive; even looking at a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Pegasus Bridge: The First Assault of D-Day
Episode 1452
Just after midnight on the 6th of June, 1944, 181 British glider-borne infantry crashed to earth in the Normandy countryside. They clambered out of t…
1 year, 9 months ago
Las Vegas & Atomic Tourism
Episode 1451
In the 1950s, the US government conducted a series of nuclear bomb tests in the Mojave desert, right next door to Las Vegas. Tourists flocked to the …
1 year, 9 months ago
Julius Caesar's Sex Life
Episode 1450
"I came. I saw. I conquered".
Perhaps the most famous Julius Caesar quote of all time. But after hearing all about his bedroom antics, it takes on a s…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: The Deception that Made it Possible
Episode 1449
Please note that this episode contains explicit language.
On the 29th of May, 1944, less than a week before D-Day, General George S. Patton gave a rip…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: The Land Invasion
Episode 1448
Dan and military historian Stephen Fischer record a moment by moment play of the dramatic and bloody first crucial hour and a half of D-day, as it ha…
1 year, 9 months ago