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Odoacer and Theodoric, the Barbarian Kings of the Roman Empire
Episode 172
The Western Roman Empire was conquered by Odoacer, who styled himself as the "King of Italy." But the leader of the Ostrogoths, a warrior named Theod…
2 years ago
Napoleon's Coup Within a Coup
Episode 171
Was Napoleon a military dictator, or a man who did what was necessary in order to preserve a French republic that was crumbling? To discuss the coup …
2 years, 1 month ago
How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings
Episode 170
When Annabella Millbanke had a daughter with her husband, Lord Byron, she was terrified that their child might inherit his poetical madness. And so s…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 2
Episode 169
Mary Eleanor Bowes managed to escape her abusive husband, Andrew Stoney, but the trial to divorce him and secure her financial freedom would ultimate…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 1
Episode 168
When Mary Eleanor Bowe's first husband died, he left her a letter warning her that, "A living man have no interest to mislead. A living man may." He …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Sheika Kept Prisoner (with Heidi Blake)
Episode 167
In 2018, Sheika Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, attempted a daring escape to international waters, away from wha…
2 years, 1 month ago
Introducing: History on Trial
From the Salem Witch Trials to O.J. Simpson, trials have always revealed hidden truths about our society. History on Trial will dig into these cases,…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Venetian Doge Condemned in Memory
Episode 166
Along the walls of the Chamber of the Great Council in the Doge's Palace in Venice, there are portraits—one after another—of the Republic's doges. Ea…
2 years, 2 months ago
Introducing: Very Special Episodes
On Very Special Episodes, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Storie…
2 years, 2 months ago
Pompey and the Prince
Episode 165
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau is best known for something that he accomplished as an infant -- traveling with his mother, Sacagawea, and Lewis and Clark …
2 years, 2 months ago