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Back to SearchNapoleon - The Battle of Waterloo
Season 1 Episode 1
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June 18, 1815 — the fields outside a quiet Belgian village erupted into one of the most decisive and brutal battles in history.
The Ba…
2 years, 2 months ago
Raiders of The Lost Ark - Where is The Ark of The Covenant?
Season 1 Episode 35
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For thousands of years, it’s captivated prophets, kings, scholars—and treasure hunters.
The Ark of the Covenant: part divine relic, pa…
2 years, 2 months ago
DreamReads: The Picture of Dorian Gray (First Published in 1890)
Season 1 Episode 34
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For this second DreamReads episode, I’d like to invite you into the decadent, candlelit world of Oscar Wilde… and The Picture of Dori…
2 years, 2 months ago
Barricades, Beatings, and Blood - Part One
Season 1 Episode 33
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“To be a boy at one of these schools was to be both tyrant and slave.”
18th-century British public schools were meant to shape the lea…
2 years, 2 months ago
DreamReads: A Conspriacy of Paper (First Published in 2000)
Season 1 Episode 32
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I know some of you like to stay up late listening to my podcasts—but I also know that some of those episodes cover serious, sometimes…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lawrence of Arabia (T.E Lawrence) - Dreams in Sand and Blood
Season 1 Episode 31
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Who was Lawrence of Arabia—and why does his legend still burn so brightly more than a century later?
Born Thomas Edward Lawrence, he w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Stories To Sleep By - Alana and The Secret Life of Trees at Night
Season 1 Episode 31
You know how sometimes it's hard to fall asleep because you're thinking about all sorts of stuff? Well, stories help with that! They're like magic tr…
2 years, 3 months ago
The East India Company (Part Three)
Season 1 Episode 30
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In 1857, the empire cracked.
What the British called "The Indian Mutiny” was, to those who rose up, nothing less than the First War of…
2 years, 3 months ago
The East India Company (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 29
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With the thunder of cannons at Plassey and Buxar, the East India Company didn’t just win battles—it seized a continent. Led by the co…
2 years, 3 months ago
The East India Company (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 28
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It began as a scrappy Tudor startup—a handful of merchants chasing spice and fortune on the high seas. But what it became was somethi…
2 years, 4 months ago