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Season 1 Episode 175
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A boy abandoned on the frozen Mongolian steppe should have died there. Instead, he survived to become Genghis Khan, the ruler who wou…
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The Wrath of Khan: When Hell Rode West (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 176
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Genghis Khan didn't want the war that would become the most devastating campaign of his life.
It began with a trade caravan, the murde…
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La Belle Époque - An Age of Opulence and Illusion
Season 1 Episode 95
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Paris, 1900. The city glows with electric light. Jazz drips from gramophones. The Moulin Rouge spins like a carousel possessed. In th…
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The Odyssey Explained: Why Homer's Epic Still Matters
Season 1 Episode 174
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For nearly three thousand years, Homer's Odyssey has captivated audiences with its unforgettable monsters, legendary heroes, and epic…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Madman’s Library: Bound in Flesh, Written in Blood
Season 1 Episode 77
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Welcome to the Madman’s Library—a place not of learning, but of unraveling.
Here, books do not enlighten. They whisper. They bleed. Th…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Quiet Revolutionary: Vermeer, Pearls, and the Company That Bought the World
Season 1 Episode 173
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What if one of history's greatest painters wasn't simply creating beautiful pictures, but quietly capturing the birth of the modern w…
3 months ago
They Took the Children: How a Nation Tried to Erase a People
Season 1 Episode 172
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For more than a century, one of the world's most admired democracies carried out a policy that sought to erase Indigenous cultures by…
3 months ago
The Elephant in the Nursery: What Children's Books Really Tell Us
Season 1 Episode 171
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There are books that shape our childhood, and then there are books that quietly shape the way we see the world.
In this fascinating ep…
3 months, 1 week ago
History’s Strangest Questions: Who Was The Man Who Accidentally Poisoned the Planet?
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What if the person who caused the greatest environmental damage in human history wasn't a dictator, a conqueror, or a ruthless indust…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Bill of Rights: The Shield Against Tyranny (Part Three)
Season 1 Episode 170
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The American Revolution had been won. The Constitution had been written. But for millions of Americans, one vital question remained u…
3 months, 1 week ago