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Charlemagne: The Man Who Rebuilt Europe
In the chaos left behind by the fall of Rome, Europe fractured into violence, petty kingdoms, and fading memory. Then one man began stitching it back…
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The Sesame Street Story
In 1969, amid urban inequality, educational gaps, and a rapidly changing America, a revolutionary idea took shape: what if television could teach—and…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Harvard Professor Finds 'Perfect Woman'
In 1908, Dudley Allen Sargent, a professor at Harvard University, shocked the nation by announcing he had scientifically identified the "perfect woma…
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The Story of the Smithsonian Institution
n this episode of History Shorts, we explore how an unlikely bequest sparked the creation of America's great national museums, the struggles to bring…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: Lessons from Alternative History, w/ Harry Turtledove
In this Conversation Series episode of History Shorts, Peter sits down with the undisputed master of alternative history, Harry Turtledove, to explor…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Mutiny on the Bounty
In 1789, one of the most famous rebellions in maritime history exploded aboard the British ship HMS Bounty.
After months at sea under the harsh comma…
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The Somme, 1916
In the summer of 1916, along a quiet stretch of countryside in northern France, one of the deadliest battles in human history erupted — and forever c…
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Amazons: Warrior Women of Myth and Legend
In the ancient Greek imagination, there existed a society unlike any other — a nation of fierce, independent women who lived by the sword, rode into …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
22nd Amendment: Putting a Clock on the Presidency
For nearly 150 years, the presidency followed an unwritten rule set by George Washington: two terms, then step aside. But in the chaos of the Great D…
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The Monroe Doctrine
In 1823, the United States was still a young, fragile nation — yet President James Monroe issued a bold warning to the great empires of Europe that w…
3 months, 4 weeks ago