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The Final Days of Napoleon
He ruled Europe with an iron will, crowned himself emperor, and reshaped the modern world, but in the end, even Napoleon Bonaparte couldn't conquer f…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekend Show #2: History of the 'Weekend'
Welcome to the second episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show, a soon-to-be weekly Patreon-exclusive variety series offering a lighter, more refle…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: Three Roads to Gettysburg, w/ Tim McGrath
In the pivotal summer of 1863, three extraordinary paths converged on a small Pennsylvania town, forever altering the course of the American Civil W…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Eddie Slovik: The Only American Killed for Desertion in WWII
In this gripping episode, we tell the haunting story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion during World War II …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: How the American Revolution was a Global Conflict, w/ Richard Bell
In this engaging episode, Peter speaks with author and historian Richard Bell about re-framing the American Revolution in the context of a global con…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Lost Labyrinth of Egypt
Long before the pyramids captured the world's imagination, ancient writers described a structure so vast, so mysterious, and so extraordinary that ev…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Madness of Emperor Caligula
In the year 37 CE, Rome welcomed a new emperor who was young, charismatic, and adored by the people. Within months, that same emperor, Caligula, desc…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Woman Spy Who Outsmarted Hoover's FBI
In the late 1940s, as America entered the paranoid dawn of the Cold War, a brilliant young Justice Department analyst named Judith Coplon was accused…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Labor Revolt that Shook America (Pullman Strike)
In 1894, a company town outside Chicago erupted into one of the most explosive labor battles in American history. When workers at the Pullman Palace …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
History Shorts Weekend Show #1
Welcome to the very first episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show: a soon-to-be weekly Patreon Exclusive, but for now, offered as a full public pr…
4 months, 4 weeks ago