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Conversations: Why the U.S. is Not a Nation State (But a Federation of Stateless Nations), w/ Colin Woodard
Today on History Shorts, we're joined by acclaimed journalist and historian Colin Woodard, the author of Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Culture…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why We Can't Look Away from the Girl With a Pearl Earring
She's been called the Mona Lisa of the North, a girl frozen in time, her gaze both intimate and unreachable. In this episode of History Shorts, we un…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Who Tried to Erase History
Long before modern dictators rewrote the past, one Egyptian pharaoh tried to rewrite the very gods. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Real Conjuring (The Story of Ed & Lorraine Warren)
Before Hollywood turned them into ghost-hunting legends, Ed and Lorraine Warren were real people, devout Catholics, self-taught demonologists, and th…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
When the EPA Erased a Whole Town from Existence
In the early 1980s, a small town along the Meramec River in Missouri vanished, not from flood or fire, but from poison. This episode of History Short…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The British Woman Who Fell in Love With Hitler
In this episode of History Shorts, we trace the curious and troubling story of Unity Mitford, a young British socialite born into privilege, and her …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Benjamin Franklin Goes to France
Before America won its independence, one man crossed the ocean to secure its future. In Paris, Benjamin Franklin used wit, charm, and sheer diplomacy…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: When maps seize being tools and become narratives, w/ James Cheshire
Peter speaks with James Cheshire, whose captivating new book, The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress, unearths a hidden collecti…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
TODAY IN CONTEXT: The Penny Retires Into History (& What That Means for Us)
TODAY IN CONTEXT BONUS: After more than 200 years in our pockets, cash drawers, and couch cushions, the U.S. penny has finally been retired. But endi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
When Women Went to War: Women's Overseas Hospital
When World War I tore Europe apart, a group of American women refused to stay home. They built and ran the Women's Overseas Hospital on the front lin…
6 months, 3 weeks ago