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The Roaring 20s
It was an age of jazz and speakeasies, stock tickers and skyscrapers—an era that looked unstoppable.
In the wake of World War I, the United States su…
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Saint Louis IX: The Perfect Medieval King?
In an age defined by war, cruelty, and dynastic ambition, one king earned a reputation so extraordinary that he was later declared a saint.
Louis IX …
8 months, 1 week ago
Conversations: The Real Story Behind the Blood Countess, w/ Shelley Puhak
In this special Conversation Series episode of History Shorts, Peter sits down with Shelley Puhak to explore her gripping new book, The Blood Countes…
8 months, 1 week ago
Germany vs. Japan: The Forgotten Conflict of WWI
Before they were allies in World War II, Germany and Japan were enemies.
In the opening months of World War I, Japan entered the war not as a future …
8 months, 1 week ago
Penny Auctions: Defiance in the Great Depression
During the darkest years of the Great Depression, Americans didn't just lose jobs, homes, and savings—they lost faith in the systems meant to protect…
8 months, 1 week ago
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…
8 months, 1 week ago
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…
8 months, 2 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…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
8 months, 2 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…
8 months, 2 weeks ago