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Who Were the American Whigs?
The Whig Party, active from the 1830s to the 1850s, arose in opposition to Andrew Jackson's perceived executive overreach and championed economic mod…
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FDR's Struggle Against Opposition
Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented four-term presidency earned him both admiration and fierce criticism, as opponents accused him of fostering a "…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Madness of Goya: Secrets of the Black Paintings
In the final years of his life, Francisco de Goya painted the haunting Black Paintings directly onto the walls of his home, creating a series of dark…
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Conversations: Suffrage, Free Love, & the First Woman to Run for President, w/ Eden Collinsworth
In this episode of History Shorts, Eden Collinsworth joins us to explore her newest book, The Improbable Victoria Woodhull. We dive into the life of …
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Secret WW2: Salon Kitty
LIMITED SERIES #11: Secret WW2- During World War II, Salon Kitty, a high-class Berlin brothel, was covertly transformed by the Nazis into an espionag…
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The State of Franklin That Never Was
The State of Franklin was an unrecognized, short-lived territory in the 1780s formed by settlers in what is now eastern Tennessee who sought to creat…
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Conversations: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, w/ Moudhy Al Rashid
Join us as Moudhy Al Rashid delves into Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, exploring the cradle of civilization where …
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The Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was established in 1920 under the Treaty of Versailles as a semi-autonomous city-state to provide Poland access to the sea wh…
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Jefferson and the Barbary Wars
Thomas Jefferson, as President, faced the challenge of the Barbary States—North African pirate nations demanding tribute from American merchant ships…
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The History of Scientology
Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in …
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