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Conversations: Spies in My Blood, w/ Alex Storozynski
In this powerful interview, History Shorts welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, historian, and author Alex Storozynski to discuss his gripping…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Dred Scott Decision that shook America
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court issued one of the most devastating rulings in its history: Dred Scott v. Sandford. At its center was Dred Sc…
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Ike's Heart Attack That made America Health-Conscious
In September 1955, the most powerful man in the world, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, suffered a heart attack while in office. The news stunned the …
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Killing Margaret Thatcher
In the early hours of October 12, 1984, a bomb detonated inside the Grand Hotel in Brighton, ripping through the building just feet from where Britis…
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America's Century of Foreign Regime Change
For more than a century, the United States has played a decisive—often secretive—role in the rise and fall of governments around the world. From Cold…
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The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire
In the early 13th century, a nomadic warrior from the windswept steppes of Central Asia forged the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever …
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Kosciuszko's Last Will and Jefferson's Broken Promise
When Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish patriot and Revolutionary War hero, wrote his final will, he entrusted it to one man he believed shared his ideal…
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Conversations: Unmasking Thomas Jefferson? w/ Andrew Burstein
In this episode of History Shorts, we sit down with acclaimed historian Andrew Burstein to discuss his newest book, Being Thomas Jefferson, a deeply …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
History's Most "Unkillable" Soldier: Adrian Carton de Wiart
Shot through the face. Blinded in one eye. His hand shattered so badly he tore off his own fingers. Survived plane crashes. Escaped a prisoner-of-war…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Morristown 1779: The Winter That Nearly Ended the Revolution
The winter of 1779–1780 was the coldest the American colonies had seen in generations, and for George Washington and the Continental Army, it was a s…
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