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The Teenager Who Invented the Television
Television reshaped the modern world, but its invention did not begin in a laboratory funded by a major corporation. It started in a plowed field.
As…
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Bigfoot: America's Most Enduring Legend
Long before grainy videos and blurry photographs flooded the internet, stories of a mysterious, human-like creature roaming the forests of North Amer…
10 months, 1 week ago
What is the Secret to Happiness? Harvard's 80 Year Old Study's Findings
In the late 1930s, Harvard researchers began an unprecedented study: tracking hundreds of people across their entire lives to answer a deceptively si…
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The Forgotten Kingdom of Man and the Isles
Long before modern borders carved neat lines across the Irish Sea, there existed a maritime realm so unusual, so strategically placed, that its ruler…
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Killing George Washington
In the summer of 1776, just as the ink of independence was drying and the Continental Army staggered under inexperience, disease, and desertion, a si…
10 months, 1 week ago
'The Greatest Generation' OR 'The 'Wounded Generation'? w/ David Nasaw
In this episode, Peter speaks with Dr. David Nasaw, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, about his new book, The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Freemasons
For centuries, the Freemasons have stood at the crossroads of fact and myth, secrecy and symbolism. Presidents, revolutionaries, artists, and ordinar…
10 months, 1 week ago
Napoleon's Missing Penis: A History No One Asked For
History remembers Napoleon as the iron-willed conqueror of Europe, the architect of empire, the man who crowned himself. But beneath the legend lies …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Sacagawea: Beyond the Myth
She has been cast as the smiling guide, the willing helper, the gentle symbol of American westward expansion. But the real Sacagawea was more than a …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Belleau Wood: The Battle That Made the Marines
June 1918. A choking forest. Gas, machine-gun nests, and a German advance cutting toward Paris. Into that hell marched a fighting force the world bar…
10 months, 2 weeks ago