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Killing Che Guevara
Few figures of the 20th century are as mythologized, or as polarizing, as Ernesto "Che" Guevara. To some, he was the heroic doctor-turned-revolutiona…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
'The Conqueror' Movie Curse
In 1956, Hollywood set out to make an epic. Instead, it created one of the most cursed productions in film history. The Conqueror, starring John Wayn…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Conversations: Life and Legacy of King James VI and I, w/ Clare Jackson
Dr. Clare Jackson, Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and a renowned expert on 17th-century Britain, joins us to…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Jesse Strang & the Kingdom Hidden Inside America
In one of the most extraordinary and almost forgotten chapters in American history, a man named James Jesse Strang crowned himself king on U.S. soil.…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Actium: The Battle That Shaped the Roman Empire
The Battle of Actium was the moment the ancient world pivoted. On September 2, 31 BCE, in the waters off western Greece, two colossal visions for Rom…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Silk Road: Inside the World's First Global Network
For over two thousand years, the Silk Road shaped the destiny of continents. More than a single road, it was a vast web of caravan routes stretching …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Vietnam War's Secret Phoenix Program
The Phoenix Program remains one of the most controversial and least understood operations of the Vietnam War, a shadow war fought in the alleys, jung…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Short-Lived Fascist Republic of Salo
In the final, collapsing chapter of World War II, Benito Mussolini re-emerged, not as the iron-fisted dictator who once ruled Italy, but as a puppet …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Miracle Mike: The Headless Chicken
In the summer of 1945, a small farm in Fruita, Colorado, became the stage for one of the strangest true stories in American history. This is the tale…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: Why the Year 1776 Still Matters Today, w/ Edward J. Larson
What did America really declare in 1776, and why does it still matter today?
In this episode of History Shorts, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Edwa…
10 months, 3 weeks ago