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The Woman Spy Who Outsmarted Hoover's FBI
In the late 1940s, as America entered the paranoid dawn of the Cold War, a brilliant young Justice Department analyst named Judith Coplon was accused…
11 months ago
The Labor Revolt that Shook America (Pullman Strike)
In 1894, a company town outside Chicago erupted into one of the most explosive labor battles in American history. When workers at the Pullman Palace …
11 months, 1 week ago
History Shorts Weekend Show #1
Welcome to the very first episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show: a soon-to-be weekly Patreon Exclusive, but for now, offered as a full public pr…
11 months, 1 week ago
Conversations: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist - the Book Behind the film 'Nuremberg' w. Jack El-Hai
In this episode of History Shorts, I sit down with acclaimed author Jack El-Hai to explore the extraordinary true story behind his book The Nazi and …
11 months, 1 week ago
The Katyn Massacre
In 1940, deep within Poland's Katyn Forest, thousands of Polish officers vanished, erased by Stalin's secret orders. For decades, the truth was burie…
11 months, 1 week ago
Conversations: Why the U.S. is Not a Nation State (But a Federation of Stateless Nations), w/ Colin Woodard
Today on History Shorts, we're joined by acclaimed journalist and historian Colin Woodard, the author of Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Culture…
11 months, 1 week ago
Why We Can't Look Away from the Girl With a Pearl Earring
She's been called the Mona Lisa of the North, a girl frozen in time, her gaze both intimate and unreachable. In this episode of History Shorts, we un…
11 months, 1 week ago
Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Who Tried to Erase History
Long before modern dictators rewrote the past, one Egyptian pharaoh tried to rewrite the very gods. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Real Conjuring (The Story of Ed & Lorraine Warren)
Before Hollywood turned them into ghost-hunting legends, Ed and Lorraine Warren were real people, devout Catholics, self-taught demonologists, and th…
11 months, 1 week ago
When the EPA Erased a Whole Town from Existence
In the early 1980s, a small town along the Meramec River in Missouri vanished, not from flood or fire, but from poison. This episode of History Short…
11 months, 2 weeks ago