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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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The 1932 Battle of Washington D.C.
In 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression, roughly 17,000 World War I veterans, known as the Bonus Army, marched on Washington, D.C., demand…
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TODAY IN CONTEXT: U.S. Presidents' History of Urban Interventions
TODAY IN CONTEXT BONUS EPISODE: President Trump's recent call for federal intervention in Chicago sparked widespread backlash... Today's Bonus episod…
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Secret WW2: Operation Himmler
LIMITED SERIES 11: SECRET WW2 - Operation Himmler was a covert Nazi German operation in 1939 designed to fabricate Polish aggression against Germany,…
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Grover Cleveland's Secret Surgery
In 1893, amid a severe economic depression, President Grover Cleveland secretly underwent surgery aboard a yacht to remove a cancerous tumor from his…
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Conversations: Revisiting the Last Year of the American Civil War, w/ Scott Ellsworth
In this captivating episode, we sit down with historian Scott Ellsworth to discuss his latest book, Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the C…
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi
The Florentine Renaissance saw two of its greatest minds, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, locked in a fierce competition: Ghiberti ultimat…
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