Podcast Episodes

Religions: Judaism

Around 2000 B.C., a group of travelers left the Sumerian city-state of Ur. According to the Old Testament of the Bible, among them was a man named Ab…

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Conversations: Legacy of Harry S. Truman, w/ Kurt Graham

Peter speaks with Dr. Kurt Grahama, a public historian and director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.

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1 year, 6 months ago

History's Most Mysterious Book

The Voynich Manuscript, named after Wilfrid Voynich, an antiquarian bookseller who acquired it in 1912 and is now housed at Yale University's Rare Bo…

1 year, 6 months ago

Why Don't We Like Aaron Burr?

Sure, Aaron Burr is today known as one of history's most mistrusted public figures. And you probably know him for his famous duel with Alexander Hami…

1 year, 6 months ago

The Women of Mercury 13

While some men in NASA and the U.S. government in the 1950s and 1960s thought women couldn't handle space, the 13 women selected for an experimental …

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Paris Catacombs

Tourists descend on Paris, the city of lights, by millions each year. Yet, as they take their selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower, many do not reali…

1 year, 6 months ago

Trivia: Food Origins

Let's see how well you know the origins of some popular (and not all that popular anymore) foods.

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Religions: Hinduism

The Fourth Weekend Series deals with the origins of the great monotheistic religions of World History. So why are we talking about Hinduism, which ha…

1 year, 6 months ago

Conversations: What is the job of the U.S. National Archives? w/ Colleen Shogan

Join Peter as he speaks with Dr. Colleen J. Shogan, the 11th Archivist of the United States. As the nation's record keeper, Dr. Shogan is responsible…

1 year, 6 months ago

Killing Castro

Fidel Castro was a controversial figure throughout his life, and that included multiple assassination attempts against him, most of them attributed t…

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