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Conversations: The story behind Apple TV's Masters of the Air, w/ Donald L. Miller
Join Peter as he speaks with Prof. Donald L. Miller, the author of Masters of the Air, which has recently been turned into an Apple TV series.
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Teddy's Bear
When President Theodore Roosevelt went to Mississippi in November of 1902 to help settle that state's running border dispute with Louisiana, he took …
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Killing Houdini
Harry Houdini rose to international fame in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dazzling audiences with his death-defying stunts, sleight-of-hand…
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The Great Molasses Flood
It wasn't a fire or a flood, in a typical sense. But at 12:30 pm on January 15, 1919, a giant storage of vat at an industrial alcohol company on Comm…
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The Real Raiders of the Ark
Did you know that Indiana Jones was not the first to have adventures as a result of the Ark of the Covenant? In fact, the Isrealites carried it with …
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Grimaldi Curse: Lucien and Jean
CURSE OF THE GRIMALDIS (SERIES 8): Few stories in the history of the Grimaldi dynasty are as dark and tragic as that of Jean II Grimaldi and his brot…
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King Solomon's Mines
Are King Solomon's Mines the stuff of legends, literature, or historical truth? Well, it is kind of a combination of all of those things.
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Conversations: Why Napoleon Does Not Get Enough Credit, w/ Adam Zamoyski
Peter speaks with the renowned author and historian of European, Polish, and Napoleonic history, Mr. Adam Zamoyski.
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TODAY IN CONTEXT: Tariff Wars in American History
TODAY IN CONTEXT: Tariff wars have significantly shaped the economic and political landscape of the United States. From the early days of the Republ…
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Turbulent Life of Lucrezia Borgia
The last name Borgia is often associated with Renaissance decadence, which included sex and violence scandals at the center of the papacy of Borgian …
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