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Religions: Islam
Islam, one of the world's major religions, traces its origins to Muhammad, a prophet who lived in the 6th and 7th centuries CE in Mecca, a city on th…
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Conversations: The Clandestine World of Josephine Baker, w/ Damien Lewis
Peter speaks with Damien Lewis, an award-winning former war and conflict reporter and the author of many number-one bestselling books, including The …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Lady with the Medal of Honor
As of 2024, approximately 3,536 Medals of Honor have been awarded, yet only one has ever been given to a woman. Here is the story of Mary Walker, the…
1 year, 7 months ago
Wacky History of the Flag Salute
Did you know that the story of the flag salute and the Pledge of Allegiance starts as an advertising gimmick for a magazine that ran from 1827 to 192…
1 year, 7 months ago
Who Were Mr. Mason and Mr. Dixon?
We have all undoubtedly heard of the surveyors' final product; we might have even spoken of it. But did you know that the Mason-Dixon line that divid…
1 year, 7 months ago
Mad King and the Real Disney Castle
Walt Disney's visit to Neuschwanstein Castle in the Bavarian Alps is often cited as a key source of inspiration for the iconic Disney Castle, which a…
1 year, 7 months ago
Trivia: Classic Video Games
How well do you think you know the early history (not too early, though) of video games? Let us see!
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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…
1 year, 7 months ago
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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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…
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