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Joshua Glover: Freedom Found
Season 1 Episode 43
In the mid-1850's a young man named Joshua Glover was a slave in Missouri. He would escape, and settle in Wisconsin - only to be recaptured, freed by…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Season 1 Episode 42
On July 10, 1985, in the harbor of Auckland, New Zealand, a bomb planted on the Greenpeace ship - the Rainbow Warrior - went off - opening a hole in …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Jan Žižka - the one-eyed general who never lost a battle
Season 1 Episode 41
In 1419, Jan Žižka would help lead the Hussite Revolution. He led armies of peasants against professional knights using amazing tactics, and gunpowde…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Kyūjō Incident
Season 1 Episode 40
In August, 1945, the Japanese government was on the verge of surrendering to Allied forces - and ending WWII. But on the night of August 14-15, a gro…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Cod Wars
Season 1 Episode 39
From the 1950s through the 1970s, a David and Goliath story would play out across the North Atlantic. The United Kingdom and Iceland engaged in a vis…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Bobbi Gibb - the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
Season 1 Episode 38
On an April morning in Boston in 1966, despite being told she was physically incapable of running 20+ miles, Bobbi Gibb slipped into the crowd of 500…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Zimmerman Telegram - the note that brought America into World War I
Season 1 Episode 37
In 1917, Germany was desperate to keep the United States out of World War I - even as they prepared to launch unrestricted submarine warfare on all s…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
William Walker and the Filibuster War
Season 1 Episode 36
In 1855, an American newspaperman, lawyer and doctor, William Walker, led a small, private army to Central America, and within a year, was recognized…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Enheduanna: History's First Author
Season 1 Episode 35
Over 4,000 years ago, the high priestess Enheduanna put pen to clay and wrote the Exaltation of Inanna, making her the earliest known named author in…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Captain Vernice Armour: The first African American female combat pilot
Season 1 Episode 34
In the early 2000's, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour took to the skies piloting a Cobra heliocopter, defying the odds of everyone saying she can't. This is …
11 months, 4 weeks ago