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Esperanto Language
Season 2 Episode 117
The root of most conflict is misunderstanding and miscommunication. But what if there was a universal language that everyone could speak? Would such …
2 months, 1 week ago
The Story of Gunpowder
Season 2 Episode 116
We like things that go boom. Cannons, fireworks, dynamite - you name it. Explosive blasts - big and small - have an 'aha' factor that’s hard to deny.…
2 months, 1 week ago
Berlin Wall
Season 2 Episode 115
In 1961, the Soviet backed East German government grew tired of its citizens fleeing into West Berlin. And thus, the East Germans began construction …
2 months, 1 week ago
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Season 2 Episode 114
One of the worst ecological disasters in the 21st century was the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thanks to greed, mismanagement, and poor practices, an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Birdman of Coorong - John Francis Peggotty
Season 2 Episode 113
In the 1890s in South Australia, a murdering bushranger terrorized the area of Coorong. However, this was not a large scary outlaw on horseback - but…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A Year of Mistakes from our first year
Season 2 Episode 112
One year ago today we dropped the first 10 episodes of History Dispatches. And except for a single week, we have released one episode every single we…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper
Season 2 Episode 111
On August 1, 1966, Marine veteran Charles Whitman murdered his mother and his wife, then went to the 28th floor observation deck of the University of…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Pyramids of Meroë
Season 2 Episode 110
The nation with the most pyramids is not Egypt but its neighbor to the south, Sudan, with over 250. However, these were not built by the ancient Egyp…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Greensboro Sit-ins
Season 2 Episode 109
On Feb. 1, 1960, in Greensboro, NC, four young black students went into a Woolworth’s department store, sat at the lunch counter and ordered food. Th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
War of the Worlds Broadcast
Season 2 Episode 108
For the Halloween special of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air, in 1938, they performed a radio adaptation of HG Wells’ landmark science ficti…
2 months, 3 weeks ago