Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEarthrise: The Unplanned Apollo 8 Photo That Changed How We See Earth
Episode 10906
Humanity traveled 240,000 miles to explore the moon and came home with a picture of Earth. This episode reconstructs Christmas Eve 1968, when Apollo …
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Ansel Adams: How a Restless Kid Turned Photography Into Fine Art
Episode 10905
The photographer whose images define stillness in the American West began as a hyperactive boy thrown into a brick wall during the aftershocks of the…
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Albrecht Dürer: The Renaissance Master Who Invented the Personal Brand
Episode 10904
The man who drew the most famous rhinoceros in European history never saw one. This episode explores the life of Albrecht Dürer, born in Nuremberg in…
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Ai Weiwei: From Blackjack Tables to Defying a Superpower
Episode 10903
Before he was a global symbol of dissent, Ai Weiwei was a professional card player working Atlantic City blackjack tables in the late 1980s. This epi…
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Hokusai and the Great Wave: Mastery Forged in His Darkest Years
Episode 10902
Katsushika Hokusai reached 70 and declared everything he had made before that age barely worth counting. This episode traces the life of the artist b…
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Hieronymus Bosch and The Garden of Earthly Delights Explained
Episode 10901
In the 1490s, when stepping out of line could get you burned at the stake, one painter filled a triptych with building-sized strawberries, naked acro…
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Henri Rousseau: The Toll Collector Who Painted Imaginary Jungles
Episode 10900
Henri Rousseau is famous for lush, vibrant jungle scenes filled with tigers and oversized flora, yet he never once left France. This episode tells th…
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Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Decisive Moment in Photography
Episode 10899
In 1975, accepting an honorary degree at Oxford, Henri Cartier-Bresson held a blank sheet of paper over his face to avoid being photographed. This ep…
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Heinrich Schliemann and the Treasure of Troy: Myth, Theft and Lies
Episode 10898
In the 1870s, Sophia Schliemann appeared at high-society gatherings wearing an ancient gold diadem and cascading necklaces she believed were the jewe…
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Hans Holbein the Younger: The Painter Who Defined Henry VIII
Episode 10897
The towering, wide-stanced portrait of Henry VIII that defines Tudor power was painted by a German immigrant who spent his life dodging religious rio…
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