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The True Story of Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day, right? Nope. Mexican Independence is nearly four decades before the battle from which we get Cinco de Mayo…
3 years, 8 months ago
Interview with Jon Marshall, Author of "CLASH: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis"
In this bonus interview, I sit down with Jon Marshall and talk about his latest book: CLASH: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis. The book it…
3 years, 8 months ago
History Ramble: The President Vs. The Press
I enjoy the narrative format we usually use but I wanted to do something different this time when covering a topic that is more thematic than chronol…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 193: Enemies and Friends
Season 1
Andreas Karlstadt and Martin Luther began the Reformation as fast friends. Karlstadt and Luther faced off against Eck together in the Leipzig Debates…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 192: The Diet of Worms
Season 1
Martin Luther's early Reformation built to one moment: the Diet of Worms. Held in the spring of 1521, the Diet of Worms offered Luther his first chan…
3 years, 8 months ago
Bonus Author Interview: Mutinous Women
In this bonus episode, I sit down with author and historian Joan DeJean and discuss her new book: Mutinous Women. When we tell the story of the settl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 191: The Ninety-Five Theses
Season 1
The world changed forever on October 31, 1517. On that day a hitherto unknown monk named Martin Luther posted Ninety-Five Theses meant for debate. An…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 190: Martin Luther
And at last, we have made it. I "began" the Reformation in January. It's April. And at last, we are at Martin Luther. You simply cannot discuss the R…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 189: Pope Julius II and Leo X
Season 1
In our final episode, before we (finally) get to Martin Luther, we cover the papacies of Julius II, the Warrior Pope, and Leo X, the Medici Pope.
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3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 188: The End of the Borgia Age
Season 1
All good things must come to an end, as they say. And, for some, the Borgia Age was actually a good thing. Just not for the Catholic Church in genera…
3 years, 9 months ago