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History Ramble Two: The History of Time
Season 1
Time for another history ramble. (Pun intended.) Have you ever thought about the history of time? How did we, as a species, decide to divide the day?…
4 years ago
Announcement
Season 1
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4 years ago
Episode 196: Ulrich Zwingli
Season 1
Having finished with Martin Luther, we now shift our gaze to the Swiss Confederation, Zurich, and Ulrich Zwingli. Zwingli is another of our early ref…
4 years ago
Episode 195: Martin Luther and His Legacy
Season 1
Today we finish with Martin Luther, the man credited with beginning the Reformation. Luther's final years are filled with increasingly angry battles …
4 years ago
Episode 194: The Peasants' War
Season 1
While Martin Luther thought his reformation was about theology and humankind's relationship to God, many people felt it was about a great deal more. …
4 years, 1 month ago
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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month ago