Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen Does an Invention Become a Technology? - Hero of Alexandria and the Aeolipile | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the first century CE, a Greek engineer nam…
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How Did Indigenous Knowledge Shape European Voyages? - The Myth of European Discovery | Sleepy Facts About History
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The word "discovery" dominates our monuments,…
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How Did Geography and Monsoon Winds Shape Southeast Asia? - The Crossroads Model of Southeast Asia | Sleepy Facts About History
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The term "Southeast Asia" did not exist befor…
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How Did the Roman Dictator Become the Modern Tyrant? - The Origins and Evolution of Totalitarianism | Sleepy Facts About History
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When we call a ruler a dictator, most of us p…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
What Did the Secession Declarations Actually Say? - The Documents of Disunion | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the winter of 1860, elected delegates acro…
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What Happened When a King Personally Owned the Congo? - The Institutional Machinery of European Empire | Sleepy Facts About History
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The maps we inherited from European empires s…
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What Sustained the Trade Networks of Precolonial Africa? - The Regional Trade Networks of Precolonial Africa | Sleepy Facts About History
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Many of us inherited a picture of precolonial…
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Did the 1971 Croatian Spring Purge Cause the Yugoslav Wars? - The Karađorđevo Purge and Yugoslavia's Cold War Dilemma | Sleepy Facts About History
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In December 1971, Yugoslav leader Josip Broz …
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How Did Mountains and Deserts Connect Ancient Iran? - The Geography Behind the Persian Empire | Sleepy Facts About History
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The Iranian plateau is often imagined as a fl…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Who Else Contributed to the Double Helix Discovery? - Beyond Watson and Crick: The True History of DNA | Sleepy Facts About History
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The story of the double helix is usually reme…
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