Most Americans who have been prisoners of war are ordinary people who have been placed in extraordinary circumstances by no planning of their own. Join us as we run through the history of American POWs throughout all of our conflicts.Learn mor

Talking about Jimmy Carter

28 days ago 33m 47s

Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Yet, ironically, it is everything but those years that make him famous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Rome's Worst Emperors

Mar 28th, 2024 31m 40s

Bad? Cruel? Weird? Ruthless? Violent? Yep, yep, yep, yep, and yep. Join us as we discuss Rome's worst Emperors!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Women's Firsts in History

Mar 13th, 2024 34m 44s

In celebration of Women's History Month, join us as we discuss some of the famous firsts in women's history!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Submarine Warfare

Mar 1st, 2024 38m 48s

Submarines played a significant military role for the first time during the First World War and then again in the Second World War, but their history and legacy extend past way that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic

Talking about Forrest Gump & History

Feb 21st, 2024 41m 36s

"Forrest Gump," directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1994, is known for cleverly integrating its titular character into various historical events and cultural phenomena. Join us as we discuss these historical and cultural events in the c

Talking about Weird Sports

Feb 7th, 2024 29m 39s

Never underestimate humanity’s ability to turn the mad or the mundane into a competitive sport. Join us as we discuss some of history's (and modern times') crazy sports!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about the Boston Massacre

Jan 26th, 2024 31m 59s

The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. But was there more to it than just that?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Mary Queen of Scots

Jan 17th, 2024 30m 18s

Political turmoil, religious conflicts, and tragic personal circumstances marked Mary Queen of Scots' life. Here is the story!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Japan's Unit 731

Jan 5th, 2024 33m 37s

Unit 731 was a Japanese research program during World War II that conducted horrific experiments such as infecting subjects with plague, giving subjects frostbite, and cutting people apart while alive and unsedated Learn more about your ad cho

Talking about (new) We Didn't Start the Fire

Dec 29th, 2023 1h 3m

This song covers the 1989 Billy Joel smash, which hit #1. The lyrics are updated to reflect the 1990s to the current day.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Hirohito's Role in WWII

Dec 22nd, 2023 31m 44s

Japan's Emperor Hirohito presided over the invasion of China, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually, the Japanese surrender to the Allies. So, what role did he actually play in any of these events? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Talking about Patton

Dec 14th, 2023 43m 6s

Here is the story of the life and death of George S. Patton Jr., one of the ablest and most controversial U.S. commanders in World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about American Shopping Malls

Dec 7th, 2023 34m 14s

In the 1980s and '90s, malls dominated American social life. Today, there are dead and dying malls scattered across the country. Here is the story.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about American Political Parties

Nov 30th, 2023 34m 40s

Democrat or Republican, or perhaps a Whig or a Federalist? Join us as we discuss the history and evolution of America's Political Parties.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about Thanksgiving

Nov 22nd, 2023 36m 53s

The event that Americans commonly call the "first Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in November 1621. Here is that story and more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

Talking about Infamous Political Assassinations

Nov 16th, 2023 37m 35s

Join us as we discuss some of the most infamous political assassinations in history whose effects stretched long after the individuals's brutal end.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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HTTP Lecture: The Burr Conspiracy

Nov 13th, 2023 12m 4s

The Burr Conspiracy was a plot conceived in 1804 by then already infamous (for killing Alexander Hamilton) Vice President Arron Burr to carve out and lead a new, independent country in the Southwestern United States.Learn more about your ad c

Talking about the Fall of the Ottoman Empire

Nov 9th, 2023 23m 44s

The Ottoman Empire was once among the biggest military and economic powers in the world. So what happened? And why does it matter?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus

HTTP Lecture: Killing Trotsky

Nov 6th, 2023 17m 22s

Here is the story of the rise and the gruesome fall of Leon Trotsky, one of the early leaders of the Russian Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about the Salem Witch Trials

Oct 31st, 2023 30m 55s

The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.Learn more about your ad choices.

Bonus

HTTP Lecture: Nurse Nightingale

Oct 26th, 2023 11m 14s

Often called “the Lady with the Lamp,” Florence Nightingale was a caring nurse and a leader. In addition to writing numerous books, pamphlets, and reports on health-related issues, she is also credited with creating one of the first versions of

Talking about the Freaky Victorian Era

Oct 20th, 2023 37m 1s

Wife selling, mummy unwrapping, and body snatching; discover the bizarre and freaky Victorian era you never learned about in school.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus

HTTP Lecture: The 1896 Crash at Crush

Oct 18th, 2023 10m 37s

An 1896 publicity stunt of a gladiatorial battle of two steam engines that raced toward one another at full speed turned into a tragic train wreck of an idea on a fateful day near Waco, Texas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

Talking about NASA Spinoffs

Oct 12th, 2023 28m 44s

NASA SPINOFFS are one-time NASA technologies that benefit life on Earth in the form of commercial products. Here is a story of a few of them.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices