604 Episodes

  1. Episode 182: The Nine Years’ War and the End of Gaelic Ireland

    Published: 12/19/2021
  2. Episode 181: Caravaggio, the Brawling Painter

    Published: 12/12/2021
  3. Episode 180: Fritz Duquesne

    Published: 12/5/2021
  4. Episode 179: The Rum Rebellion

    Published: 11/28/2021
  5. Episode 178: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Part 2

    Published: 11/21/2021
  6. Episode 177: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Part 1

    Published: 11/14/2021
  7. Episode 176: Zoe and Theodora Porphyrogenita

    Published: 11/7/2021
  8. Episode 175: Marcus Licinius Crassus

    Published: 10/31/2021
  9. Episode 174: History’s Weirdest Deaths, Part 2

    Published: 10/24/2021
  10. Episode 173: Famous Last Words

    Published: 10/17/2021
  11. Episode 172: The Erfurt Latrine Disaster

    Published: 10/10/2021
  12. Episode 171: Atahualpa and the Massacre of Cajamarca

    Published: 10/3/2021
  13. Episode 170: King Shaka kaSenzangakhona

    Published: 9/26/2021
  14. A note on this week’s episode

    Published: 9/25/2021
  15. Episode 169: Attila the Hun

    Published: 9/19/2021
  16. Episode 168: Jadwiga of Poland

    Published: 9/12/2021
  17. Episode 167: Jeanne Baret

    Published: 9/5/2021
  18. Episode 166: Charles Ponzi

    Published: 8/29/2021
  19. Episode 165: Wild Bill Hickok

    Published: 8/22/2021
  20. Episode 164: The Time of Troubles

    Published: 8/15/2021

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