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Great History Stories

Short, serialized episodes telling some of the greatest stories in human history. Season one focused on the Donner Party, season two focused on underdogs, and Season three will focus on the...

Episodes

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Episode 77: The Losers: Suffering Through the History of the Chicago Cubs

We've covered a lot of terror in this podcast; it's time to relive a different type of pain. For all the Cubs fans who didn't live to see th...

25:55Jan 24, 2024

Episode 76: The Worst Play in Baseball

Javy runs to home and it ruins Will Craig's career.

18:47Mar 23, 2023

Episode 75: The Frozen Nightmare of the Franklin Expedition

Mother nature strikes again.

12:40Feb 17, 2023

Episode 74: The Béziers Massacre

The most metal monk you'll ever find.

12:58Feb 9, 2023

Episode 73: Why is Black History Month in February?

It's a simple answer, but one that you don't often hear about.

3:14Feb 1, 2023

Episode 73: Why is Black History Month in February?

It's a simple answer, but one that you don't often hear about.

3:14Jan 20, 2023

Episode 72: Introducing Season 4: In the Face of Evil

Unfortunately, we're back.

4:07Mar 12, 2022

Episode 71: Apocalypse Part 14: Bygone Age

End of Season 3. Thanks for coming along for the ride!

10:57Mar 5, 2021

Episode 70: Apocalypse Part 13: The Sea Peoples (Part 2)

Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.

58:57Feb 26, 2021

Episode 69: Apocalypse Part 12: The Sea Peoples (Part 1)

Speculation, theories and chaos.

14:50Feb 19, 2021

Episode 68: Apocalypse Part 11: Rebellion

Let me tell you a tale of a king and his kingdom.

15:58Feb 13, 2021

Episode 67: Apocalypse Part 10: Famine

Shades of the Donner Party

15:06Feb 4, 2021

Episode 66: Apocalypse Part 9: Missing Pieces

"It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet." - Charles Kuralt

15:18Jan 30, 2021

Episode 65: Apocalypse Part 8: Troy

A myth and a theory.

15:49Jan 23, 2021

Episode 64: Apocalypse Part 7: Explosion

Even more ancient Greeks and the impact of 40 nuclear bombs going off at once.

14:41Jan 16, 2021

Episode 63: Apocalypse Part 6: The Sea Powers

An ocean of trouble.

13:40Jan 8, 2021

Episode 62: Apocalypse Part 5: Rise and Fall

We meet (and then leave) the Mitanni.

15:00Dec 31, 2020

Episode 61: Apocalypse Part 4: Kadesh

Giving a sense of scale for bronze age combat.

14:48Dec 27, 2020

Episode 60: Apocalypse Part 3: Election by Assassination

I apologize for all the names butchered in this episode. Then again, if you've made it this far, you know that's par for the course by now.

16:20Dec 18, 2020

Episode 59: Apocalypse Part 2: The Black Land

The Egyptians are to us what the Elves are to Middle Earth: crazy old.

17:27Dec 12, 2020