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...
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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...
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20 of 78 episodesEpisode 76: The Worst Play in Baseball
Javy runs to home and it ruins Will Craig's career.
Episode 75: The Frozen Nightmare of the Franklin Expedition
Mother nature strikes again.
Episode 74: The Béziers Massacre
The most metal monk you'll ever find.
Episode 73: Why is Black History Month in February?
It's a simple answer, but one that you don't often hear about.
Episode 73: Why is Black History Month in February?
It's a simple answer, but one that you don't often hear about.
Episode 72: Introducing Season 4: In the Face of Evil
Unfortunately, we're back.
Episode 71: Apocalypse Part 14: Bygone Age
End of Season 3. Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Episode 70: Apocalypse Part 13: The Sea Peoples (Part 2)
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.
Episode 69: Apocalypse Part 12: The Sea Peoples (Part 1)
Speculation, theories and chaos.
Episode 68: Apocalypse Part 11: Rebellion
Let me tell you a tale of a king and his kingdom.
Episode 67: Apocalypse Part 10: Famine
Shades of the Donner Party
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
Episode 65: Apocalypse Part 8: Troy
A myth and a theory.
Episode 64: Apocalypse Part 7: Explosion
Even more ancient Greeks and the impact of 40 nuclear bombs going off at once.
Episode 63: Apocalypse Part 6: The Sea Powers
An ocean of trouble.
Episode 62: Apocalypse Part 5: Rise and Fall
We meet (and then leave) the Mitanni.
Episode 61: Apocalypse Part 4: Kadesh
Giving a sense of scale for bronze age combat.
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.
Episode 59: Apocalypse Part 2: The Black Land
The Egyptians are to us what the Elves are to Middle Earth: crazy old.