History Daily: The Execution of the Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
March 18, 1314. Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for all that and more, go to IntoHi...
15 Maalis 202415min
Encore: Lewis and Clark I Into the Wild | 1
In 1803, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a westward journey that would transform America. Their mission was to head up the Missouri River and find a route through the uncharted west ...
13 Maalis 202440min
The Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman’s Goodbye Song | 5
In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped her enslaver in Maryland and freed herself. Over the next several years she took great personal risks, traveling back below the Mason-Dixon line at least a dozen times ...
6 Maalis 202438min
The Underground Railroad | Journey’s End | 4
In December 1850, Harriet Tubman saved three family members from an auction block in a daring rescue in Cambridge, Maryland. It was the start of one of the most legendary careers in the annals of the ...
28 Helmi 202443min
The Underground Railroad | Crossing the Line | 3
On the morning of April 16th, 1848, dozens of Washington, D.C. slaveowners woke up to find that their slaves were gone. The previous night, 77 enslaved men, women, and children had quietly run away an...
21 Helmi 202439min
History Daily: The Battle of Lugdunum
February 19, 197 CE. Septimius Severus' victory at the Battle of Lugdunum finally establishes him as the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or fo...
20 Helmi 202417min
The Underground Railroad | Vigilance | 2
In the 1830s, abolitionism became a political force to be reckoned with. In the face of harassment and mob violence, Black and white abolitionists staged rallies, published newspapers, and flooded Con...
14 Helmi 202440min
The Underground Railroad | The Light of Freedom | 1
In the early 1800s, slavery rapidly expanded across the American South. But each year, thousands of courageous enslaved men, women, and children fled their owners in search of freedom. And in Philadel...
7 Helmi 202441min
