The Untold Story of WWII War Brides
In the final days of World War II, as victory drew near and soldiers prepared to return home, thousands carried something unexpected with them: love stories forged in the chaos of war. In this episode...
6 Huhti 12min
The Pig War of 1859: The Most Peaceful War in History?
It started with a pig. In 1859, on a small island in the Pacific Northwest, an American farmer shot a British-owned pig that had wandered into his garden. What followed wasn't just a neighborly disput...
5 Huhti 9min
Stalin Gives Mariya a Tank
When Mariya Oktyabrskaya's husband was killed fighting the Nazis, she didn't just mourn—she took action. Selling everything she owned, she wrote directly to Joseph Stalin with an extraordinary request...
4 Huhti 9min
Conversations: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us About Living, w/ Peter Jones
What if the best self-help advice wasn't written yesterday — but over 700 years ago? Historian Peter Jones joins us to explore how concepts like pride, envy, sloth, and lust were used as diagnostic to...
3 Huhti 28min
Malta, 1565: The Siege That Saved Europe
In 1565, one small island became the frontline of a clash that would shape the future of Europe. When the Ottoman Empire launched a massive invasion of Malta, the Knights of St. John—outnumbered and o...
2 Huhti 12min
The Riddle that Killed Homer
He gave the world The Iliad and The Odyssey—epics that have endured for nearly three thousand years. But according to legend, Homer's life didn't end in triumph… it ended with a question he couldn't a...
1 Huhti 10min
The Debate over Hawaii Annexation
In the late 19th century, a distant island kingdom became the center of one of America's most heated political debates. Was the annexation of Hawaii a bold step toward global power—or the unjust overt...
31 Maalis 12min
USO: Entertainment on the Front Lines
Before TikTok, before livestreams, and long before instant communication with home, there was one organization dedicated to bringing a piece of America to those serving far from it—the United Service ...
30 Maalis 11min
