Why We Can't Look Away from the Girl With a Pearl Earring
She's been called the Mona Lisa of the North, a girl frozen in time, her gaze both intimate and unreachable. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the story behind Johannes Vermeer's Girl with...
20 Marras 202511min
Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Who Tried to Erase History
Long before modern dictators rewrote the past, one Egyptian pharaoh tried to rewrite the very gods. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the astonishing story of Akhenaten, the heretic king w...
19 Marras 202511min
The Real Conjuring (The Story of Ed & Lorraine Warren)
Before Hollywood turned them into ghost-hunting legends, Ed and Lorraine Warren were real people, devout Catholics, self-taught demonologists, and the most controversial paranormal investigators of th...
18 Marras 202512min
When the EPA Erased a Whole Town from Existence
In the early 1980s, a small town along the Meramec River in Missouri vanished, not from flood or fire, but from poison. This episode of History Shorts uncovers the chilling true story of Times Beach, ...
17 Marras 20259min
The British Woman Who Fell in Love With Hitler
In this episode of History Shorts, we trace the curious and troubling story of Unity Mitford, a young British socialite born into privilege, and her infatuation with Adolf Hitler. We'll explore how sh...
16 Marras 202511min
Benjamin Franklin Goes to France
Before America won its independence, one man crossed the ocean to secure its future. In Paris, Benjamin Franklin used wit, charm, and sheer diplomacy to turn skeptics into allies and change the course...
15 Marras 202510min
Conversations: When maps seize being tools and become narratives, w/ James Cheshire
Peter speaks with James Cheshire, whose captivating new book, The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress, unearths a hidden collection of 19th- and 20th-century maps that chart everyt...
14 Marras 202526min
TODAY IN CONTEXT: The Penny Retires Into History (& What That Means for Us)
TODAY IN CONTEXT BONUS: After more than 200 years in our pockets, cash drawers, and couch cushions, the U.S. penny has finally been retired. But ending the nation's smallest coin isn't just a symbolic...
13 Marras 20259min
