History Shorts

While it is in the news more than one would expect it to be these days, there might not be a palace on earth with a more ill-suited name than the largest island that is not a continent, namely, Greenl...

12 Tammi 202510min

Most of us have learned about Brigham Young leading his followers, the Mormons, to establish their religious haven in Salt Lake Valley. But, I bet you many textbooks missed the little-known story of t...

11 Tammi 202511min

Conversation Series: Jonathan Eig Join Peter as he speaks with Jonathan Eig, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and biographer of the most recent award-winning King: A Life. SUBSCRIBE to HI...

10 Tammi 202513min

Since its completion in 1914, the Panama Canal has been a source of both pride and contention. While the U.S. viewed it as a symbol of engineering achievement and a cornerstone of its global influence...

9 Tammi 202513min

Although the ancient Roman myth of Romulus and Remus is just that, a myth, it is still the foundational story that shapes the origins of the Roman Empire, and as many myths do, it has historical valu...

8 Tammi 202510min

The Kosovo Student Poisoning incident of 1990 is a mysterious and controversial event that took place during a tense period of ethnic and political unrest in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia. As the ti...

7 Tammi 202512min

Donald Eugene Webb, an infamous American criminal, still holds the second-longest stint on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, remaining on the run for nearly four decades until the final surpri...

6 Tammi 202511min

Let's see how many of these accidental inventions you can guess based on very little information given - well, let's say, enough information to make an educated guess. Like the show? Consider buying ...

5 Tammi 20255min