Trivia: Food Origins
Let's see how well you know the origins of some popular (and not all that popular anymore) foods. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
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Religions: Hinduism
The Fourth Weekend Series deals with the origins of the great monotheistic religions of World History. So why are we talking about Hinduism, which has 33 million gods (according to some interpretation...
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Conversations: What is the job of the U.S. National Archives? w/ Colleen Shogan
Join Peter as he speaks with Dr. Colleen J. Shogan, the 11th Archivist of the United States. As the nation's record keeper, Dr. Shogan is responsible for preserving, protecting, and sharing the histor...
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Killing Castro
Fidel Castro was a controversial figure throughout his life, and that included multiple assassination attempts against him, most of them attributed to the CIA - and more interestingly, all epic failur...
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What's the Deal w/ Carrier Pigeons?
Way before cell phones, email, or even smoke signals, human beings had found a way to communicate across long distances - their secret weapon - a pigeon. Instead of asking why or how? Knowing what we ...
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Sweet Voices of Evil
When it comes to war propaganda, arguably none is surrounded by more lore than the seductive radio personalities of Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose employed by Nazi Germany and Japan, respectively, to under...
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Henry's Kids' Game of Thrones
Henry VIII, the iconic Tudor king of England, is perhaps most famously remembered for his six marriages. His relentless pursuit of a male heir, combined with complex political and religious motivation...
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Trivia: Infamous Cults in History
This episode may not be suitable for our younger listeners. Are you ready to test your knowledge of some of American history's most infamous cults? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Lear...
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