Patton and Churchill's Experiences Before and During World War Two
This is an anthology episode that looks at the experiences of Winston Churchill and Gen. George S. Patton before and during World War Two. Specifically this episode will explorePatton's experiences in...
21 Kesä 201834min
Special Announcement: Presidential Fight Club Is Now Its Own Podcast
Remember when we did the 44-episode series on this show called Presidential Fight Club that imagined what would happen if every president fought each other one-on-one? Now it has been re-released as i...
20 Kesä 20181min
An Infantry Officer's Fight Through Nazi Europe, From D-Day to VE Day
Falling comrades, savagery of war, and the intense will to prevail in battle faced young Bill Chapman when he stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. For the following eleven months Chapman s...
19 Kesä 20181h 16min
Everything You Need to Know About D-Day: H-Hour, Weapons Info, and First-Hand Accounts via Soldiers, Beachmasters, and the French Resistance
The D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, ranks as the boldest and most successful large-scale invasion in military history.On June 6, as Operation Overlord went forward, roughly 160,000 Allied troops crosse...
14 Kesä 20181h
Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, Polymath, and Member of 18th Century Jet Set—Elizabeth Covart of the Ben Franklin's World Podcast
Benjamin Franklin was a world traveler, consummate learner, and a polymath extraordinaire; the Founding Father was a printer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, postmaster general, educator, philosopher, ...
12 Kesä 201851min
From Farm Fields to Classrooms: Horace Mann's War for Universal and Compulsory Education for Children
In a remarkably short span of time, American children went from laboring on family farms to spending their days in classrooms. The change came from optimistic reformers like Horace Mann, who in the ea...
7 Kesä 20181h 12min
Meet Joan: The Female Pope—Stephen Guerra of the History of the Papacy Podcast
According to medieval accounts, a woman named Joan reigned as pope, 855-857 A.D., by disguising herself as a man. The story is widely thought to be fiction, but almost everyone took it as fact in the ...
5 Kesä 201848min
The Most Productive People in History, Part 2: Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Edison
This is Part 2 of an exploration of the live of the most productive people in history. We will look at the life, times, and work habits of medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (the most prolific writer...
31 Touko 20181h 8min
