Race and the US Supreme Court: Justice Deferred
Professor Vernon Burton joins us to explain the long and tortured history of the ways in which the United States Supreme Court has handled race. The Supreme Court is usually seen as the protector of o...
11 Elo 202249min
Manhattan for $24? Best Real Estate Deal Ever! Or Was It?
Not even Donald Trump could have made this deal. Have you heard that Dutch settlers bought the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for a measly $24? Turns out it was more complicated than that. ...
8 Elo 20226min
3-Year-Old "Chimney Sweep" Video
Jason Steinhauer of the History Communications Institute joins us to explain the veracity of the film clip of a "3-year-old chimney sweep" from the 1930s that's gone viral on social media. Is it heart...
4 Elo 202227min
Vikings Didn't Wear Horned Helmets
Monday Myth for Extra Credit! A Viking horned helmet would have been very impractical, and perhaps dangerous, in battle, Buzzkillers. Horned helmets are most likely the invention of legendary opera co...
1 Elo 20221min
USS Indianapolis Anniversary Encore
July 30th is the anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II in the Pacific in 1945. Captain Quint’s story about the USS Indianapolis in the movie “Jaws” is only the beginni...
29 Heinä 202211min
Before Evil: Lenin, Stalin, and Putin
Professor Brandon Gauthier uses Lenin, Stalin, and Putin as case studies to try to help us understand the reasons why certain political leaders become monsters. By looking further into their pasts and...
28 Heinä 202250min
People Rarely Bathed in the Past?
Monday Myth for Extra Credit! How often did people bathe in the past? Hardly ever, according to popular perception. Well that’s not true, Buzzkillers! Not only did people wash more frequently than is ...
25 Heinä 202214min
Covid Variants? Insurrection Hearings? Tense Elections? Was "May You Live in Interesting Times" a Famous Chinese Curse?
Crikey. These are interesting times. But is “may you live in interesting times” actually an old Chinese curse, or is the history of that saying more complicated? We take you from Chinese folk tales in...
18 Heinä 20224min
