A Real-Life French Serial Killer Inspired Dostoyevsky to Write “Crime and Punishment”
As a young man, Fyodor Dostoevsky was a celebrated writer, but his involvement with the radical politics of his day that swept Europe during the Revolutions of the 1840s condemned him to a long Siberi...
24 Feb 202237min
The NAACP Leader Who Passed As White, Infiltrated Lynching Rings, Architected ‘Brown v. Board of Education’, and Ended His Life in Scandal
One of the most important Civil Rights Leaders in the 20th century, behind perhaps only the giants of the movement such as Martin Luther King Jr. WEB DuBois, or Booker T Washington, was Walter Francis...
22 Feb 202239min
How Clocks Created Earth’s First Global Supply Chain in the 1700s – And Keep GPS Alive Today
Our modern lives are ruled by clocks and watches, smartphone apps and calendar programs. While our gadgets may be new, however, the drive to measure and master time is anything but. It’s a long story ...
17 Feb 202254min
Parthenon Roundtable: Which Person From History Would You Keep From Dying Too Soon? (And You Can’t Choose JFK)
A couple of months ago, the guys from Parthenon Podcast Network (James Early, Key Battles of American History; Steve Guerra, History of the Papacy; Richard Lim, This American President; and Scott Rank...
15 Feb 20221h 11min
Assassination Attempts of U.S. President – From JFK to Joe Biden
One of the most important – but overlooked – professions in U.S. history is a Secret Service agent assigned with presidential protection duty. That’s because failure can change the course of history, ...
10 Feb 202234min
No, the Ancient Greeks Weren’t Color Blind. They Justed Had Unique Ways to Describe the World
Were ancients color-blind? They weren’t but this idea has been passed around for centuries, usually by classicists confused by the Greeks’ odd choice of descriptive language. Homer, author of The Ilia...
8 Feb 202247min
The Severing Of a Sea Captain’s Ear Led to a Global War Between Spain and Britain in the 1740s
In the early 1700s, decades of rising tensions between Spain and Britain culminated in a war that was fought all over the world. And it all started with a scene that sounds like it belongs in Reservoi...
3 Feb 202246min
Future History: The Story Behind '2001: A Space Odyssey'
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2 Feb 202222min
