The Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson's 'Indian Removal Act' of 1830 set in motion a 1000 mile journey of death and disease for the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek. In this heartbreaking story, wh...
24 Mar 202016min
Should we morally judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
It is all too tempting to judge those in the past by today's moral norms. Do Abraham Lincoln's racist statements nullify any of his achievements? Should people who did things we nowadays find morally ...
26 Jul 201915min
Easter Island Apocalypse
The world's most impressive seafarers and statue builders were reduced from a thriving community of many thousands to just 111 traumatised survivors. These Rapa Nui people were the victims of their h...
11 Jul 201918min
The First Crusade
"Deus Vult" The First Crusade, called by the Pope in the name of God, contained the horrors of massacres and cannibalism. However, it is one of history's most misunderstood conflicts. Properly unders...
27 Jun 201925min
Argentina's Dirty War
The Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 children taken from their families to be raised by ...
13 Jun 201917min
The Taiping Rebellion
The crazy 19th century conflict that began with a failed student believing he is Jesus' younger brother and ended with approximately 20 million dead. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING God's Chinese Son: ...
30 Mai 201922min
Homophobic persecution in Britain 1533-1835
The "Buggery Laws" between the years 1533 and 1835 represent the peak of state sponsored homophobic persecution in Britain. This episode unearths a little known part of our history of discrimination. ...
15 Mai 201915min
