The Jacobite Rising of 1745
Portrayals of this piece of Scottish and English history are often simultaneously romanticized and oversimplified. It's a great deal more complicated than any one event, and is instead the result of m...
4 Jul 201635min
The Discovery of 'Planet' Ceres
For a long time, astronomers believed that there must have been a planet lurking in the gap between Mars and Jupiter. What they found was Ceres, and this object's story is one of scientific cattiness ...
29 Jun 201626min
The Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus II in the 6th century B.C.E., and it became an empire unlike any the world had seen up to that point. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...
27 Jun 201631min
Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement (Part 2)
Because of his previous ties to the Communist Party, his race, and his sexual orientation, the McCarthy era was extremely dangerous for Rustin. This was one of many reasons why his activism focused on...
22 Jun 201634min
Bayard Rustin, 'Angelic Troublemaker' (Part 1)
Bayard Rustin was an openly gay black man born in 1912. He spent his life working tirelessly for equal rights, peace, democracy, and economic equality, including being one of the primary planners of t...
20 Jun 201630min
Harriet Tubman, Union Spy (Part 2)
There was a whole lot more to Harriet Tubman's life and work than her time as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. During the United States Civil War, she worked as a Union spy, eventually earning...
15 Jun 201632min
Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad (Part 1)
Most people are familiar with her involvement with the Underground Railroad, but Harriet Tubman was also a spy for the Union during the Civil War, among many other things. Untangling the truth from th...
13 Jun 201631min
Raymond Bessone, Mister Teasie-Weasie
British hair guru Raymond Bessone became the first celebrity hair stylist by leveraging the post-war desire for glamour and his own innate skill at marketing. His larger-than-life persona and skill wi...
8 Jun 201635min
