Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant
In today's episode Mike Primavera talk about legendary boxer Jack Johnson. In the early 1900s, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world—then spent the next decade ...
29 Jul 20251h 7min
Rome Vs The Etruscans Part II: Ride or Die
In this episode Ben and Pat continue the story of Rome versus the Etruscans.... The siege is over—but the danger is just getting started. With Rome teetering between freedom and destruction, a group ...
23 Jul 202536min
Rome VS The Etruscans Part 1: Before the Republic, There Was Blood
Rome is cornered. The monarchy has fallen, the Republic is barely standing, and an Etruscan warlord is marching toward the gates with an army at his back and a puppet king in his pocket. The Romans ar...
16 Jul 20251h 10min
Abd al-Rahman: Prince of Blood, Lord of the South
Abd al-Rahman was supposed to die with the rest of his family. When the Abbasid Caliphate overthrew the Umayyads in a brutal coup, they made sure to slaughter every last male heir—except one. Abd al-R...
9 Jul 20251h 7min
Banastre Tarleton: The Butcherous British Bastard of the American Revolution
They called him The Butcher. A young, cocky British officer with a flair for showmanship and a taste for brutality, Banastre Tarleton tore through the American South on horseback, leading a feared leg...
2 Jul 20251h
Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer
He was the undefeated general who saved Portugal from foreign conquest, crushed armies five times his size, and changed the course of European warfare—then gave it all up to become a barefoot monk. Th...
25 Jun 20251h 23min
Crowned & Dangerous: The Legend of Eleanor of Aquitaine
She was the most eligible bachelorette in Europe, the Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, and the queen of not one but two different countries. In today's episode, Ben and special guest author Shai...
18 Jun 20251h 10min
Conquistador? Conquista-Dead: Magellan, Lapu Lapu, and the Worst Beach Day Ever
Ferdinand Magellan was a glory-hungry Portuguese explorer sailing under the Spanish flag, out to prove he could circle the globe, convert entire civilizations, and maybe pick up a few spice islands al...
11 Jun 202552min
