Weekend Show #2: History of the 'Weekend'
Welcome to the second episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show, a soon-to-be weekly Patreon-exclusive variety series offering a lighter, more reflective companion to the main podcast. Think storytel...
30 Nov 202512min
Conversations: Three Roads to Gettysburg, w/ Tim McGrath
In the pivotal summer of 1863, three extraordinary paths converged on a small Pennsylvania town, forever altering the course of the American Civil War. Petert sits down with acclaimed historian Tim Mc...
30 Nov 202533min
Eddie Slovik: The Only American Killed for Desertion in WWII
In this gripping episode, we tell the haunting story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion during World War II among tens of thousands who fled the front lines. Ter...
29 Nov 202510min
Conversations: How the American Revolution was a Global Conflict, w/ Richard Bell
In this engaging episode, Peter speaks with author and historian Richard Bell about re-framing the American Revolution in the context of a global conflict. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATI...
28 Nov 202528min
The Lost Labyrinth of Egypt
Long before the pyramids captured the world's imagination, ancient writers described a structure so vast, so mysterious, and so extraordinary that even the Egyptians considered it a marvel: the Labyri...
27 Nov 20259min
The Madness of Emperor Caligula
In the year 37 CE, Rome welcomed a new emperor who was young, charismatic, and adored by the people. Within months, that same emperor, Caligula, descended into a reign so unhinged, so theatrical, and ...
26 Nov 202510min
The Woman Spy Who Outsmarted Hoover's FBI
In the late 1940s, as America entered the paranoid dawn of the Cold War, a brilliant young Justice Department analyst named Judith Coplon was accused of stealing classified FBI documents for the Sovie...
25 Nov 202510min
The Labor Revolt that Shook America (Pullman Strike)
In 1894, a company town outside Chicago erupted into one of the most explosive labor battles in American history. When workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked off the job, their strike grew i...
24 Nov 202511min
