A Prince Among Slaves
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11 Jun 202510min
Indentured Servants Who Became Presidents
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10 Jun 202512min
When H.W. Bush Got Shot Down in the Pacific
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9 Jun 202510min
Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S.' First Immigration Ban
It was the first federal law to single out an entire race, and it changed the trajectory of U.S. immigration policy forever. In this episode of History Shorts, we examine the Chinese Exclusion Act of ...
8 Jun 202510min
Franco-Prussian War Forges Modern Europe
Before World War I reshaped Europe, there was the Franco-Prussian War, a short but seismic conflict that redrew borders, toppled empires, and gave birth to a new German superpower. In this episode of ...
7 Jun 202511min
TODAY IN CONTEXT: History of D-Day Celebrations
June 6, 1944—D-Day—marked the beginning of the end of World War II. But the way America remembers that day has changed dramatically over the decades. In this episode, we trace the powerful evolution o...
6 Jun 202511min
Conversations: How We Almost Lost the Revolutionary War, w/ Rick Atkinson
In this riveting episode of History Shorts, host Peter Zablocki welcomes one of America's most celebrated historians, Rick Atkinson, to discuss the second installment of his Revolutionary War trilogy:...
6 Jun 202519min
Reagan's Joke that Bombed
In this gripping episode of History Shorts, we unravel the story behind one of the most dangerous jokes in modern political history, President Ronald Reagan's infamous quip during a 1984 radio mic che...
5 Jun 202511min
