Episode 140 - Inside The 1910 Push For Americans To Eat Hippos
Today, the average American consumes almost 70 pounds of beef per year and almost 100 pounds of chicken. But those numbers could have been quite different. A century ago, American policymakers pushed ...
21 Mai 202532min
Episode 139 - History's Most Disturbing Mutiny? The Story Of The Dutch Ship Batavia
In 1629, the Dutch ship Batavia wrecked off the coast of what is now Western Australia, stranding over 300 people on remote, barren islands. What followed was not a fight for survival, but a descent i...
7 Mai 202544min
Episode 138 - The Chilling Story Of Selena's Murder — And The Woman Who Killed Her
Dubbed the "Mexican Madonna" and the "Queen Of Tejano Music," Selena Quintanilla was a budding superstar — until she was gunned down in March 1995. https://allthatsinteresting.com/selena-death Learn ...
23 Apr 202531min
Episode 137 - U.S.-Canada Border Disputes, From The Pig War To The Present
Far from being a new issue specific to our present moment, territorial disputes between Canada and the U.S. stretch back almost 200 years. In fact, conflicts over the border between Canada and the Uni...
9 Apr 202525min
Episode 136 - The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Worst Natural Disaster Of The 21st Century
In the early morning of December 26, 2004, an earthquake struck on the Pacific sea floor, 150 miles off the west coast of the Indonesian island Sumatra. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake quickly gave rise ...
26 Mar 202541min
Episode 135 - Inside Thomas Jefferson's Complicated Relationship With Slavery
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12 Mar 202536min
Episode 134 - The True Story Of Malcolm X's Assassination
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was killed while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. To this day, the truth about his assassination remains unresolved. https://allthatsinteresting.com/...
19 Feb 202548min
Episode 133 - The Horrifying Story Of Joseph Stalin's 'Great Terror'
After taking power in the 1920s, Joseph Stalin killed at least 9 million people through mass murder, forced labor, and famine, but the true figure may be as high as 60 million. https://allthatsintere...
5 Feb 202531min
