The Roman Brexit: How Civilization Collapsed in Britain After the Legions Withdrew in 409 AD
Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into th...
3 Aug 202155min
The Dive: The Untold Story of the World's Deepest Submarine Rescue
On August 29th, 1973, a routine dive to the telecommunication cable that snakes along the Atlantic sea bed went badly wrong. Pisces III, with Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson onboard, had tried to su...
29 Jul 202137min
The Civil War Battle That Resembled Dante’s Inferno
In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln feared that he might not be able to save the Union. The Army of the Potomac had performed poorly over the previous two years, and many Northerners were underst...
27 Jul 202148min
X-Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II
The men of X Troop were the real Inglorious Basterds: a secret commando unit of young Jewish refugees who were trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat to deliver decisive blows against the ...
22 Jul 202155min
The 1919 Tour de France That Took Place in the Bombed-Out Ruins of WW1
On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode dow...
20 Jul 202144min
The Apollo Program Had a Surprising Close Relationship With 1960s Counterculture
The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For today’s guest, Neil M. Maher, author of the book Apollo...
15 Jul 202145min
Travelers & Explorers, Epilogue – What is the Point of Exploration in the 21st Century?
What is the purpose of a dangerous journey in the twenty-first century? What is the reasonto explore when so much of the globe has been surveyed, mapped, photographed, filmed, andcatalogued? What can ...
13 Jul 202117min
Travelers and Explorers, Part 8: Ernest Shackleton's Frozen March at the Bottom of the World
Ernest Shackleton was among the last of a group of intrepid men from the Golden Age of Discovery in the Victorian era. He sought honor for England and himself in embarking on a dangerous journey to le...
8 Jul 202149min
