Fight House: Cutthroat White House Rivalries From Truman to Trump
Some American presidents appear to do their jobs in a more organized way than others, but the White House has always been filled with ambitious people playing for the highest stakes and bearing bitter...
3 Mar 202035min
How An American Tank Gunner Successfully Dueled with Panzers in World War Two
When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner’s seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He’s a natural born shooter.At first, Cla...
27 Feb 20201h 2min
New York Has Been America's Capital of Spying Since the Beginning of the U.S.
If you visit New York, your waiter, your cabbie, or the lady on the train playing Candy Crush could very well not be who they appear to be. That's because there are more spies working in New York City...
25 Feb 202058min
The 1881 Expedition to Reach Farthest North Led to Starvation, Madness, and Glory
In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extr...
20 Feb 202055min
The Terrifying Conquests of Hannibal of Carthage
Hannibal ad portas! The phrase was enough to terrify anyone in the Roman Republic and became an adage for parents to scare their children at nights: “Hannibal is at the gates.” The Carthaginian comman...
18 Feb 202046min
The Negro Leagues Made Baseball a Global Sport and Kickstarted the Civil Rights Movement
Many people think the Negro Leagues as a sad, somber part of America's legacy of racial division. In many ways it is, says Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Museum. But on the 100th...
13 Feb 20201h 4min
The Royal Touch: When British and French Kings Were Thought to Have Healing Powers
“The Hands of the King are the Hands of a Healer” -- this phrase appears in the Lord of the Rings, referring to how Aragorn was identified as the king of Gondor by his healing powers. Tolkien likely b...
11 Feb 202053min
The Worst Gambling Scandal in NCAA History Led to an Unlikely Story of Redemption
The 1949-50 City College Beavers basketball team were incredible underdogs who experienced an incredible rise and subsequent fall from grace. At a time when the National Basketball Association was sti...
6 Feb 202043min
