Simon Bolivar: The Liberator Who Walked Away After Freeing Six Nations
Simon Bolivar liberated six South American nations from Spanish rule — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Panama — and is the only person in history to have a country named after him. He...
16 Jun 26min
Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian Who Fed the World and Then Failed America
Herbert Hoover saved more lives before becoming president than almost any private citizen in history. He organized the feeding of Belgium during World War I, directed European famine relief afterward,...
16 Jun 20min
Frederick the Great: The Flute-Playing Prince Who Built Prussia Into a Military Superpower
Frederick the Great's father tried to beat the music and poetry out of him, executed his best friend in front of him, and nearly had Frederick himself killed for attempting to flee the country. The tr...
16 Jun 22min
Henry Kissinger: The Cold Calculus of Power That Made Him the Most Controversial Diplomat Alive
Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending American involvement in Vietnam while simultaneously overseeing the secret bombing of Cambodia that killed hundreds of thousands. He opened relatio...
16 Jun 20min
Gamal Abdel Nasser: The Bulletproof Legacy of the Man Who Defied the West and United the Arab World
Gamal Abdel Nasser survived assassination attempts, nationalized the Suez Canal, and became the most powerful symbol of Arab unity and anti-colonial resistance in the twentieth century. He humiliated ...
16 Jun 22min
Stonewall Jackson: The Bitter Insult That Named a Confederate Legend
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run — though historians still debate whether the name was meant as a compliment about his steadfastness or a bitter insult ab...
16 Jun 22min
Calvin Coolidge: Silent Cal's Secret Mastery of Media Strategy and Presidential Branding
Calvin Coolidge was called "Silent Cal" and cultivated an image of laconic New England restraint. In reality, he held more press conferences than any president before or since, posed for more photogra...
16 Jun 20min
William Tecumseh Sherman: The General Who Invented Modern Warfare and Was Called Mad for It
William Tecumseh Sherman suffered a nervous breakdown early in the Civil War and was called insane by the press. He then conducted the March to the Sea — a campaign of deliberate destruction across Ge...
16 Jun 20min
