Freddie Mercury: How Farrokh Bulsara Designed a Rock Legend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before he was Freddie Mercury, he was Farrokh Bulsara, a Parsi boy born in Zanzibar who refused ...
2 Okt 22min
Horatio Nelson: Seasick Admiral, Rule Breaker and Hero of Trafalgar
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Britain's greatest naval hero suffered from seasickness his entire life and won his most famous ...
2 Okt 22min
Richard Francis Burton: Explorer, Linguist and Victorian Rebel
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Richard Francis Burton infiltrated Mecca in disguise, survived a javelin through both cheeks, ke...
2 Okt 13min
J.P. Morgan: The Banker Who Bailed Out America and Built Monopolies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!He was physically imposing, self-conscious about a nose disfigured by rosacea, and powerful enou...
2 Okt 21min
The Real Daniel Boone: Frontier Myth vs. Historical Reality
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Daniel Boone hated the coonskin cap, carried Gulliver's Travels into the wilderness, and was onc...
2 Okt 25min
Theodore Roosevelt: From Sickly Child to the Modern Presidency
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Theodore Roosevelt began life as a chronically ill boy struggling with severe asthma in a darken...
2 Okt 26min
Samuel Morse: The Painter Who Wired the World With the Telegraph
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before he gave the world the telegraph and Morse code, Samuel Morse spent the first half of his ...
2 Okt 19min
George Washington Beyond the Marble: Blunders, Debt and Giving Up Power
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Forget the flawless marble statue. This deep dive into the life of America's first president rev...
2 Okt 24min
