Euclid: The Mysterious Father of Geometry and the Elements
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Euclid shaped how humans think about logic and space for more than 2,000 years, yet almost nothi...
2 Okt 21min
Jose de San Martin: The Liberator Who Walked Away From Power
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jose de San Martin liberated Argentina, Chile, and Peru, then shocked history by resigning after...
2 Okt 23min
Matthew Henson: The Overlooked Explorer Who Led the Way to the Pole
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 1909, Matthew Henson was sent ahead as a scout and found his own footprints were the fi...
2 Okt 19min
Oliver Cromwell: From Depressed Farmer to Lord Protector of England
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2 Okt 19min
Gregor Mendel: The Monk, the Peas, and the Birth of Genetics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gregor Mendel failed his teaching exams twice, yet his meticulous breeding of roughly 28,000 pea...
2 Okt 23min
Alexander Hamilton: From Caribbean Orphan to Architect of US Finance
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alexander Hamilton arrived in America as a destitute, orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean, and...
2 Okt 22min
Edith Piaf: The Sparrow's Life of Tragedy, Survival, and Song
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Long before Celine Dion sang Hymne a l'amour at the Paris Olympics, Edith Piaf was a child raise...
2 Okt 18min
Shaka Zulu: Military Genius, Brutal Ruler, and Contested Legend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Shaka Zulu rose from an illegitimate outcast, exiled with his mother Nandi, to the ruler who tra...
2 Okt 20min
