Diego Maradona: Hand of God, Naples, and a Genius Undone
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Diego Maradona was worshipped in southern Italy, condemned as a cheat in England, embraced by re...
1 Okt 22min
Davy Crockett: The Real Frontiersman Behind the Alamo Legend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The coonskin-capped hero swinging his rifle at the Alamo is largely a product of a 1950s pop cul...
1 Okt 21min
David Livingstone: Mill Boy, Missionary Explorer, and Anti-Slavery Crusader
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!David Livingstone is buried in Westminster Abbey, but his heart lies beneath a mpundu tree in pr...
1 Okt 22min
Qin Shi Huang: China's First Emperor, Legalism, and Immortality
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 210 BC, carts of rotting fish trailed a sealed royal carriage to hide the smell of a dead emp...
1 Okt 27min
Bob Marley: Rastafari, Reggae, and the Revolutionary Behind the Poster
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1966, a young immigrant who went by Donald drove a forklift at a Chrysler plant in Delaware. ...
1 Okt 24min
Otto von Bismarck: Iron and Blood, German Unification, and Peace
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1889, Otto von Bismarck recorded his voice on Edison's phonograph and chose to recite the Fre...
1 Okt 23min
Alexander Graham Bell: Teacher of the Deaf Who Invented the Telephone
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The man who invented the telephone refused to keep one in his study. This deep dive argues that ...
1 Okt 20min
Albert Einstein: The Rebel Behind Relativity and E=mc²
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Einstein's parents once worried he had a learning disability because he struggled to speak. This...
1 Okt 23min
