020 Heart of Darkness II
After securing international recognition of his claim to the Congo, King Leopold sets to work to extract as much wealth as he can from the Congo in the most brutal ways imaginable. He is eventually ex...
7 Feb 201638min
019 Heart of Darkness I
King Leopold II of Belgium, having decided his ambitions are far greater than the "small nation of small people" he reigns over, sets out to swindle for himself a colony in Africa.
31 Jan 201631min
018 The Spectre Haunting Europe
As working class conditions seem to be getting worse instead of better, a new political movement emerges, advocating intervention on behalf of the poor, oppressed, and disenfranchised.
24 Jan 201639min
017 Such a Bully Pulpit
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President and at once begins turning everything upside down. Scott Joplin writes an opera about it.
17 Jan 201642min
016 Assassin's Creed
Theodore Roosevelt becomes a war hero, and Vice President of the United States. An anarchist assassin takes the life of the President, William McKinley.
10 Jan 201634min
015 Taels I Win
Reinforcements from the Western nations turn the tide in the fight against the Boxers. But will they get to Beijing in time?
3 Jan 201642min
014 The Righteous and Harmonious Fists
A grassroots uprising against foreigners develops in China in 1900, a result of outrage over Chinese territorial concessions and foreign missionary activity.
20 Des 201541min
013 The Christian Century
At the beginning of the 20th century, a fault line develops in Protestantism, especially in the USA, over the role of ancient Scriptures in a modern church.
13 Des 201535min
