Is There a Roman City in Present-Day China?
Since the 1950s, many classicists and military historians have believed that an ancient Roman bloodline lives on in a Chinese village. The town of Liqian sits on the edge of the Gobi desert, and 4,500...
11 Aug 20178min
Why The Irish May Have Really Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill argues in his best-selling book How the Irish Saved Civilization that Ireland played a critical role in Europe's evolution from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Is his narr...
10 Aug 20179min
Did Rome And China Know of Each Other?
Rome and China were the two poles of the Silk Road. One sent precious porcelain, spices, and silks, the other sent out glassware and high-quality cloth. As Rome expanded into the Near East and China i...
9 Aug 20178min
Americana: The Brazilian City Where the Confederacy Lives On
The United States has accepted immigrants throughout its history, but America has its emigrants as well. Did you know there is a city in Brazil founded by Confederates who wanted to flee the U.S. duri...
8 Aug 20177min
Curtis Lemay: World War II’s Greatest Hero or Worst War Criminal?—Warren Kozak
General Curtis LeMay is perhaps the most misunderstood general of the 20th century, despite the fact that he played a major role in so many important military events of the last century: he turned the...
7 Aug 20171h 57min
If the Moon Landings Weren’t Fake, Why Haven’t We Been Back?
Conspiracy theorists have many "reasons" for why we've never been to the moon: the Van Allen radiation belts are too deadly, the challenges are too difficult, re-entry into the atmosphere is too hot. ...
4 Aug 20179min
An Interview With Jerry Yellin, the 93-Year-Old Vet Who Flew WW2’s Last Combat Mission
I had the extraordinary pleasure to talk with Captain Jerry Yellin, a 93-year-old World War Two vet who flew the final combat mission in World War Two's Pacific Theatre. Yellin piloted for the 78th Fi...
3 Aug 201747min
What Were Rome’s Persian Borderlands Like?
Being a Roman isn't easy. Running an intercontinental empire across hundreds of languages, customs, and ethnic groups without the benefit of telegraphs or steam power requires constant vigilance or th...
2 Aug 20176min
