The Spanish-American War
In April 1898 the United States declared war on Spain. By the end of the war that December, the Spanish had lost their centuries-old colonial empire and the US had emerged as a power in the Pacific.Jo...
18 Nov 202442min
A CIA Man in China: 20 Years Imprisoned
This is the story of America's longest held prisoner of war. John 'Jack' Downey, an American CIA operative, was imprisoned by the Chinese for 21 years during the Cold War.Don speaks to Barry Wirth, au...
14 Nov 202440min
Nazis in America: Fascism in the 1930s
In 1933, The Pittsburgh Courier published an editorial entitled 'Hitler Learns from America'. So how and why was fascism on the rise in the United States from the Great Depression to the Second World ...
11 Nov 202424min
Presidents' Private Lives
With the US election happening, we wanted to take a look back at the presidents from the past what we know about their sex lives.Which president was well-endowed and supposedly presented it to staff i...
7 Nov 202435min
Elections Explained: A History of Rigged Elections
Invisible ink, delayed flights and political meddling - elections are a symbol of democracy, so how can they become the opposite?Don is joined for this episode by Brian Klaas, co-author of 'How to Rig...
4 Nov 202436min
New York Morgue's Dark Secrets
The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were brought to the New York Morgue in the second half of the nineteenth century. This history is full of dark, sad stories and buried secrets....
31 Okt 202454min
Elections Explained: The Man Who's Lost The Most
What causes a person to lose the Presidential election?Henry Clay ran for the Presidency 3 times, and for nomination by his party 5 times, but never made it to the Oval Office as the Commander in Chie...
28 Okt 202444min
The Doolittle Raid: WW2 Bombing of Japan
If somebody asked you to go on a dangerous mission, no other details, would you volunteer?Well, in 1942, that's exactly what 120 crewmen of the US Army Air Force did. In this episode, find out how it ...
24 Okt 202451min
