World Conquerors: Attila the Hun Pt. 1
Before he became the most powerful ruler in the world in 434 CE, Atilla the Hun was a nomadic warrior terrorizing the Eastern Roman Empire. But to take the crown and gain control, Atilla would need to...
8 Mars 202248min
World Conquerors: Alexander the Great Pt. 2
Alexander turns his sights on defeating the Persian navy, laying siege to an island city before pursuing Persia’s King of Kings across the Achaemenid Empire. His military victories are stunning, but h...
1 Mars 202250min
World Conquerors: Alexander the Great Pt. 1
Before he was Alexander the Great, conqueror of empires, he was Alexander III — son of Philip, student of Aristotle, and precocious prince who would become a king when he was barely past his teenage y...
22 Feb 202251min
Robber Barons: Henry Ford
As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Henry Ford emerges to revolutionize American manufacturing and ignite a new class of consumers. He works overtime to burnish his image as a populist hero — an image...
15 Feb 202251min
California’s Deadliest Wildfire
The fourth and final Conspiracy Theories crossover. In November 2018, equipment from the largest utility provider in America sparked a fire that killed 86 people and destroyed thousands of homes. The ...
10 Feb 202248min
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
In March 2011, the worst nuclear meltdown since Chernobyl took place in northern Japan. The incident was triggered by a natural disaster, but it was decisions made by the facility’s operators that led...
9 Feb 202247min
The Flint Water Crisis
An emergency plan to cut costs in Flint, Michigan, resulted in a contaminated water supply for the city’s residents. The water looked, tasted, and smelled foul – because it was tainted with toxic chem...
8 Feb 202241min
New York’s Toxic Love Canal
The Love Canal was supposed to be a suburban idyll. Instead, it became a dumping ground for one company’s chemical waste. After the land changed hands in the 1950s, a school and 900 homes were built a...
7 Feb 202239min
