Death Below the Waves: The Curse of UB-65
During World War I, the German submarine UB-65 gained a chilling reputation among sailors as a vessel cursed by death. After a series of mysterious accidents, explosions, and crew fatalities, witnesse...
23 Okt 202511min
The Phantom Continent that Fooled the World
For centuries, European cartographers filled the blank southern hemisphere with the imagined continent of Terra Australis Incognita, a vast land they believed balanced the Earth. Explorers from Magell...
22 Okt 202510min
Hollywood's Hays Code
The Hollywood Hays Code, enforced from the 1930s to the late 1960s, imposed strict moral guidelines on American films, banning depictions of crime, sexuality, and "immorality." Created to preserve pub...
21 Okt 202514min
Conversations: Reevaluating Robert McNamara, w/ Philip and William Taubman
Peter is joined by Philip Taubman and William Taubman, two esteemed brothers whose combined expertise in journalism, history, and biography has produced some of the most insightful works on Cold War-e...
20 Okt 202528min
YOU DECIDE: The Crusades - Holy War or Colonial Agression?
YOU DECIDE SERIES: The Crusades, nearly two centuries of intermittent military campaigns, are among the most famous and contested events of medieval history. However, they raise a fundamental question...
19 Okt 202515min
Galen: The Doctor of the Roman Empire
Galen of Pergamon, a Roman physician born in 129 CE, revolutionized medicine by combining rigorous empirical observation with classical Greek medical theory, particularly the humoral system. He gained...
18 Okt 202511min
Conversations: How Ancient India Transformed the World, w/ William Dalrymple
Peter is joined by New York Times Bestselling author, William Dalrymple to discuss his latest book, The Golden Road. We discuss India's often forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. DON'T ...
17 Okt 202524min
Lincoln's Lost Speech
Abraham Lincoln's "Lost Speech," delivered at the Illinois Republican Convention in Bloomington on May 29, 1856, was a fiery and passionate address against the expansion of slavery and in support of t...
16 Okt 202510min
