The Madness of Goya: Secrets of the Black Paintings
In the final years of his life, Francisco de Goya painted the haunting Black Paintings directly onto the walls of his home, creating a series of dark, intimate visions that reflected fear, despair, an...
16 Sep 202510min
Conversations: Suffrage, Free Love, & the First Woman to Run for President, w/ Eden Collinsworth
In this episode of History Shorts, Eden Collinsworth joins us to explore her newest book, The Improbable Victoria Woodhull. We dive into the life of Woodhull, the first woman to run for U.S. president...
15 Sep 202528min
Secret WW2: Salon Kitty
LIMITED SERIES #11: Secret WW2- During World War II, Salon Kitty, a high-class Berlin brothel, was covertly transformed by the Nazis into an espionage hub. Hidden microphones and strategically trained...
14 Sep 20258min
The State of Franklin That Never Was
The State of Franklin was an unrecognized, short-lived territory in the 1780s formed by settlers in what is now eastern Tennessee who sought to create a new state separate from North Carolina. Despite...
13 Sep 202510min
Conversations: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, w/ Moudhy Al Rashid
Join us as Moudhy Al Rashid delves into Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, exploring the cradle of civilization where writing, law, and urban society first emerged. We u...
12 Sep 202531min
The Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was established in 1920 under the Treaty of Versailles as a semi-autonomous city-state to provide Poland access to the sea while appeasing both German and Polish interests. Alt...
11 Sep 202511min
Jefferson and the Barbary Wars
Thomas Jefferson, as President, faced the challenge of the Barbary States—North African pirate nations demanding tribute from American merchant ships—in the early 19th century. Refusing to continue pa...
10 Sep 202512min
The History of Scientology
Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1950, promoting a system he claimed could cure psyc...
9 Sep 202511min
