Rudolf Hess' Last Flight
On the evening of May 10, 1941, a solitary aircraft soared across the North Sea, its engine roaring as it made its way toward the British Isles. The pilot, dressed in a Luftwaffe uniform, was Rudolf H...
5 Maj 202512min
Escaping Slavery in a Box
Henry "Box" Brown, an enslaved man in Richmond, Virginia, often prayed to God about escaping. Finally, according to his own narrative written much later, instructions came from up above to "go and get...
4 Maj 202510min
Rise and Fall of William Franklin
It was Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son, twenty-one-year-old William, who had helped with the famous kite experiment. The two were close, and the elder Franklin even used his influence to have Wil...
3 Maj 202510min
TODAY IN CONTEXT: Federal Government vs. Higher Education
Today In Context: The relationship between American colleges and the federal government has often been fraught with tension. While contemporary clashes between universities and the Trump-aligned Repub...
2 Maj 202512min
Conversations: What is actually taught in our history classrooms, w/ Brendan Gillis
Peter speaks with the Director of Teaching and Learning at the American Historical Association about the organization's newest and largest-ever survey of history education in American secondary school...
2 Maj 202518min
The Lincoln Curse
Sometime in 1901, a reporter asked Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, if he was planning to attend a particular presidential reception. He looked at the men and replied, "No, I'm not going an...
1 Maj 202511min
Partition of India
The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the most defining and devastating moments in modern history. It was a story of a nation torn apart at birth, a story of hope shattered by hatred, and a story ...
30 Apr 202510min
Banana Republics
At the dawn of the 20th century, as the United States emerged from its own internal struggles and territorial expansions, it began to cast a long shadow over Latin America — a region that became both ...
29 Apr 202512min
