Conversations: What it was like to talk to a WWI Veteran, w/ Richard Rubin
Peter speaks with author Richard Rubin about his early 2000s research into the last surviving veterans of World War I - The Last of the Doughboys. SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodc...
4 Apr 202539min
BONUS: War Plan Red - U.S. Invasion of Canada
BONUS During the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s, when the United States projected an image of isolationist disinterest in foreign entanglements, deep within the War Department in Washington, D....
3 Apr 202513min
Beowulf
Beowulf is more than an epic—it is a bridge between history and legend, between paganism and Christianity, and between Old English and modern literature. It serves as a historical record of a lost wor...
3 Apr 202512min
Booth's Other Victim
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre remains one of the most infamous moments in American history. Most people remember John Wilkes Booth as Lincoln's as...
2 Apr 202513min
Champagne and the Treaty of Versailles
When one thinks of World War I or the treaty that finally brought it to an end, one does not automatically go to talking about champagne. Yet, a clause regarding the sparkling wine sipped by the Frenc...
1 Apr 202512min
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was a violent uprising in colonial Virginia that took place from 1676 to 1677. While others have since occurred, Nathaniel Bacon's act of defiance was the first popular uprising in A...
31 Mars 202511min
Grimaldi Curse: Princess Grace
Grimaldi Curce (Limited Series 8): In 1956, the world believed the Grimaldi curse had finally been broken. The marriage of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly, the American actress-turned-pri...
30 Mars 202512min
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was one of the most influential and charismatic political figures in late 19th and early 20th century America. Known for his extraordinary oratory skills, progressive ideals, an...
29 Mars 202512min
