1992 Los Angeles Riots: The LAPD Pullback From Florence and Normandy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On April 29, 1992, as the city erupted, the Los Angeles police command post had no cell phones, ...
1 Nov 24min
Bay of Pigs 1961: Coral Reefs Read as Seaweed and the Groupthink Behind It
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement toppled Fulgencio Batista at the end of 1958, the new...
1 Nov 22min
Black Tom Explosion 1916: German Cigar Bombs and Liberty's Sealed Torch
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Statue of Liberty's torch has been closed to the public since 1916, and the reason is shrapn...
1 Nov 21min
Operation Eagle Claw: The Desert One Collision and the Road to SOCOM
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By April 1980, 52 Americans had been held hostage in Tehran since November 1979, and the CIA war...
1 Nov 21min
Jacob Leisler: New York's Rebel for William and Mary Hanged for Treason
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1689 New York was a muddy, poorly defended outpost divided by wealth and religious fear. Jaco...
1 Nov 19min
Challenger 1986: Frozen O-Rings, Thiokol's Management Hat and 73 Seconds
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On January 28, 1986, schoolchildren across the country watched as the space shuttle Challenger, ...
1 Nov 21min
Gettysburg Campaign: Jeb Stuart's Wagon Detour Leaves Lee Fighting Blind
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Fresh from victory at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee pushed for a second invasion of the North ...
1 Nov 23min
Iraq War 2003 to 2011: Rumsfeld's How Start Note, the Surge and Iran's Gain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On November 21, 2001, weeks after the September 11 attacks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld re...
1 Nov 21min
