Toussaint Louverture: The Pragmatist Who Led the Haitian Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before he led the most successful slave rebellion in history, Toussaint Louverture spent nearly ...
2 Okt 20min
Sir Edmund Hillary: The Beekeeper Who Climbed Everest and Gave Back
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Edmund Hillary was a shy teenager with a 100-minute commute to school who dropped out of univers...
2 Okt 21min
Charles Lindbergh: The Spirit of St. Louis, Fame, Controversy, and Secrets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Lindbergh was once the most famous person on Earth, and he used that fame as cover for t...
2 Okt 19min
Suleiman the Magnificent: Conquest, Law, Hurrem, and the Ottoman Golden Age
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Suleiman the Magnificent died during the siege of Szigetvar in 1566, his inner circle hid h...
2 Okt 24min
Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Tuskegee and the White House Dinner
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Booker T. Washington got into the Hampton Institute by sweeping a room three times and dusting i...
2 Okt 25min
Attila the Hun: The Scourge of God, His Strategy, and His Mysterious Death
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Two empires saw Attila as a punishment sent by God, yet his name probably meant "Little Father."...
2 Okt 24min
Andrew Carnegie: Steel Monopolist, Homestead, and the Gospel of Wealth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1901 a bank in Hoboken built a special vault just to hold Andrew Carnegie's gold bonds from t...
2 Okt 23min
Thomas Edison: Menlo Park, the War of the Currents, and the Real Man
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Thomas Edison died in 1931, lights across the United States were dimmed in his honor. This ...
2 Okt 16min
