Al-Khwarizmi: The Baghdad Scholar Behind Algebra and Algorithms
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The word algorithm sounds like modern tech jargon, but it is actually a centuries-old Latin rend...
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Winslow Homer: Lithography Apprentice to the Hermit of Prouts Neck
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Winslow Homer was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1836. His mother Henrietta, an amateur wa...
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Winfield Scott: Wilkinson's Swamp, a Dueling Scar and Mexico City
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Winfield Scott, born in Virginia in 1786 and standing six foot five, studied law and watched Gen...
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Zouave Uniforms: Algerian Origins, Papal Volunteers and the Zig-Zag Man
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Zouaves began in French-occupied Algeria in 1830, named for the Zwawa, Berbers of the Djurdj...
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James Longstreet: Liberty Place, the Sunrise Order and a Smeared Legacy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee's old war horse, was born in South Carolina in 1821 and raised o...
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Cold Harbor 1864: Names Pinned to Coats and a Truce That Came Too Late
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Cold Harbor was not a port but a rural Virginia crossroads about 10 miles northeast of Richmond,...
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Seven Days Battles 1862: Lee's Gamble, Glendale and Malvern Hill's Guns
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In late June 1862 the Union Army of the Potomac was close enough to Richmond to hear its church ...
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McClellan's Peninsula Campaign: Magruder's Marching Loop and Pinkerton
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George B. McClellan rebuilt the Army of the Potomac after First Bull Run, ringing Washington wit...
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