Zachary Taylor, America's Only Homeless President
Zachary Taylor might be America's most forgotten president. Most Americans don't know anything about him. There have been no major biographies on Taylor in decades. He doesn't even have a historic hom...
11 Okt 20221h 12min
The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland’s political career—a dizzying journey that saw him rise from obscure lawyer to president of the United States in just three years—was marked by contradictions. A politician of unchara...
19 Sep 20221h 16min
History of the Papacy | Freemasonry, The Catholic Church and the Modern World
This episode is a preview of History of the Papacy by Stephen Guerra, a podcast in the Parthenon Podcast network. Today we begin a two part conversation on the history of Freemasonry during the 19th c...
17 Sep 202219min
Why the Cold War Was America’s Longest and Weirdest War
The Cold War was America's longest and most bizarre war. It was full of unlikely heroes and villains--people like Vasily Arkhipov who, although is little remembered today, literally saved the world fr...
31 Aug 20221h 33min
Mankind's Greatest Adventure with Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise
What is it like to travel to the moon? Only 24 human beings in all of history have known the answer to that question. One of those individuals is astronaut Fred Haise. Haise was a test pilot and astro...
20 Juli 20221h 30min
If You Could Witness Any Five Events In History, What Would You Chose? With Steph Guerra
It's every history nerd's fantasy: going back in time and personally witnessing a historical event. In this episode, our host Richard Lim and Stephen Guerra (History of the Papacy and Beyond the Big S...
8 Juli 20221h 5min
What Event Would You Eliminate From History? (And You Can't Choose 9/11) | Parthenon Roundup
In the Marvel series Loki, the all-powerful Time Variance Authority preserves the sacred timeline by "pruning" undesirable events from the timeline. In this roundup episode, the hosts of Parthenon Pod...
1 Juli 20221h 1min
Nixon Refuses to Resign and Other Undelivered Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
Great speeches can change the course of history. Not every speech, however, ends up getting delivered. Many, by twist of fate or some last-minute decision, end up being lost to history, such as Hillar...
24 Juni 202250min
