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
The Great American Progressives (Roosevelt, Wilson, and Addams) and the Dawn of World War I
In the first two decades of the 20th century, America stood poised to dominate the world economically and geopolitically--a fact underscore by the key role the United States played in World War I. Dur...
17 Juni 202256min
Queen Elizabeth II and Monarchy in the Modern World
In the aftermath of the Queen's spectacular Platinum Jubilee, some might be asking some questions, such as why the United Kingdom still has a monarchy in the 21st century or what will history say abou...
8 Juni 20221h 5min
History Unplugged | War Isn’t the Natural State of Human Affairs: It Shouldn’t Happen, and Most of the Time It Doesn't
This episode is a preview of History Unplugged hosted by Scott Rank, a podcast in the Parthenon Podcast network.War is assumed to be one of the chief features of human history. Plenty of ancient and m...
6 Juni 202220min
George H. W. Bush's Inaugural Address | January 20, 1989
In his first and only Inaugural Address, President George H. W. Bush stressed the importance of strengthening America through community involvement, a balanced budget, and bipartisanship.JOIN PREMIUML...
23 Maj 202223min
