236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig
By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early 1800s, is one...
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236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig
By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early 1800s, is one...
29:30
235 Shakespeare Versus Hedgehogs
William Shakespeare seems to have hated hedgehogs. We don’t quite know why, but it could have...
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Before Valentine’s Day, ancient Romans celebrated a festival of fertility in the shadow of the...
14:20
233 The Golden Fortress with Bill Lascher
During the Dust Bowl city officials in Los Angeles, fueled by anti-communist paranoia and...
37:27
232 Navigating the Asian Maritime World with Eric Tagliacozzo
Eric Tagliacozzo is a professor of history at Cornell University, and his new book In Asian...
42:58
231 The History of Archaeology with Ann R. Williams
Archaeology has changed considerably over the past century. In this episode, we spoke with Ann R....
55:18
230 The Adventures of Mussolini’s Corpse
After his death in 1945, Mussolini’s corpse was autopsied and thrown into a pauper’s grave. But,...
11:47
229 Douglas Wolk on All the Marvels
The Marvel Universe is massive. Marvel comics go back well over half a century, and span...
59:02
In 1907 French waiters went on strike, and won the right to wear facial hair.
17:30
Nearly every English-language movie has a disclaimer in the credits that says something like...
22:29
226 Sara and Jack Gorman on Denying to the Grave
Covid-19 has killed and sickened hundreds of thousands of people, and transformed our economy,...
32:01
The Mexican-American War was not fought for good reasons. The war was one of imperial and...
19:56
224 Carlton F.W. Larson on Treason in the U.S.
Treason is the only crime specifically defined in the U.S. Constitution, and talk of treason has...
39:27
223 Grand Guignol Part Two: Tales of Terror!
It’s not enough to just talk about the history of the Grand Guignol. We also want to bring you a...
21:07
222 Grand Guignol Part One: Theater of Horror!
The Grand Guignol was a small Parisian theater which regularly produced original works of horror....
29:37
221 Sasha Abramsky on Lottie Dod
Sasha Abramsky is a journalist and author whose new book Little Wonder tells the story of Lottie...
27:20
220 Michel Paradis on Last Mission to Tokyo
Today’s show is a conversation with Michel Paradis, attorney and author of Last Mission to Tokyo....
32:11
In 1987 journalist Randy Shilts chronicled the early years of AIDS in North America in his book...
22:55
Slavery in the United States did not end all at once. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation...
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