History of Everything

This podcast takes deep dives into history every week from the history of potatoes to the bloodiest

Episodes

Total: 187

The Rise of Napoleon

2024/4/30

Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered

President Biden worries about high housing costs. So do Republicans in Congress. The consensus refle

Weird War Crimes

2024/4/22

Over the course of history there have been MANY examples of what you would call today "war crimes".

The government of Cuba continues to repress and punish virtually all forms of dissent and public cri

To gay or not to gay, that is the question. The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite unit of the Theba

Ibn Battuta has travelled for many years and seen many things, but the greatest part of his journey

Over the past half decade it seems that the once venerable aviation giant Boeing has fallen into a s

People have been hoping for disarmament and trying to control weapons and armed forces for thousands

It is no longer a prediction. The Hattian government has collapsed. The socioeconomic and political

Out of the desert and into the fire of India and chaos. So goes the journey of Ibn BattutaTravel to

The socioeconomic and political crisis in Haiti has been marked by rising energy prices due to the 2

When one thinks of an early explorer you typically think of Marco Polo or another European by virtue

Over the course of Christian History in Europe there was one conflict that would change the balance

The Union of Kalmar, which combined the three crowns of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under one sovere

Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest military minds who

Feuds that ended in blood...

2024/2/19

The thing about history is that not everyone always gets along in it. I know, that is shocking. Who

When the Democratic Republic of Congo gained independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, it was part

A 109 year old Black woman fights for reparations for her neighborhood that was burned to the ground

In the mid-1800s, London physician John Snow made a startling observation that would change the way

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a po