Dr. Hawa Abdi: A Sanctuary in Hell
In the middle of Somalia’s civil war, when the world was falling apart, Dr. Hawa Abdi started building. On her family’s land outside Mogadishu, she created a hospital, a school, a legal aid clinic, an...
10 Syys 20251h 12min
Potemkin: This Ship Runs on Rage, Not Borscht
In 1905, a Russian battleship crew said “enough.” Starving, abused, and fed up with maggot-ridden meat and brutal officers, the sailors aboard the Potemkin launched one of the most famous mutinies in ...
27 Elo 202546min
Buried Alive: The 33 Who Refused to Die
August 2010. Deep beneath the Atacama Desert, thirty-three Chilean miners are buried alive under thousands of tons of rock—half a mile underground. With only two days of food, no light, and no way out...
20 Elo 202558min
Nikephoros Phokas: Pale Death of the Saracens
In today's episode Ben and Pat are joined by Robin Pierson, host of The History of Byzantium to discuss Nikephoros Phokas was a man who didn’t look like he belonged on a battlefield—balding, pale, wit...
13 Elo 20251h 24min
Bare-Handed Beastmaster: The Wild Life of Carl Akeley
Carl Akeley was an artist, scientist, inventor, conservationist, and the godfather of modern taxidermy—but don’t let the job title fool you. This dude once fist-fought a full-grown leopard with one ha...
6 Elo 20251h 13min
Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant
In today's episode Mike Primavera talk about legendary boxer Jack Johnson. In the early 1900s, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world—then spent the next decade ...
29 Heinä 20251h 7min
Rome Vs The Etruscans Part II: Ride or Die
In this episode Ben and Pat continue the story of Rome versus the Etruscans.... The siege is over—but the danger is just getting started. With Rome teetering between freedom and destruction, a group ...
23 Heinä 202536min
Rome VS The Etruscans Part 1: Before the Republic, There Was Blood
Rome is cornered. The monarchy has fallen, the Republic is barely standing, and an Etruscan warlord is marching toward the gates with an army at his back and a puppet king in his pocket. The Romans ar...
16 Heinä 20251h 11min
