The Wright Brothers | Fliers or Liars | 2
By 1903, inventors and adventurers in Britain and France were launching their own experimental aircraft skyward. In the U.S., crowds gathered outside Washington, D.C. to see Samuel Langley of the Smit...
8 Jan 202540min
The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1
In the late-1890s, two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, became obsessed with what Wilbur described as “the problem of flight.” With no formal training or funding, they threw themselves i...
1 Jan 202539min
History Daily: Winston Churchill’s Famous “Some Chicken” Speech
December 30, 1941. In a rousing speech to the Canadian Parliament, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrates his success in holding off Nazi Germany in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.Yo...
30 Dec 202417min
Encore: Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | 1
On January 15, 1919 a giant storage tank holding more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed, sending a deadly wave crashing into the streets of Boston’s busy North End. The flood was over in ...
25 Dec 202441min
Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | 5
Chinese laborers did much of the toughest work building the Central Pacific Railroad. That included blasting tunnels through the granite of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to eventually connect to the Uni...
18 Dec 202437min
History Daily: Rugby Union’s “Match of the Century”
December 16, 1905. Rugby Union’s "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and the undefeated New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for al...
16 Dec 202416min
FDR & Churchill: A Friendship For the Ages with History Hit's Dan Snow | 1
Great Britain and the United States have always enjoyed a special bond, and nowhere has that been more evident than in the friendship between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Win...
11 Dec 202438min
Transcontinental Railroad | The Golden Spike | 4
In January 1869, leaders of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in Washington, D.C. to discuss the final stretch of construction. For years, the two railroads had been advancing toward each othe...
4 Dec 202439min
