A Short Walk through Our Long History
By Clayton Mills
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Episodes: 137
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I think that if you want to understand the world we live in today, it helps to understand the important events of history. In this series, we are going to look at major events, people, documents, places, books, and ideas that have shaped history, and thus shaped our modern world.
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136 - The Vietnam War - Part 2
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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135 - The Vietnam War - Part 1
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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134 - JFK
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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133 - The Birth of Rock n' Roll, Part 2
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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132 - The Birth of Rock 'n Roll
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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131 - The Cold War, Part 2
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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130 - Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian Revolution
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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129 - The Chinese Communist Revolution and the Korean War
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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128 - The Cold War and the Berlin Wall
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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127 - The Holocaust and the Rebirth of the Nation of Israel
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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126 - The World after the World War
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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125 - The War in the Pacific, and the Atomic Bomb
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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124 - VE Day
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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123 - D-Day
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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122 - The Air War over Europe
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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121 - The Battle of Stalingrad
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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120 - The Battle of Midway
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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119 - The World at War
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May 30, 2025 |
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118 - Tora, Tora, Tora!
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May 20, 2025 |
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117 - Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa
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May 06, 2025 |
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116 - Winston Churchill and the Battle of Britain
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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115 - Blitzkrieg! The Germans Invade France
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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114 - Blitzkrieg! The Germans Invade Poland
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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113 - Adolf Hitler and the Rise of Nazism
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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112 - The Great Depression and FDR
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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111 - Prohibition, the Bull Market, and Black Thursday
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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110 - The Roaring 20's
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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109 - The End of World War I
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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108 - America Enters the War
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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107 - The Soviet Revolution (Part 2 of the Russian Revolution)
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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106 - The Russian Revolution Part 1
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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105 - Big Battles of World War I
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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104 - Stalemate in the Trenches
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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103 - World War I Begins
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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102 - The Alliances and the Assassination (and Airplanes)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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101 - Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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100 - The History of the World so Far
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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99 - The World in 1899
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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98 - Science, Technology, and the Birth of Modernism
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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97 - The Spanish - American War
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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90 - Sherman's March to the Sea
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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96 - Capitalism and the Robber Barons
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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95 - World-Wide Imperialism
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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94 - The British Empire in the Late 1800's
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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93 - Reconstruction
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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92 - The Assassination of President Lincoln
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May 28, 2024 |
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91 - Grant vs. Lee and the Surrender at Appomattox
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May 20, 2024 |
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89 - The Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
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May 14, 2024 |
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88 - The Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
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May 09, 2024 |
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87 - Ulysses S Grant and the Battle of Shiloh
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May 09, 2024 |
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83 - The House Begins to Divide
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May 09, 2024 |
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86 - Stonewall Jackson and the First Battle of Bull Run
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May 03, 2024 |
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85 - Fort Sumter - The American Civil War Begins
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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84 - Lincoln and the Secession of the South
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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82 - The Revolutions of 1848
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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81 - The Oregon Trail, the Mormons, and the California Gold Rush
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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80 - The Mexican American War
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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79 - Manifest Destiny and the Wild West
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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78 - Queen Victoria and the British Empire
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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77 - The Republic of Texas!
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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76 - Andrew Jackson and the Indians
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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75 - The Congress of Vienna
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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72 - Simón Bolívar and South American Independence
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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73 - The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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72 - The War 1812
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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71 - The Industrial Revolution
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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70 - Benjamin Franklin
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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69 - Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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68 - John Adams
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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67 - Napoleon
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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66- The Reign of Terror and the Rise of Napoleon - The French Revolution, part 2
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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65 - Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité - The French Revolution, part 1
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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64 - We the People
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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63 - George Washington and the Revolutionary War
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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62 - When in the Course of Human Events
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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61 - The Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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60 - Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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59 - The Boston Tea Party
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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58 - The French and Indian War
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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57 - The American Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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56 - The 13 Original Colonies
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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55 - The English Civil War, the Restoration, and a Bit about the 30 Years' War
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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54 - The Enlightenment
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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53 - The Puritans, The Mayflower, and Plymouth Colony
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May 12, 2023 |
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52 - The First English Colonies in the New World
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May 02, 2023 |
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Episode 51 - Middle Ages Retrospective
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 50 - William Shakespeare
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Episode 49 - Elizabethan England
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 48 - The Counter-Reformation
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 47 - The Reformation Spreads across Northern Europe
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 46 - The History of Hell
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 45 - Martin Luther and the Reformation
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 44 - The Inquisition
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Episode 43 - The Northern Renaissance and the First Reformers
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 42 - The Portuguese and Spanish Colonies in the New World
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 41- The Golden Age of Exploration
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Episode 40 - The Hundred Years' War
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 39 - Gutenberg and the Printing Press
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Episode 38 - The High Renaissance
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 37 - The Renaissance Begins
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Episode 36 - The Beginning of the Age of Exploration
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 35 - The Far East and the Mongols
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 34 - Medieval Literature
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 33 - The Crusades - Part II
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Episode 32 - The Crusades - Part I
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 31 - Feudalism
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 30 - The Vikings!
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Episode 29 - Charles Martel and Charlemagne
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Episode 28 - The Rise of Islam
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Episode 27 - What Has Been Going on in the Rest of the World while We Were Talking about Rome for 12 Episodes
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 26 - Rome Falls, and the Dark Ages Begin
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May 17, 2022 |
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Episode 25 - Constantine, the Church, and the Creeds
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May 05, 2022 |
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Episode 24 - The Height of the Roman Empire
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Episode 23 - The Early Church and the Bible
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Episode 22 - The Life of Jesus the Messiah
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 21 - The Fullness of Time
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 20 - Caesar Augustus and the Rise of the Empire
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 19 - Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Episode 18 - The Decline of the Roman Republic
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 17 - The Punic Wars
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 15 - The Early Roman Republic
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Episode 14 - The Founding of Rome
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 13 - The Buddha
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Episode 12 - Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and the Spread of Greek Culture
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Episode 11 - Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 10 - The Peloponnesian Wars
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Episode 9 - Athenian Democracy and the Golden Age of Greece
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 8.1 - Ancient Greek Military Strategy
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 8 - The Persian Wars
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 7 - The Kingdom of Israel
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Episode 6 - The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Trojan War
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Episode 5.1 - The Development of Written Language and Literacy
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 5 - Early Greece and the first City-states
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Episode 4 - The Gods of Egypt and the Law of Moses
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 3 - The Biblical Creation Narrative
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 2 - The Creation Narratives
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 1 - Understanding the Present by Understanding the Past
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Aug 21, 2021 |