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#82 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - Tournament of Shadows
January 21, 2025

The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they needand the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game. This is the begi

#81 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - The Ballad of Shah Shuja
January 07, 2025

In early 19th century Afghanistan, two warring dynasties contend for the throne. While the Sadozai brothersgrandsons of the empires founding kingfeud amongst themselves, the Barakzai clan plots its ascendance. Shuja ul-Mulk of the Sadozais and Dost Moh

#80 The Prophet of Jazz
December 13, 2024

"I can say more with music than I ever could with words. -Eric DolphyMusic:- Ceiling Gazing by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle- Nero's Nocturne by Chilly Gonzales- Warm Canto by Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, & Booker Ervin- Easy Opium by Ben von Wildenh

#79 Eternity's Echo
July 08, 2024

What if sound lives forever?Music:Imaginary Landscape No. 4 by John CageTezeta by Mulatu AskatkeElectronium Music Score by Raymond ScottLacrymae by MelodiumKapsburger by ClogsA Lake by Emily A. SpragueTiden Effert Hoffet by I.B. SundstromWhen the Northern

#78 The Blowout
March 17, 2024

The story of one of the worst numerical beatdowns in the history of professional sports.Music:- Reckless by Brocker Way- Green Groves of Erin by Yo Yo Ma - Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Vivaldi- Classic Battle by Sam Spence- Denmark by Portland Cello Proje

[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died
July 20, 2023

(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium)Chicago, 1979. Disco was on top of the world. And some people didn't like thatWhen a failing baseball team and a peg-legged promoter hosted an anti-d

Historium Presents: The Wind
May 11, 2023

An episode from a show I love called The Wind. "Western Films as Americas origin story, and why they sound the way they do."For more episodes: https://thewind.org/For our bonus episode with Fil: patreon.com/historiumSupport the Show.

#77 ATOMIC DAWN - The Red Menace: The Cold War and the Trial of Robert Oppenheimer
March 27, 2023

Neils Bohr returns with a new plan for world peace, Oppenheimers enemies close in from all sides as the Cold War warms up, and shadowy figures from the world of high finance work to expand the American nuclear weapons program.Original music for this seri

#76 ATOMIC DAWN - Heavy Water: The Norwegian Commando Mission to Sabotage the Nazi Nuclear Program
March 20, 2023

Norwegian commandos execute a daring sabotage mission to cripple the Nazi nuclear program. The fall of Werner Heisenberg. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/Additional music by Hildur Gunadttir, Max Richter, Will

#75 ATOMIC DAWN - A Prime Suspect: Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the Investigation of a Soviet Atomic Spy Ring
March 13, 2023

Robert Oppenheimer leads the Manhattan Project at a secret research facility in Los Alamos. Meanwhile, counterintelligence seeks to unearth a secret communist spy ring within the very heart of the nuclear weapons program. A cold war starts before a world