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#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 a

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 showwww.patreon

#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

#74 ATOMIC DAWN - Complementarity and Uncertainty: Neils Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and the Nazi Atomic Bomb
March 06, 2023

On the eve of the Second World War, physicists learn of the possibility of splitting the atom. Two rival nuclear programs emerge and the race to the atomic bomb begins...Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/Addition

#73 Once in a Lifetime
November 24, 2022

The story of Halleys Cometthe only reoccurring comet visible to the naked eye that shows up every 75 years or so. Throughout history its appearance has marked profound change, from the conquest of the British Isles to the fall of the Qing Dynasty.For mo

#72: The Trial of Sunshine Charlie
October 24, 2022

Summer 1929 was the pinnacle of a new era of banking, and Charles E. Mitchell emblematized the live-fast-die-young ethos of roaring twenties stock salesmen. As the Great Crash led into the Great Depression, Charlie’s ambition brought about his downfall an

#71 Operation Eureka
July 25, 2022

Tehran 1943.Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet together for the first time with hopes of overcoming their ideological differences in order to win the Second World War.For bonus episodes: patreon.com/historiumMusic:Night