Historium

#78 The Blowout

March 18, 2024 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

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 Project - Independant by Brocker Way - Tilting at Windmills by Brocker Way - Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner - Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - 2 by AAEPSO - Climax Rag by James Scott - Chariots of Fire by Vangelis...

[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died

July 20, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

(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 that… When a failing baseball team and a peg-legged promoter hosted an anti-disco radio DJ armed with a quarter stick of dynamite… things quickly got out of hand. Welcome to Disco Demolition Night. Support the show

Historium Presents: The Wind

May 11, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

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

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

March 27, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

Neils Bohr returns with a new plan for world peace, Oppenheimer’s 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 series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Alarm Will Sound, Marisa Anderson, Kali Malone, Zoe Keating, Julie Kent, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Brocker Way, William Basinski, Nine Inch Nails, Mulatu Astatke, Richard D. J...

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

March 20, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MB

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 Guðnadóttir, Max Richter, William Basinski, Moondog, Sølvguttene, Jed Kurzel, Hala Strana, Anne Hytta, Nine Inch Nails, and Nico. For bonus episodes and a special series patch: www.patreon.com/historium Support the show

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

March 13, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

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 war ends. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Ludovico Einauldi, Luke Howard, Alarm Will Sound, Ben Sollee, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and Lulu Belle & Scotty. For more episodes...

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

March 06, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MB

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/ Additional music by Kali Malone, Benoît Pioulard, Zoe Keating, Nine Inch Nails, Choral Arts Northwest, and The Louvin Brothers. For the rest of the series and a limited edition Historium patch made specifically for this episode: patreon.com/his...

#73 Once in a Lifetime

November 24, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

The story of Halley’s Comet—the 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 more bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Hello! by David Wingo & Explosions in the Sky Time’s Blur by Lord Huron Opening (arr. for marimba) by Philip Glass & Nathaniel Bartlett Katrina Outtake by Matthew Robert Cooper Ceiling...

#72: The Trial of Sunshine Charlie

October 24, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

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 and forced him to go toe-to-toe with one of most doggedly committed prosecutors of the era: Ferdinand Pecora. It’s a story that’s more timely now than ever. For more episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Hindustan by Bob Crosby & The Bob C...

#71 Operation Eureka

July 25, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

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/historium Music: Nightbook by Ludovico Einauldi Vanguard by Bear McCreary History is Listening by Dario Marianelli & Vikingur Olafsson Increase by David Lang Prelude by Dario Marianelli & Vikingur Olafsson The War Rooms by Dario Marianelli & Vikingu...

#70 Mendacium Ex Machina

April 18, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MB

In the late 1700s, a chess-playing automaton marched across Europe, achieving checkmates against novices and masters alike–all while hiding an incredible secret… Music: - Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings by Siefried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orchestra - Clockwork Toccata, Op. 68 by Fulvio Caldini & the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet - Concerto no. 5 en la mineur by Bach - Mr. Moustafa by Alexandre Desplat - Denmark by Gideon Fruedmann & the Portland Cello Project - Night Train to N...

#7 The Christmas Truce (Shiny & Chrome Edition)

December 24, 2021 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

This episode was always a feel-good fan favorite, so I decided to pluck it from the archives, rewrite it, re-record it, and remix it now that I'm a better writer with better equipment. Merry Christmas! 'During the first Christmas of the First World War, troops from opposing armies defied orders and participated in a series of impromptu ceasefires in the no man’s land between the trenches.' Music: Keetley by OK Ikumi Beyond the Milk Wood by Federico Albanese We Move Lightly by Dustin O’H...

#69 The Great Race of Mercy

December 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MB

In 1925, dog sled teams faced extreme subzero temperatures, whiteout conditions, and hurricane-force winds to deliver medicine to sick children in the remote mining town of Nome, Alaska. This feat of interspecies heroism would become one of the most harrowing rescue attempts in American history. Music: Etude by Joep Beving Prelude for Piano and Malaria by Worrytrain Born Unto Trouble by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson Suicide by Marc Streitenfeld The Diary by Dexter Britain Writing the Lette...

#68 The Fifth Beatle

August 24, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

In early 1964, on the eve of The Beatles’ first international tour, Ringo Starr fell ill. To avoid cancelling the shows at the height of Beatlemania, they hired Jimmie Nicol as a temporary replacement. The stand-in drummer serves as a case study in what happens to a human psyche when propelled from relative obscurity to worldwide fame (and back again…) all in the span of a few months. For relevant photos and access to more episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: It Was a Town by Brocker W...

#67 The Andean Gambit

June 21, 2021 10:00 - 2 hours - 91.1 MB

After Columbus opened Pandora’s Box by crossing the Atlantic, conquistadors ventured into the New World for god, glory, and gold; rarely in that order. One of these conquistadors, Francisco Pizarro, could not ignore the rumors of an empire of golden cities in the cloud peaks of the Andes, which sent him on a collision course with Atualpa, the god emperor of the Inca Empire. Facebook: @HistoriumPodcast Twitter: @HistoriumPod Instagram: @historiumpodcast For more episodes: patreon.com/hist...

#66 Microstorium

December 23, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

As the final episode of this wild year called 2020, here's fifteen quick mini-stories from throughout history! Support the show

[BONUS] Book Review of ‘1491’ by Charles C. Mann

November 26, 2020 02:14 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Lots of myth busting of misconceptions about indigenous people coupled with new research that shines a light of what the New World and its inhabitants were actually like.Support the show www.patreon.com/historium

[UNLOCKED] Book Review of ‘1491’ by Charles C. Mann

November 26, 2020 02:14 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium) Lots of myth busting of misconceptions about indigenous people coupled with new research that shines a light of what the New World and its inhabitants were actually like. Support the show

#65 Firebombing of Tokyo

October 28, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MB

How do we Americans remember the deadliest night in human history? The answer is simple. We don't. Support the show

#64 Marathon of Madness

September 23, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MB

This is the story of the strangest race ever run. Support the show

#63 The Dividing Line

July 16, 2020 18:36 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

In 1919, rage from injustices erupted into violent race riots which spread throughout Chicago. All the while, Spanish Flu spread like wildfire in this unfortunately relevant story about the Chicago Race Riots. Support the show

#62 Side By Side

June 18, 2020 00:39 - 1 hour - 52.8 MB

The story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese Twins, who worked in freak shows, owned a plantation, and experienced so much of 19th century, all while literally inseparable. Support the show

#61 Dirtbag Gold Rush

May 07, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

In Yosemite Valley, one of the most beautiful places on Earth, a rag-tag group of rock climbers in the 1970s stumble upon the score of a lifetime. Support the show

#60 Plague of Corrupted Blood

April 07, 2020 19:25 - 13 minutes - 9.25 MB

The story of the Corrupted Blood plague that hit the realm of World of Warcraft and what outbreaks in video games can teach us about real-world epidemiology. Support the show

#59 The Siege of Seeds

March 23, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

In the midst of the siege of Leningrad, a small enclave of Soviet scientists did what they could to protect a massive collection of seeds in order to save countless future human lives. Support the show

#58 The Battle of Los Angeles

January 23, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.74 MB

In Los Angeles, California, the fresh recruits, with their new crew cuts and wrinkled uniforms, would get their first taste of combat on February 24th, 1942... Support the show

#57 A White Christmas in Saigon

December 24, 2019 00:24 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Saigon, Vietnam. April 1975. Support the show

#56 Savior of Mothers

December 16, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

Childbed fever was killing new mothers with a vengeance. In Hungary, young doctor Ignaz Semmelweis found a cure. However, there was one problem... No one believed him. Support the show

#55 Death Row Baseball

November 21, 2019 20:47 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Baseball has long been dubbed America’s pastime, but would that change if players had to literally play for their lives? Support the show

#54 The Second Son of God

October 24, 2019 13:47 - 2 hours - 106 MB

In the 1850s, a Christian cult rattles imperial China to its core... Support the show

#53 Interview with Egyptologist Colleen Darnell

July 09, 2019 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Mummies, hieroglyphs, pyramids, vintage fashion; Egyptologist and vintage fashion historian Colleen Darnell digs through it all. https://www.instagram.com/vintage_egyptologist Support the show

#52 [MiniStorium] Bad Luck

June 20, 2019 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

History is full of moments of misfortune, irony, or just plain ol’ bad luck. This episode contains eight mini-stories about the times where things went from bad to worse. Support the show

#51 The Ghosts of Notre Dame

May 24, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

This episode is devoted to the 800 year old Notre Dame cathedral and it's incredibly storied past. Support the show

#50 Interview with Dirk Langeveld, author of The Artful Dodger

April 16, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 9.68 MB

The story of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has everything I'm looking for when looking for topics: A wild ride full of twists, turns, and downright unbelievable moments. Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Artful-Dodger-20-Year-Cleveland-Bergdoll/dp/1973925893 Support the show

#49 Dead Reckoning

April 01, 2019 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue... Support the show

#48 The Pinball Wizard

March 19, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

In the 1970s, a hero arose to defend the fact that pinball was a game of skill, not a game of chance. Support the show

#47 Wreck of the Batavia

February 19, 2019 07:04 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

The ill-fated voyage encountered mutiny, torture, murder, and a mad tyrant as things went from bad to worse... Support the show

#46 Interview with Peter Stark, author of Young Washington

January 17, 2019 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

This episode is an interview with Peter Stark, author of Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father. Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Young-Washington-Peter-Stark-audiobook/dp/B07C2YT1QM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23T4RGZSY5SF6&keywords=peter+stark+young+washington&qid=1707930381&s=books&sprefix=peter+stark+young+washington%2Cstripbooks%2C88&sr=1-1 Support the show

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