Latest Worldhistory Podcast Episodes
Episode 140: The Prussian Empire. With James J. Sheehan
Well That Aged Well - August 10, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week we take a look at The Prussian Empire. From what Germany was like before The Unification to the rise of Bismarck, The Franco Prussian War, and all the way up to The First World War, and the creation of the Weimar Republic. All this, and more this week on "Well That Aged Well", with "Er...
Episode 128: The Mexican Dirty War Part II-Spectres of Revolution
Reflecting History - August 07, 2023 09:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsHow does the broader context of history affect our personal lives on a daily basis? How does historical memory and narrative storytelling change the way we view the past and the present? This episode asks these questions in the context of the Mexican Dirty War by analyzing the conflict through t...
Episode 139: Marc Morris Returns: The Norman Conquest.
Well That Aged Well - August 03, 2023 10:31 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTHIS WEEK! We have Dr. Marc Morris back once again on the podcast, to talk about The Norman Conquest. From Edward The Confessor, And what lead up to Williams invation of England, to the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and the Battle of Hastings. And what changed in the Anglo Saxon world after Willaim...
The Story of Alexander Hamilton (a special episode for Emerson Kumakura)
Real Cool History for Kids - July 31, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #107: The Story of Alexander Hamilton (a special episode for Emerson Kumakura) This episode is sponsored by the America's Story series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the July 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic? Use t...
Episode 138: The Conquistadors. With Matthew Restall
Well That Aged Well - July 27, 2023 17:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week. We talk about the Spanish Conquest of South America. From the "Discovery", of the new world to the entry of Cortez and his conquest of the Aztec Empire to Pizarros conquest of the Inca. All this, and more this week on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart"- Find Professor Rest...
Episode 137: Klaeopatra with Jane Draycott
Well That Aged Well - July 20, 2023 13:31 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this weeks episode we take a look at the Egyptian Queen Klaeopatra. From the rise of The Ptollemyies to the birth of Klaeopatra, and her upbringing. To her meeting with Caesar and Anthony. All this and more this week on "Well That Aged Well". You can find Dr. Draynscott here: Personal home...
Spies of the American Revolution (A special episode for Liberty Clark)
Real Cool History for Kids - July 17, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #106: Spies of the American Revolution (A special episode for Liberty Clark) This episode is sponsored by the America's Story series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the July 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic? Use the...
Episode 127: The Mexican Dirty War Part I-The Politics of Memory
Reflecting History - July 17, 2023 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsThe Mexican Dirty War was fought from the 1960's into the 1980's between the Mexican government and geurrilla insurgents. Geurrilla warfare and government counter-insurgency would be a reality of life in many parts of Mexico for years-thousands would lose their lives, families and communities wo...
Episode 136: The Second World War. With Gerhard Weinberg
Well That Aged Well - July 13, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week we take a look at The Second World War. From the Japanese Attack on Machuria in 1931, to Hitlers attack on Poland in 1939, And the beginning of the war to the retreat at Dunkirk. The North African Offensive, and much, much more. This week on "Well That Aged Well", With "Erlend Hedegart...
Episode 135: The Daughter Of The Red Tsar. With Rosemary Sullivan
Well That Aged Well - July 06, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this weeks episode we take a look at "Svetlana Stalin", known as "The Daughter Of The Red Tsar". We talk about what it was like to grow up in the Kremlin, and have Stalin as a father. How and why she defected to the United States, and her legacy. All this and more. This week on "Well That Age...
Stopping Hitler's Atomic Dreams (A special episode for Savannah, Katie, Owen, Gabriel, Rachelle, and Rick)
Real Cool History for Kids - July 03, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #105: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Dreams (a special episode for Savannah, Katie, Owen, Gabriel, Rachelle, and Rick) This episode is sponsored by the Math Lessons for a Living Education series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the July 202...
Episode 134: A History Of Seduction. With Clement Knox
Well That Aged Well - June 28, 2023 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSeduction has always been around. And this week we take a look at the history Of Seduction with the Author of "Strange Antics: A History Of Seduction", where we discuss seduction history from the 17th Century until today. We take a look at seduction in the literature narrative, to the Italian p...
Episode 126: Reconstructing Emotion in History
Reflecting History - June 26, 2023 09:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratings"History is a dialogue between the past and the present." So how do we know anything about history? To what extent is our knowledge of history merely modern day historians projecting their own thoughts and interpretations on the past? How do we know that ancient peoples felt the same emotions we...
Episode 133: Adrian Goldsworthy Returns: Julius Caesar!
Well That Aged Well - June 22, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this weeks episode our returning guest Adrian Goldsworthy is back to talk abou Julius Caesar. A man who needs no introduction. This week we talk about his life from his upbringing to his hiding from Sulla. His capture of the pirates to his Gallic campaigns, and of course his time as a dictato...
The Story of Ernest Shackleton (a special episode for Evan Knutowski)
Real Cool History for Kids - June 19, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #104: The Story of Ernest Shackleton (a special episode for Evan Knutowski) This episode is sponsored by the Math Lessons for a Living Education series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. The discovery of the Endurance - Shackleton's Ship Follow this link to en...
Episode 132: Sweden-Norway. 1850-1905. Part 2. With Morten Nordhagen
Well That Aged Well - June 15, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn the second half of this two part series on Sweden-Norway we take a look at the second half of the 19th Century. How close were really the union? And what happened to the Kiel Treaty? And Were we really close in the dream of a Pan Scandinavia? All this and much more on this weeks episode of "W...
Episode 131: Sweden-Norway. 1814-1850. Part 1. With Marthe Hommestad
Well That Aged Well - June 08, 2023 00:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Sweden-Norway union would last for almost a century. But this week we are taking a look at the first half of the Union. From the loss of Finland to the Kiel treaty, to The politics that dominated the Union in the early half of the 19th century, and the infamous Marcus Thrane movement that ca...
The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (a special episode for Layanna Velasquez)
Real Cool History for Kids - June 05, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #103: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (a special episode for Layanna Velasquez) This episode is sponsored by the America's Story series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the June 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic? Us...
Episode 125: Burning
Reflecting History - June 05, 2023 09:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratings"Sometimes I burn barns." Things aren't always what they seem in Haruki Murakami's surreal and incredible short story "Barn Burning." What could be read on the surface as the tale of a love triangle and a little arson actually offers insight into the banality of evil, the ambiguity of responsi...
Episode 130: The Vietnam War. With Mark Lawrence
Well That Aged Well - June 01, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn This weeks episode we take a look at The Vietnam War. From the beginning of the french leaving it`s former colony, the Geneva Acord which split the country in two. Ho Chi Mins origin story and rise to the comunist north. The Vietnam wars beginning all the way through the end we go through eve...
Episode 129: Ludwig II. The Swan King. With Giles MacDonogh.
Well That Aged Well - May 25, 2023 03:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week we take a look at the Bavarian King Ludwig II, better known as the "Swan King". From his upbriinging to the taking over as king, (too soon?), and his lavish buildings of Castles, which he would be famous for. And also ties with Wagner, and Bismarck, are all topics for this weeks episod...
Episode 129: Ludwig II. The Swan King. With Giles Macdongh.
Well That Aged Well - May 25, 2023 03:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week we take a look at the Bavarian King Ludwig II, better known as the "Swan King". From his upbriinging to the taking over as king, (too soon?), and his lavish buildings of Castles, which he would be famous for. And also ties with Wagner, and Bismarck, are all topics for this weeks episod...
The Story of the Korean War (A special episode for Wyatt Adkisson)
Real Cool History for Kids - May 22, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #102: The Story of the Korean War (A special episode for Wyatt Adkisson) This episode is sponsored by the World's Story series written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the MAY 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic? Use the Episo...
Episode 128: WW2: End Game. The Soviet Invation Of Berlin. With Arne Kislenko
Well That Aged Well - May 18, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this weeks episode we take a look at how civilizations rise, and fall, but how they also are able to rise again. From Ancient Rome to the middle ages, and the islamic world to the modern era. All this and more on "Well That Aged Well", with Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-t...
BONUS: Staying Behind
Reflecting History - May 15, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsIn a dystopian future, humanity is faced with a choice: upload your consciousness into a machine and live forever in paradise, or stay behind and continue being human as we've come to know it. In his short story "Staying Behind," Ken Liu explores a possible future that feels all too real. In the...
Episode 127: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present. With Michael Bonner
Well That Aged Well - May 11, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this weeks episode we take a look at how civilizations rise, and fall, but how they also are able to rise again. From Ancient Rome to the middle ages, and the islamic world to the modern era. All this and more on "Well That Aged Well". Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-that-a...
Mount St. Helens Blows Her Top (A special episode for Joanna Stumetz)
Real Cool History for Kids - May 08, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #101: Mount St. Helens Blows Her Top (A special episode for Joanna Stumetz) This episode is sponsored by Math Lessons for a Living Education written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. Follow this link to enter the MAY 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic?...
Episode 126: Francis I. The Renaissance Monarch. With Glen Richardson
Well That Aged Well - May 04, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this week we take a look at a more or less forgotten Monarch in French History Francis I. We take a look at some of his greatest achievments, his alliance with both Henry VIII, and his rivlary with Charles V, we also take a look at his meeting with Leonardo Davinci, and how Catherine De Medi...
Episode 125: The Battle Of Teutoburg Forest. With Adrian Murdoch
Well That Aged Well - April 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this week we take a look at the infamous Batle of Teutoborg forest. Which was one of Romes most significant defeats in history. We are talking a lot about what lead up to the battle, The battles place in history, and of course the infamous battle itself. Was this really what stopped the Roman...
Daniel's Courageous Identity (a special 100th episode for all of my friends!)
Real Cool History for Kids - April 24, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsEpisode #100: Daniel's Courageous Identity (a special 100th episode for all of my friends!) This episode is sponsored by Courageous Identity - Teen edition, written and published by Angela O'Dell. Follow this link to enter the April 2023 giveaway! Have an idea for an episode topic? Use th...
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