Episodes
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Part 1: No Way Home
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
In 1881 an expedition to the Arctic led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and organized by the US Army set off for Lady Franklin Bay, Canada, well above the Arctic circle. The plan was to establish a temporary meteorological-observation station as part of the First International Polar Year, a worldwide effort to better understand Earth’s climate by collecting astronomical and magnetic data.
Most of the data was collected by astronomer Edward Israel, a young University of Michigan graduate from Kalamazoo.
Though their mission of data collection was successful, and they would set a record for traveling further north than anyone at the time ever had, this expedition would go down in history as one of the most tragic polar expeditions of all time.
Join me for a true Arctic tale like no other.
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
The Real Scorpion King
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Over 5,200 years ago a king rose to power in Upper Egypt. His name was Scorpion. Yes, there was a real Scorpion king, and we can piece together a fragmentary picture of his life through the archaeological evidence left behind. Though the details of his life are debated, it’s clear he was an important part of Egyptian history. Come join me as we time travel back to predynastic Egypt and meet the legendary Scorpion King.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Olympias Part 3: The Rise and Fall of a Legend
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
The finale is here! In the final episode we explore the final years of Olympias’s epic life. We cover how she cultivated her own power at court, watch her rise to even greater heights after the death of Alexander the Great, see a war waged between two incredible women of the ancient world, and find out just how this mother of an empire met her end.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Olympias Part 2: Mother of Empire
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
In Part 2 we continue to uncover the hidden history of Olympias of Epirus. Assassination, murder, and the political intrigue of an ancient royal court all take center stage in this episode. Come discover the next chapters in the life of one of the most vilified women in history as we sift through the propaganda of two millennia to get a glimpse of the incredible life of the most powerful woman in ancient Greece. Find out what she did next, at the budding of one of history’s largest and most fascinating empires, as we see just how far she would go to ensure the success of her dynasty.
Friday Aug 30, 2019
The Shuar of the Amazon and How to Make a Shrunken Head: Part 2
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Join us for Part 2 where we finish our exploration of the fierce, mysterious, and fascinating Shuar. This unconquerable tribe resisted conquest from both the Incan and Spanish empires, and was the only tribe in history to successfully revolt against the Spanish empire--and win. Find out who they were, who they are now, and buckle up for some truly epic Amazonian history.
Friday Aug 30, 2019
The Shuar of the Amazon and How to Make a Shrunken Head: Part 1
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Hidden in the deepest interior of the Amazon lived the fierce, mysterious, and fascinating Shuar. This unconquerable tribe resisted conquest from both the Incan and Spanish empires, and was the only tribe in history to successfully revolt against the Spanish empire--and win. Come meet them in Part 1; hear their story and find out just what made them so epically unstoppable.