History Shorts

Behind New York City's skyline lies the story of fearless Mohawk Indians once hired by the Dominion Bridge Company as ironworkers a century earlier. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning of June 30, 1908, a powerful explosion ripped through the remote Siberian wilderness near the Tunguska River. That much we know, but what created the explosion 1,000 times greater than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima that destroyed 80 million trees but left no hole in the ground is still a mystery. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Are you ready to test your Cold War knowledge? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What IF America had joined the League of Nations instead of Congress failing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles? Would World War II had been prevented? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mr. Sabin Howard is one of the greatest artists of his generation, a classical-figurative master sculptor who has spent the last few years of his life designing and creating A Soldier's Journey, a 60-foot bronze relief that will be the sculptural heart of the National WWI Memorial in Washington D.C.  https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

For hundreds of years, rumors of the lost city of Angkor spread among Cambodian peasants. Then, on a hot day in 1860, Henri Mahout and his porters discovered that the ancient city was more than mere legend. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fate of Tsar Nicholas II and his family during the Russian Revolution is a tragic and pivotal event in Russian history, and despite all that we know, their fate continues to be shrouded in enduring mysteries and controversies. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita is now considered one of the greatest works of American literature of the 20th century. But, at the time of its publication, it was the most controversial book in the country - heck, the world. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that the famed painter Vincent Van Gogh led a life marked by poverty, mental illness, and relative obscurity? And, at one point, in a manic act, cut off a piece of his ear. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready to test your knowledge about famous women throughout history? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the primary reasons for the U.S. instigation of the Mexican-American War in 1846 was Mexico's perceived weakness and inability to mount an adequate defense - still, WHAT IF Mexico defeated the United States instead of the other way around? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join me as I talk to Jerry Landry, the host of the Presidencies of the United States Podcast, as he discusses his deep-dive research into the life and the presidency of President William Henry Harrison. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that if it had not been for some quick thinking on the part of the Secret Service on November 1, 1950, Harry Truman might have been added to the list of Commanders in Chief cut down while in office? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You might have been to Florida at least once in your life. But did you know that supposedly the Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce the Leon only found it by accident in 1513 while searching for the fabled fountain of youth? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that expeditions to ascend Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, are some of the riskiest actions a person can undertake on this earth. But did you know that most of the 200 people who have perished attempting the climb remain on the mountain, never to receive a proper burial? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

The story of Uncle Sam is a quintessential piece of American folklore and symbolism, representing the personification of the United States government and the American people as a whole. But did you know the goateed, flag-theme-attired man may have existed? Kind of… maybe. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to take the next few minutes to test your knowledge of American Presidents? Don't worry—I'll give you the answers at the end! https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert F. Kennedy, who was tragically assassinated in June 1968 while campaigning for the presidency of the United States, was a prominent figure with strong public backing and a vision for change and reform that resonated with the American voters. But would his promise of unity and hope for his fractured nations be one that he could actually have kept? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodca...

Professor Alan Taylor is a prominent American historian known for his work on early American history, particularly focusing on the colonial and Revolutionary War periods. Dr. Taylor is one of only five authors to have twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History.   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! LEARN MORE: www.historyshortspodcast.com   SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast  

When the luxurious passenger liner RMS Titanic was built in 1912, it was deemed practically unsinkable. Well, we all know how that ended. When looking at the disaster more analytically, instead of emotionally, quite a lot of interesting people and cargo sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor that day. I guess it's time to talk about some numbers. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn...

Cereals; the good wholesome breakfast for children and adults alike for nearly two centuries. Sure, we all have our favorite. But did you know that the pioneer cereal brand and historically one of the most popular ones, Corn Flakes, might have actually been devised as a kind of reverse Viagra? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Sure, by the mid 20th century, the American West became more settled and regulated through the development of laws and regulations regarding land use and grazing rights. But did you know that just a little over fifty years before, the border region between the states of Wyoming and Colorado erupted into a deadly armed conflict over sheep? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more a...

Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during World War II, gained worldwide fame posthumously for her diary, which she wrote while in hiding from the Nazis. But did you know that there are actually four versions of Anne Frank's diary, each with its own significance? https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finish our Where Are They Now series with the man who, although dead for centuries, remains ever present today. An international group of genetics scientists studying Y-chromosome data found that there are over 16 million Khan descendants living today! https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mr. Brady Carlson is a reporter, author of Dead Presidents , on-air NPR host, and podcast producer and host of the Cool, Weird Awesome podcast.  https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices