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The HistoryNet Podcast
The HistoryNet Podcast features some of the greatest stories from HistoryNet.com 's archive of over 25,000+ features. From ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, from the 18th century to the edge of recent memory, we zero in on the people and events that made the world what it is today. Vividly written by expert authors, thoroughly edited and fact-checked by magazine professionals, these stories bring history to vibrant life. The narrators of this podcast, however, are not human beings but AI voices created by our partner, Instaread.co . Say what you will about AI, but in this case the voices are su...
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Episodes
Nobody wanted the A-10 Warthog — now It's the military's most beloved plane 15.03.2024 22:10
The A-10 Warthog has survived repeated attempts to put it out to pasture. Now its time may finally be up.
They were sent on a suicide mission at Cedar Creek. Their victory rallied the Union. 14.03.2024 12:00
The fierce clash proved to be a fitting coda for the resolute 8th Vermont.
They say he burned down the Reichstag. But was he drugged into confessing? 13.03.2024 10:35
Mystery surrounds the infamous burning of the Reichstag in 1933.
Kars fortress stands as a monument to a turbulent past 12.03.2024 21:09
For centuries Armenian residents of the Transcaucasian stronghold of Kars watched invaders come and go—until its final betrayal.
This journalist risked his life to reveal the horrors of lynching in the South 11.03.2024 19:57
Lynching investigator Walter White risked everything to tell Americans the truth.
John Fetterman isn't the first ill politician to serve. Here are examples from history 10.03.2024 8:27
From the Founding Fathers to the present day, illness has impacted politics.
The death of Crazy Horse: Fables and forensics 09.03.2024 8:55
Just who killed the Lakota fighting man remains in dispute.
The Ercoupe is easy to fly — but you better not be in a hurry 08.03.2024 10:35
It was supposed to be an airplane for the people.
These Civil War warriors fought with the pen, and not the sword 08.03.2024 8:31
Partisan poets stoked the fire to keep the South’s combat spirit alive.
The mysterious death of Johnny Ringo 07.03.2024 15:27
The gunman’s body was found beneath a tree, pistol in hand—but was it suicide?
Minié ball: The Civil War bullet that changed history 06.03.2024 10:37
What's a Minié ball, and why was this type of bullet—which is actually conical—used extensively during the American Civil War?
What if the Marines had skipped Iwo Jima 05.03.2024 8:10
What would have happened if the U.S. hadn't sent men to take this small atoll, site of that iconic photo? Would it have cost the war?
This German baroness dodged cannonballs during the American Revolution 04.03.2024 8:47
Hessian officer's wife Frederika von Riedesel and her children were nearly shot during the battle of Saratoga.
'Weary of So Much Suffering': Letters from the Sheridan Field Hospital 03.03.2024 19:04
Nurse Jane Boswell Moore wrote poignant letters about her interactions with the patients of this Winchester, Va., hospital.
'Medicine Flower' Brought the West East 02.03.2024 8:11
Ethnologist Frank Cushing embraced Zuni culture right down to his Indian name.
Kidnapped during World War II, these German corpses proved a headache for the U.S. Army 29.02.2024 13:19
Four dead Germans traveled on a wild journey, resulting in what the Monuments Men called "Operation Bodysnatch".
This Supreme Court ruling on prayer in public schools made America go nuts 28.02.2024 7:44
On June 25, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court declared prayer in public schools unconstitutional.
Robert E. Lee endured a precipitous reset in Maryland 27.02.2024 27:21
Though the Lost Orders forced the Confederate commander to fight on unfavorable ground at Sharpsburg, he survived the bloody clash with his army intact.
Meet the man who sent the world's largest flying machine to its doom 26.02.2024 10:09
Christopher Birdwood Thomson was determined to fly the R101 airship to India, whether it was ready for the trip or not.
One of this Western director's scenes looked so real that it provoked actual gunfire 25.02.2024 7:19
In 1902, Harry Buckwalter teamed with William Selig to make short-reel Westerns.
Zap! American railroads go electric 24.02.2024 23:02
After 70 years of steam and smoke, American rail began to plug in.
Joe Hooker was an ineffectual general, but does he deserve credit for transforming the Union cavalry? 23.02.2024 8:06
Hooker had his shortcomings, but what he did in revitalizing his army’s cavalry corps was monumental.
Napoleon's imperial guard tells of his fight for the emperor 22.02.2024 11:27
An infantry captain who served in Napoleon's elite troops tells of the army's quest for glory.
Sharpshooter Billy Dixon owes his legacy to his widow 21.02.2024 16:16
Olive Dixon spent 40 years making sure Texans would always remember her heroic husband.
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