For the Ages: A History Podcast
History
In an exhilarating and, at times, harrowing account of exploration, survival, and betrayal, author and journalist Candice Millard joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss the story of two men’s search for the headwaters of the Nile River. Richard Burton, an intelligent, highly capable, and decorated soldier, and John Speke, an ambitious aristocrat and army officer, embarked on the treacherous journey together, soon developing a heated rivalry that would persist throughout their lives. Alongside them on their epic journey was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, a peerless guide who was formerly enslaved, and who played a vital role in this story.
Recorded on August 31, 2023
Conflict: The Evolution of Modern Warfare
Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
The Liberation Trilogy: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
The Liberation Trilogy: The War in Sicily, Italy, and North Africa
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Beyond the White House: From George Washington to Donald Trump
The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House
Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation
American Republics, 1783–1850: Slavery, Native Americans, and American Identity
American Republics, 1783–1850: Democracy and Empire
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Flora MacDonald: Journey to the New World and the Revolutionary War
Flora Macdonald: The Escape of “Bonnie” Prince Charlie
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945
Our Composite Nation: The Reconstruction of American Democracy in the Age of the Civil War
American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
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