(Christine) When Napoleon III’s French Empire began to crumble in the late 19th century, his wife was trapped in Paris. Who could possibly help the Bonaparte Empress flee before the mobs got to her? An American dentist named Thomas Evans, of course. We’re kicking off the new year with a podcast about escapes and unlikely allies!
A Tale of Three Breeds
The Birth of a Blockbuster
Jumping the Broom: The Evolution of a Wedding Tradition
From Magic Lanterns to Nickelodeons: The Origins of the Film Industry, Part I
Dr. Fredric Wertham: Hero or Super-Villain?
The Life and Times of Emperor Diocletian
Richard the Lionheart on Crusade
Irish Family Values: The Clannrickard Burkes in the Mid-Sixteenth Century
Mademoiselle de Maupin: The Life and Afterlife of a 17th-Century Swashbuckler
The History of the Academy Awards
Buck and Blanche (and Bonnie and Clyde)
Brotherhood Under the Black Flag: Multiracial Pirate Crews of the Early Modern Period
One Year Anniversary Show: How We Became Historians
From Union Soldier to Confederate Bushwacker: Loyalty and Disloyalty in Civil War West Virginia
Cold Noses and Oxytocin: Doggy Prehistory
Rilla of Ingleside and the WWI Homefront
2:31:56*: The Rosie Ruiz Scandal
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Historical Ad Campaigns
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Part II: Australia and New Zealand
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra