Conversations: The story behind Apple TV's Masters of the Air, w/ Donald L. Miller
Release Date: 03/21/2025
The Labor Revolt that Shook America (Pullman Strike)
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In 1894, a company town outside Chicago erupted into one of the most explosive labor battles in American history. When workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked off the job, their strike grew into a nationwide showdown between labor, capital, and the federal government — shutting down railroads across the country. This History Shorts episode explores the injustice that sparked the strike, the role of Eugene V. Debs, the violent federal response, and how the Pullman Strike forever reshaped workers’ rights in the United States. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR...
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History Shorts Weekend Show #1
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Welcome to the very first episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show: a soon-to-be weekly Patreon Exclusive, but for now, offered as a full public preview. This lighter-toned, less-scripted companion to the main History Shorts feed brings together storytelling, commentary, historical insight, and exclusive clips from the Conversation Series vault. Think of it as your weekend coffee companion: part history magazine, part variety show, and part behind-the-scenes peek into what’s coming next on the podcast. In This Episode: This Week in History (Nov 23–29) From the first Roman...
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Conversations: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist - the Book Behind the film ‘Nuremberg’ w. Jack El-Hai
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In this episode of History Shorts, I sit down with acclaimed author Jack El-Hai to explore the extraordinary true story behind his book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, now adapted into the 2025 film Nuremberg. We discuss the tense, unsettling relationship between U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and captured Nazi leaders like Hermann Göring, and how Kelley’s groundbreaking evaluations shaped our understanding of evil, responsibility, and the psychology behind mass violence. CHECK OUT JACK'S BOOK: SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: ...
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The Katyn Massacre
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In 1940, deep within Poland’s Katyn Forest, thousands of Polish officers vanished, erased by Stalin’s secret orders. For decades, the truth was buried beneath Soviet lies and Cold War silence. This History Shorts episode uncovers one of World War II’s most shocking and politically explosive cover-ups, the massacre Moscow tried to erase from history. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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Conversations: Why the U.S. is Not a Nation State (But a Federation of Stateless Nations), w/ Colin Woodard
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Today on History Shorts, we’re joined by acclaimed journalist and historian Colin Woodard, the author of Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, his latest work exploring the deep-rooted cultural divisions that have shaped, and continue to shape, our nation. BUY COLIN'S BOOKS: SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: EPISODE SPONSORED BY THE COLLECTOR:
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Why We Can't Look Away from the Girl With a Pearl Earring
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She’s been called the Mona Lisa of the North, a girl frozen in time, her gaze both intimate and unreachable. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the story behind Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, one of the most mysterious paintings in the world. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Who Tried to Erase History
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Long before modern dictators rewrote the past, one Egyptian pharaoh tried to rewrite the very gods. In this episode of History Shorts, we uncover the astonishing story of Akhenaten, the heretic king who defied 2,000 years of tradition, abandoned the old gods of Egypt, and built an entirely new capital dedicated to one deity: the sun disk, Aten. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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The Real Conjuring (The Story of Ed & Lorraine Warren)
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Before Hollywood turned them into ghost-hunting legends, Ed and Lorraine Warren were real people, devout Catholics, self-taught demonologists, and the most controversial paranormal investigators of the 20th century. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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When the EPA Erased a Whole Town from Existence
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In the early 1980s, a small town along the Meramec River in Missouri vanished, not from flood or fire, but from poison. This episode of History Shorts uncovers the chilling true story of Times Beach, a once-idyllic community that became America’s most infamous ghost town after being contaminated with deadly dioxin. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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The British Woman Who Fell in Love With Hitler
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In this episode of History Shorts, we trace the curious and troubling story of Unity Mitford, a young British socialite born into privilege, and her infatuation with Adolf Hitler. We’ll explore how she journeyed to Nazi Germany, embedded herself in Hitler’s inner circle, became an ardent supporter of fascism and antisemitism, and attempted to live out a fantasy of ideological romance that ended in tragedy. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: ADVERTISE: LEARN MORE: SPONSORED BY:
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