The story of one of the worst numerical beatdowns in the history of professional sports.Music:- Reckless by Brocker Way- Green Groves of Erin by Yo Yo Ma - Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Vivaldi- Classic Battle by Sam Spence- Denmark by Portland

[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died

Jul 20th, 2023 1h 31m

(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium)Chicago, 1979. Disco was on top of the world. And some people didn't like that…When a failing baseball team and a peg-legged promoter hoste

Historium Presents: The Wind

May 11th, 2023 51m 10s

An episode from a show I love called The Wind. "Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do."For more episodes: https://thewind.org/For our bonus episode with Fil: patreon.com/historiumSupport the show

#77 ATOMIC DAWN - The Red Menace: The Cold War and the Trial of Robert Oppenheimer

Mar 27th, 2023 1h 30m

Neils Bohr returns with a new plan for world peace, Oppenheimer’s enemies close in from all sides as the Cold War warms up, and shadowy figures from the world of high finance work to expand the American nuclear weapons program.Original music fo

#76 ATOMIC DAWN - Heavy Water: The Norwegian Commando Mission to Sabotage the Nazi Nuclear Program

Mar 20th, 2023 59m 10s

Norwegian commandos execute a daring sabotage mission to cripple the Nazi nuclear program. The fall of Werner Heisenberg. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/Additional music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Ri

#75 ATOMIC DAWN - A Prime Suspect: Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the Investigation of a Soviet Atomic Spy Ring

Mar 13th, 2023 1h

Robert Oppenheimer leads the Manhattan Project at a secret research facility in Los Alamos. Meanwhile, counterintelligence seeks to unearth a secret communist spy ring within the very heart of the nuclear weapons program. A cold war starts befo

#74 ATOMIC DAWN - Complementarity and Uncertainty: Neils Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and the Nazi Atomic Bomb

Mar 6th, 2023 48m 58s

On the eve of the Second World War, physicists learn of the possibility of splitting the atom. Two rival nuclear programs emerge and the race to the atomic bomb begins... Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.c

#73 Once in a Lifetime

Nov 24th, 2022 24m 47s

The story of Halley’s Comet—the only reoccurring comet visible to the naked eye that shows up every 75 years or so. Throughout history its appearance has marked profound change, from the conquest of the British Isles to the fall of the Qing Dyn

#72: The Trial of Sunshine Charlie

Oct 24th, 2022 1h 23m

Summer 1929 was the pinnacle of a new era of banking, and Charles E. Mitchell emblematized the live-fast-die-young ethos of roaring twenties stock salesmen. As the Great Crash led into the Great Depression, Charlie’s ambition brought about his

#71 Operation Eureka

Jul 25th, 2022 43m 32s

Tehran 1943. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet together for the first time with hopes of overcoming their ideological differences in order to win the Second World War.For bonus episodes: patreon.com/historiumM

#70 Mendacium Ex Machina

Apr 18th, 2022 34m 3s

In the late 1700s, a chess-playing automaton marched across Europe, achieving checkmates against novices and masters alike–all while hiding an incredible secret…Music:- Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings by Siefried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orc

#7 The Christmas Truce (Shiny & Chrome Edition)

Dec 24th, 2021 16m 25s

This episode was always a feel-good fan favorite, so I decided to pluck it from the archives, rewrite it, re-record it, and remix it now that I'm a better writer with better equipment. Merry Christmas!'During the first Christmas of the First Wo

#69 The Great Race of Mercy

Dec 13th, 2021 1h 4m

In 1925, dog sled teams faced extreme subzero temperatures, whiteout conditions, and hurricane-force winds to deliver medicine to sick children in the remote mining town of Nome, Alaska. This feat of interspecies heroism would become one of the

#68 The Fifth Beatle

Aug 24th, 2021 56m 45s

In early 1964, on the eve of The Beatles’ first international tour, Ringo Starr fell ill. To avoid cancelling the shows at the height of Beatlemania, they hired Jimmie Nicol as a temporary replacement. The stand-in drummer serves as a case stud

#67 The Andean Gambit

Jun 21st, 2021 2h 12m

After Columbus opened Pandora’s Box by crossing the Atlantic, conquistadors ventured into the New World for god, glory, and gold; rarely in that order. One of these conquistadors, Francisco Pizarro, could not ignore the rumors of an empire of g

#66 Microstorium

Dec 23rd, 2020 16m 43s

As the final episode of this wild year called 2020, here's fifteen quick mini-stories from throughout history!Support the show

[UNLOCKED] Book Review of ‘1491’ by Charles C. Mann

Nov 26th, 2020 36m 46s

(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium)Lots of myth busting of misconceptions about indigenous people coupled with new research that shines a light of what the New World and its

#65 Firebombing of Tokyo

1 Oct 28th, 2020 32m 54s

How do we Americans remember the deadliest night in human history? The answer is simple. We don't.Support the show

#64 Marathon of Madness

Sep 23rd, 2020 14m 1s

This is the story of the strangest race ever run.Support the show

#63 The Dividing Line

Jul 16th, 2020 30m 55s

In 1919, rage from injustices erupted into violent race riots which spread throughout Chicago. All the while, Spanish Flu spread like wildfire in this unfortunately relevant story about the Chicago Race Riots.Support the show

#62 Side By Side

Jun 18th, 2020 1h 16m

The story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese Twins, who worked in freak shows, owned a plantation, and experienced so much of 19th century, all while literally inseparable. Support the show

#61 Dirtbag Gold Rush

May 7th, 2020 26m 5s

In Yosemite Valley, one of the most beautiful places on Earth, a rag-tag group of rock climbers in the 1970s stumble upon the score of a lifetime.Support the show

#60 Plague of Corrupted Blood

Apr 7th, 2020 13m 23s

The story of the Corrupted Blood plague that hit the realm of World of Warcraft and what outbreaks in video games can teach us about real-world epidemiology.Support the show

#59 The Siege of Seeds

Mar 23rd, 2020 31m 39s

In the midst of the siege of Leningrad, a small enclave of Soviet scientists did what they could to protect a massive collection of seeds in order to save countless future human lives.Support the show

#58 The Battle of Los Angeles

Jan 23rd, 2020 11m 13s

In Los Angeles, California, the fresh recruits, with their new crew cuts and wrinkled uniforms, would get their first taste of combat on February 24th, 1942...Support the show