This episode, we look at the Great Fire of London, learn a bit too much about the personal life of Samuel Pepys, and consider whether or not humanity itself might be the REAL natural disaster...Intro and Outro music is Feathersoft, by Blue Dot

August 28: The Fall of the Western Empire

Aug 28th, 2020 31m 25s

August 28th was a very bad day for the declining Western Roman Empire... on at least 5 separate occasions. Join us for a whirlwind tour of over fifty years of late Roman history, and the rise of the so-called barbarians. Just remember, everyone

August 21: Sir Francis Drake (Part 2)

Aug 21st, 2020 28m 14s

We return to Sir Francis Drake this week, to explore his later career, from the massacre at Rathlin Island to the circumnavigation of the globe and the Spanish Armada. And along the way, we try once again to get a handle on this fascinating, la

August 14: The Historical Macbeth

Aug 14th, 2020 25m 8s

This week, learn all about how Shakespeare and your English teachers lied to you in a tale of the actual, real life Macbeth, as well as we can pull it together from the various early accounts. And make sure you listen to the end for a TRULY glo

August 7: Sir Francis Drake (Part 1)

Aug 7th, 2020 26m 56s

This week, we take the first of two looks at a complex and fascinating character of the Elizabethan age. Privateer, slave trader, world explorer, and national hero; Sir Francis Drake is a hard enough man to pin down that we'll need two episodes

July 17: The 4th Crusade Takes Constantinople

Jul 17th, 2020 27m 59s

This week, we look back at that time a Christian crusade sacked the largest Christian city in the east... and try to figure out how things went so incredibly, horribly wrong.Intro and outro music is Feathersoft, by Blue Dot Sessions.

July 10: Nikola Tesla

Jul 10th, 2020 27m 25s

This week, we consider the birth, life, and death of one of the most remarkable innovators of modern history; Nikola Tesla, the great Serbian-American engineer and inventor.

July 3: Pickett's Charge and the Gettysburg Reunion

Jul 3rd, 2020 22m 56s

This week, we look back on one of the most significant and certainly the most famous battle of America's Civil War, and on the battlefield reunion of both Union and Confederate Veterans 50 years later.

June 26: Emperor Tiberius

Jun 26th, 2020 23m 26s

In the second episode of the History of Today, we delve into the history of June 26th, using the adoption of the future emperor Tiberius by Augustus in 4 AD as an opportunity to discuss the nature of leadership and power.Intro and outro music i

June 19: Juneteenth and Civil Rights

Jun 19th, 2020 17m 26s

In this first episode of the History of Today, we delve into the history of June 19th, looking at the origins of Juneteenth as well as the June 19th passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States Senate.Intro and outro music is Fe

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