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Historium
by Jake Barton
Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical tales you’ve probably never heard before.
Episodes
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#86 Interview with Author Derek Baxter
A conversation with Derek Baxter, author of new book The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again. Our interview touches on the Revolutionary War's unsung heroes, the various factions involved, and the battlegrounds across…
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#85: Ni'ihau Zero
A crash landing of a Japanese warplane interrupts the idyllic island life of Ni’ihau, where the Hawaiians have no idea that a world war just started. For more episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Mission by Naoki Sato Dogfight by Thomas Wander Ebb Tide by Houston & Dorsey Hawaiian Sunset by The...
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[TEASER] Bonus Episode #33: Operation Aphrodite
The dawn of America’s drone program in the Second World War changes the course of presidential history. For the rest of this bonus episode and access to all other bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Support the show
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#84 The Darien Disaster
The colonial ambitions of Scotland soon go sideways as they face the full brunt of Murphy's Law. The colonists face disease, mutiny, starvation, and shipwrecks before the backdrop of the golden age of piracy. The colony's ultimate fate unites a kingdom. For more episodes: patreon .com/historium...
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[TEASER] Bonus Episode #32: Lost Children of the Alleghenies
Two boys go missing in rural Appalachia. Search parties scour the foothills, accusations fly, and some seek supernatural help in hopes of finding the pair of lost children. For the rest of this episode and access to Historium's entire back catalog of bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Support...
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#83: GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES: Last Man Standing
Against all odds, Shuja rises again. A figurehead for the British East India Company, he watches as an invading army devastates his homeland—in his name. Meanwhile, Dost Mohammed’s son Akbar Khan leads a counterforce to be reckoned with. In time, he becomes a threat to his own father’s power. The...
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#82 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - Tournament of Shadows
The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they need—and the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game. This is the beginning of the Great Game, or, as the…
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#81 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - The Ballad of Shah Shuja
In early 19th century Afghanistan, two warring dynasties contend for the throne. While the Sadozai brothers—grandsons of the empire’s founding king—feud amongst themselves, the Barakzai clan plots its ascendance. Shuja ul-Mulk of the Sadozais and Dost Mohammed Khan of the Barakzais grow up…
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#80 The Prophet of Jazz
"I can say more with music than I ever could with words.” -Eric Dolphy Music: - Ceiling Gazing by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Nero's Nocturne by Chilly Gonzales - Warm Canto by Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, & Booker Ervin - Easy Opium by Ben von Wildenhaus - Rearranging Furniture by Gabriel Yared…
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#79 Eternity's Echo
What if sound lives forever? Music: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 by John Cage Tezeta by Mulatu Askatke Electronium Music Score by Raymond Scott Lacrymae by Melodium Kapsburger by Clogs A Lake by Emily A. Sprague Tiden Effert Hoffet by I.B. Sundstrom When the Northern Lights by Max Richter X-Ray by...
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#78 The Blowout
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 Cello Project - Independant by Brocker Way -...
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[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died
(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 hosted an anti-disco radio DJ armed with a quarter stick...
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Historium Presents: The Wind
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/historium Support the show
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#77 ATOMIC DAWN - The Red Menace
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 for this series by...
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#76 ATOMIC DAWN - Heavy Water
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 Richter, William Basinski, Moondog, Sølvguttene, Jed...
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#75 ATOMIC DAWN - A Prime Suspect
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 before a world war ends. Original music for this series…
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#74 ATOMIC DAWN - Complementarity and Uncertainty
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.com/ Additional music by Kali Malone, Benoît Pioulard,...
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#73 Once in a Lifetime
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 Dynasty. For more bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium...
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#72: The Trial of Sunshine Charlie
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 downfall and forced him to go toe-to-toe with one of...
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#71 Operation Eureka
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/historium Music: Nightbook by Ludovico Einauldi Vanguard by…
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#70 Mendacium Ex Machina
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 Orchestra - Clockwork Toccata, Op. 68 by Fulvio…
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#7 The Christmas Truce (Shiny & Chrome Edition)
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 World War, troops from opposing armies defied orders…
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#69 The Great Race of Mercy
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 most harrowing rescue attempts in American history....
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#68 The Fifth Beatle
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 study in what happens to a human psyche when propelled…
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#67 The Andean Gambit
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 golden cities in the cloud peaks of the Andes, which...
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#66 Microstorium
As the final episode of this wild year called 2020, here's fifteen quick mini-stories from throughout history! Support the show
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[UNLOCKED] Book Review of ‘1491’ by Charles C. Mann
(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 inhabitants were actually like. Support the show
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#65 Firebombing of Tokyo
How do we Americans remember the deadliest night in human history? The answer is simple. We don't. Support the show
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#64 Marathon of Madness
This is the story of the strangest race ever run. Support the show
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#63 The Dividing Line
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
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#62 Side By Side
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
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#61 Dirtbag Gold Rush
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
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#60 Plague of Corrupted Blood
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
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#59 The Siege of Seeds
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
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#58 The Battle of Los Angeles
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
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#57 A White Christmas in Saigon
Saigon, Vietnam. April 1975. Support the show
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#56 Savior of Mothers
Childbed fever was killing new mothers with a vengeance. In Hungary, young doctor Ignaz Semmelweis found a cure. However, there was one problem... No one believed him. Support the show
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#55 Death Row Baseball
Baseball has long been dubbed America’s pastime, but would that change if players had to literally play for their lives? Support the show
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#54 The Second Son of God
In the 1850s, a Christian cult rattles imperial China to its core... Support the show
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#53 Interview with Egyptologist Colleen Darnell
Mummies, hieroglyphs, pyramids, vintage fashion; Egyptologist and vintage fashion historian Colleen Darnell digs through it all. https://www.instagram.com/vintage_egyptologist Support the show
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#52 [MiniStorium] Bad Luck
History is full of moments of misfortune, irony, or just plain ol’ bad luck. This episode contains eight mini-stories about the times where things went from bad to worse. Support the show
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#51 The Ghosts of Notre Dame
This episode is devoted to the 800 year old Notre Dame cathedral and it's incredibly storied past. Support the show
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#50 Interview with Dirk Langeveld, author of The Artful Dodger
The story of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has everything I'm looking for when looking for topics: A wild ride full of twists, turns, and downright unbelievable moments. Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Artful-Dodger-20-Year-Cleveland-Bergdoll/dp/1973925893 Support the show
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#49 Dead Reckoning
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue... Support the show
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#48 The Pinball Wizard
In the 1970s, a hero arose to defend the fact that pinball was a game of skill, not a game of chance. Support the show
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#47 Wreck of the Batavia
The ill-fated voyage encountered mutiny, torture, murder, and a mad tyrant as things went from bad to worse... Support the show
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#46 Interview with Peter Stark, author of Young Washington
This episode is an interview with Peter Stark, author of Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father. Buy the book:...
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#45 Ballroom Blitz
New Years Eve, 1922. Support the show
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#44 Dungeons & Dragons and The Satanic Panic
The story of Dungeons & Dragons and how an innocent tabletop RPG was caught in the crossfire of moral outrage and religious fundamentalism. Support the show
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#43 The Harlem Hellfighters
In this episode, we’ll follow the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment known as the “Harlem Hellfighters” through the horrors of trench warfare, and through their struggle for equality. Support the show
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical tales you’ve probably never heard before.
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Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical...
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Historium is created and hosted by Jake Barton.
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