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History Was Human
by Brian R. Smith
History is usually remembered through wars, revolutions, movements, dates, and famous events. But history did not experience any of those things. People did. History Was Human tells the true stories of remarkable people who lived inside the history we now read about—some famous, some forgotten, some misunderstood, and some whose extraordinary lives never received the attention they deserved. Author Brian R. Smith explores one life at a time, following the historical record beyond the familiar version of events to discover the person behind the name: what they wanted, what they endured, the choices they made, and how the world around them shaped what happened next. The stories cross cultures, continents, and centuries. Warriors and spies. Rebels and survivors. Leaders, outsiders, and ordinary people caught in extraordinary moments. Some of these lives have inspired Brian’s historical novels.
Episodes
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Nancy Wake: The White Mouse Who Came Back
Send us Fan Mail. Nancy Wake became one of the Gestapo’s most wanted women in occupied France—and earned the nickname “The White Mouse” because she repeatedly slipped through their grasp. Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Wake was living in France when World War II changed the course…
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Jeff Ake: The Man Who Remembered the Old West
Send us Fan Mail. Jeff Ake lived long enough to remember an American West that was already disappearing into legend. Born in the nineteenth century, he moved through Arkansas, California mining country, southern Arizona, Confederate Texas, ranching country, and some of the most violent corners of...
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Rain-in-the-Face: The Warrior Behind the Custer Legend
Send us Fan Mail. Rain-in-the-Face became one of the most famous Lakota warriors associated with the Battle of the Little Bighorn—but much of what Americans thought they knew about him came from a story that may never have happened. Years before the battle, Rain-in-the-Face was arrested by Tom...
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Bloody Knife: Custer's Scout, Gall's Enemy
Send us Fan Mail. Bloody Knife is often remembered simply as "Custer's favorite scout." His real life was far more complicated. Born to a Hunkpapa Lakota father and an Arikara mother, Bloody Knife grew up between two peoples with a long history of conflict. He became an accomplished Army scout,...
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Belle Boyd: The Spy Who Would Not Stay Quiet
Send us Fan Mail. At seventeen, Belle Boyd shot a Union soldier in her family home. Soon afterward, she began listening to the soldiers assigned to watch her—and passing what she learned to the Confederacy. In the first episode of History Was Human, Brian R. Smith explores the life of one of the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
History is usually remembered through wars, revolutions, movements, dates, and famous events. But history did not experience any of those things.
People did.
History Was Human tells the true stories of remarkable people who lived inside the history we now read about—some famous, some forgotten, some misunderstood, and some whose extraordinary lives never received the attention they deserved.
Author Brian R. Smith explores one life at a time, following the historical record beyond the familiar version of events to discover the person behind the name: what they wanted, what they endured, the choices they made, and how the world around them shaped what happened next.
The stories cross cultures, continents, and centuries. Warriors and spies. Rebels and survivors. Leaders, outsiders, and ordinary people caught in extraordinary moments.
Some of these lives have inspired Brian’s historical novels.
HOSTED BY
Brian R. Smith
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History is usually remembered through wars, revolutions, movements, dates, and famous events. But history did not experience any of those things. People did. History Was Human tells the true stories of remarkable people who lived inside the history we now read about—some famous, some forgotten,...
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History Was Human is created and hosted by Brian R. Smith.
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