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1

Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery

2

The Origins of the Jury

3

The Thankful Villages of WWI

4

Christianity in the Ancient Kingdom of Aksum

5

The Affair of the Poisons

6

Leon Czolgosz and the Assassination of President McKinley

7

Drinking in Medieval England Revisited

8

Lord Edward's Crusade

9

James Smithson's Institution

10

“A Forgotten Spot in the Caribbean”: Nevis

11

Tsianina: Artist, Trailblazer… Princess?

12

The Dog at the Heart of the Corps of Discovery Expedition

13

The Shots Not Heard Round the World

14

The Hidden Treasure of the Cairo Genizah

15

Alexander's Worlds

16

Beer Through the Ages

17

History for the Holidays V

18

Thank You, James Hemings (the man who brought you mac and cheese)

19

Dr. Blackwell

20

History for Halloween XII

21

Ren Faire History: From Folk Music to Fried Food

22

The Pendle Witches

23

Playing War: The Development and Early Use of Kriegsspiel

24

A Brief History of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Sisters

25

Simon de Montfort Revisited

26

Pockets! And Why Women Don’t Have Them

27

Beyond Sad Gruel: Food and Diet in Medieval Europe

28

William and Caroline Herschel, Astronomer Siblings

29

Say ȝes to the Chausemles: Fashion in the Medieval West

30

Christianity and the Roman Empire: ​Jerusalem to Constantinople

31

The Archdiocese of Khanbaliq

32

The Executioner in the Premodern West

33

Cassandra Austen: ​Jane’s Adored Sister

34

Tales from the Tower of London II

35

Coming Home from War in Ancient Greece

36

Hummel and Howe – Attorneys at Crime

37

History for the Holidays IV

38

A Royal Son: Eustace, Count of Boulogne

39

Thurkill’s Excellent Adventure: A Medieval English Peasant’s Tour of Hell

40

History for Halloween XI

41

How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part II

42

How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part I

43

So You've Been Elfshot

44

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Malet Coup

45

The Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca

46

Medieval Midwives Beyond Myths

47

Tales from the Tower of London: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Ranulf Flambard

48

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Many Accounts of the Execution of Anne Boleyn

49

Alfred Packer, Notorious Cannibal?

50

Owney: Star Pup of the US Railway Mail Service

51

Medieval Coroners

52

Dressing Marie Antoinette

53

Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part II: ​Life and Legend

54

Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part I: ​International Icon, Revolutionary Hero

55

Harry Washington

56

Murder and the Mignonette

57

History for the Holidays III

58

The Many Adventures of Pope Innocent III

59

Kościuszko Squadron

60

History for Halloween X

61

The Witchcraft Trial of Alice Kyteler

62

Leo Frank and the Murder of Mary Phagan

63

The Cold Truth: A History of Refrigeration

64

Titus Oates, a Popish Plot, and the Mysterious Murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey

65

A Royal Son: Geoffrey, duke of Brittany

66

True Crime on Stage in Shakespeare’s England

67

Wyatt Earp and a Heavyweight Fix

68

William Mumler and Spirit Photography in the 19th century

69

Marlene Dietrich’s Scandalous Trousers

70

SPECIAL EDITION: The Stone of Destiny and the Crowning of Kings

71

The Public Arch

72

The Newsies Strike of 1899

73

The Weeks Murder Trial

74

Margaret Eaton and the Petticoat Affair

75

1288: A Moment in Norwich

76

Footnoting History’s Favorite Historical Footnotes

77

Rebecca Gratz: ​Philanthropist, Educator… Romantic Heroine?

78

The Papal Fleet

79

History for the Holidays II

80

The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Part II

81

The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Part I

82

History for Halloween IX

83

Who Murdered Licoricia of Winchester?

84

The Milne Family Part II

85

The Milne Family Part I

86

The Oneida Community, Part II

87

The Oneida Community, Part I

88

Jeffrey Hudson: England’s Forgotten Swashbuckler

89

Maria Merian’s Metamorphosis

90

Listener Q&A

91

Godiva’s Not-So-Naked Ride

92

Anna May Wong: International Star, Forgotten Icon

93

The Gold Cure

94

The Brothers York, Part II

95

The Brothers York, Part I

96

Sarojini Naidu: Beyond the Golden Threshold

97

Blue Jeans and the American Dream: ​The Story of Levi Strauss

98

The History of Valentine’s Day

99

The Origins of the Salem Witch Trials

100

Winnie-the-Pooh

101

History for the Holidays

102

Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part II

103

Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part I

104

History for Halloween VIII

105

Ivanhoe and the Modern Middle Ages

106

Ivanhoe and the Invention of Merry England

107

Sicilian Vespers, Part II: The Massacre and the War of the Vespers

108

Sicilian Vespers, Part I: The Uprising

109

The Ottoman Kafes or the Princely Cage

110

Mohenjo Daro: Living City, Mound of the Dead

111

The History of Tikka Masala

112

Moe Berg, Baseball's Scholar and Spy

113

Christopher Columbus and the Book of Prophecies

114

Stede Bonnet, the Gentlemen Pirate

115

Empress, Strategist… Saint? Irene of Byzantium

116

Florida: Frontier and Cracker History

117

Anne Neville and the Wars of the Roses

118

Divorcing in Revolutionary France

119

The Martyrs of Thana

120

The Forme of Cury

121

From Hwaet to the Ring Shout: Lorenzo Dow Turner

122

The Origins of American Eugenics

123

Hurrem Sultan: the Woman Who Changed Ottoman Queenship

124

Marie Louise, Napoleon's Second Empress

125

Milicent Patrick and the Creature

126

History for Halloween VII

127

Surviving the Plague in 1665

128

William Miller and the Great Disappointment

129

Beyond Sacrifice: Aztec Medicine and Healing

130

Jane Manning James

131

The Male Witch

132

Maya, Spain, and the Historical Record

133

Revolutionary Movies, Part II: Dr. Zhivago and The Last Emperor

134

Revolutionary Movies, Part I: The Patriot and Les Miserables

135

Slavery and the Colony of Georgia

136

The Parnell Affair

137

Passing Exams in Imperial China

138

The Other Anne Boleyn

139

Prester John

140

Footnoting Disney: Mulan

141

Footnoting Disney: The Little Mermaid

142

Footnoting Disney: Pocahontas

143

Footnoting Disney: Aladdin

144

Footnoting Disney: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

145

The Forbidden Holiday

146

Haitian Revolution, Part II: ​1794-1804

147

Haitian Revolution, Part I: 1791-1793

148

The Unquiet Afterlife of Elizabeth Siddal

149

History for Halloween VI

150

The Chinese Exclusion Act

151

The Life and Travels of Newport Gardner

152

Evil Humors and the Common Cold

153

Revolutionary Notre-Dame de Paris

154

The Emu War

155

An Extraordinary Medicine Called Theriac

156

Purgatory is Not the Medium Place

157

Jessie Pope, (In)Famous Poet of World War One

158

The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

159

King John and His Dogs

160

Harlem Renaissance Man: James Weldon Johnson

161

Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part II: Rivals

162

Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part I: Friends

163

The History of Grading

164

The End is Nigh! The Apocalypse in the Renaissance

165

American Indian Prisoners of War ​

166

Mao and His Mango

167

Potosí: The Silver Mine that Changed the World

168

King Henry I of England and the White Ship

169

History for Halloween V

170

How to Make a Fortune in Fictional Poyais

171

The Legend of Pope Joan

172

Escape from Slavery: The Story of Mary and Emily Edmonson

173

Beyond the Trenches: Other Fronts of WWI

174

How to Avoid Serving in Napoleon's Army

175

Who Was Bass Reeves?

176

Ancient Authoritative Animals

177

Special Edition: The Marriage of John Quincy and Louisa Adams

178

The Blazing World of Lady Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

179

Yolande Du Bois and the Weight of W.E.B. Du Bois's Dreams

180

Ambition, Anxiety, and the Unseen Universe: Science and Victorian Fiction

181

Evacuating the Loyalists

182

Hoelun the Stolen Bride

183

The Papal Pornocracy

184

Censorship in Reformation England

185

Jewish Fighters of Medieval Europe

186

How to Be a Beguine

187

Back of Every Great Work: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling

188

Napoleon Bonaparte's Near-Fatal Christmas

189

The Malleus Maleficarum

190

Distrust of Chinese-Americans in Early 20th-Century New York City

191

History for Halloween IV

192

Cemeteries: Washington Park Cemetery and Early 20th-Century Atlanta

193

Belle Gunness, Black Widow Serial Killer

194

John Dee: Astrologer, Courtier, Mystic...Spy?

195

The Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

196

The Murderess in History

197

Cemeteries: Local History of Mid-20th Century Atlanta

198

Guy de Montfort and Dante’s Inferno

199

Secret Santa: The History of Santa Claus

200

The Husband-Killing She-Wolf: The Life of Joanna of Naples

201

The One-Legged Nazi-Fighting Jesuit: Rupert Mayer

202

Jumbo the Elephant

203

How to Punish a Witch in 16th-Century England

204

The Great Unpleasantness? World War One in Whodunits

205

Curious George Escapes Nazi Europe

206

Early American Newspapers and Freedom of the Press

207

A Royal Son: Henry the Young King

208

The Trotula and Medieval Gynecology

209

Tuxedo Park: Inside the Gate

210

The Woman and the 20-Pound Tumor

211

54° 40' or Fight: How a Latitude Line became a Rallying Cry

212

Ghosts of Christmas Past

213

Olga Nethersole and the Sapho Scandal

214

Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

215

The Un-Engagement of Jane Austen

216

History for Halloween II

217

History for Halloween I

218

History for Halloween III

219

Poison in Colonial India

220

The (Failed) Republic of Fredonia

221

Tycho Brahe: The Astronomer with a Copper Nose

222

The Rise of the British Spy Novel

223

The Murder of Sweden's King Gustav III

224

The Life of Beatrice de Planissoles

225

Desert Queens? Women at the Edges of Empire from Hester Stanhope to Gertrude Bell

226

The Life and Crimes of Caravaggio

227

Al Capone's Pineapple Primary

228

Easter Rising, Part II: Aftermath

229

Easter Rising, Part I: Origins

230

Disney and the Space Race

231

Evelyn Nesbit and the Crime of the Century

232

The Eleven Lost Days

233

After Napoleon: Josephine Divorced

234

Medieval Animal Trials

235

Sherlock Holmes in Popular Culture

236

The Great Medieval Canon Law Forgery

237

The Origins of "I Am A Man"

238

Apples in America

239

Hospitals in the Victorian City

240

Papal Residences: The Lateran, The Vatican, and Castel Gandolfo

241

The Royal Teeth of Louis XIV

242

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

243

The Invention of Canning

244

Big History?

245

Comic Books and Thrill-Killers? An Interview with Mariah Adin

246

Independence from Whom? The American Revolution and Europe

247

Nuts: James Mulligan, Anthony McAuliffe, and the Notion of Surrender

248

Dogs: The Final Frontier

249

Opium Wars and Peace

250

Bonapartes in America: Jerome and Elizabeth

251

Special Edition: British Royal Siblings

252

Pop! Pop! Pop! A Brief History of Popcorn

253

Cola di Rienzo: Medieval Tribune of the Roman Republic

254

The Mystery of the Classic Authors

255

The Lepers and the London Nurse: The Remarkable Travels of Kate Marsden

256

Jean Hardouin and the Phantom Time Conspiracies

257

Watson, Franklin, and the Drama of DNA

258

Mush!: A Short History of Dog Sledding

259

Empress Eugénie in Exile, Part II: Life After Empire

260

Empress Eugénie in Exile, Part I: Flight from Paris

261

King Arthur's Christmas: Christianity, Paganism, and Community

262

Protest Pop and Queen Elizabeth II' s Silver Jubilee

263

Robert Bruce: Stabbings and Statebuilding

264

Mental Institutions, Part II: The Rosenhan Experiment

265

Mental Institutions, Part I: Nellie Bly's Exposé

266

Guy Fawkes

267

The Demon Core

268

Advances in the West: Grant's Army in 1862

269

Taking the Waters: Good Health Among the "Best People"

270

Hugh O'Neill and the Tudors

271

Dog Stars, Part II

272

Dog Stars, Part I

273

Seeking to Punish in 17th-Century England

274

King Childeric of the Franks: Barbarian?

275

Space Exploration and History ft. Asif Siddiqi

276

Alan Turing

277

Warrior, Wife, and Mother: The Story of Sichelgaita of Salerno

278

The Scientific Passions of Mary Buckland

279

Laura Bridgman, Charles Dickens, and Helen Keller

280

Rosamund: 6th-Century Regicide and Politics

281

Lawrence O'Brien: Fenians and the American Civil War

282

The Rise of the Studios: The Origins of the Film Industry, Part II

283

Love, Parachutes, and Käthchen Paulus

284

Alcibiades: The Bad Boy of Athens

285

Before Napoleon: Josephine Bonaparte's First Marriage

286

The King James Bible: One Version of the Greatest Story Ever Told

287

Nursery Rhymes, History, and Memory

288

A Tale of Three Breeds

289

The Birth of a Blockbuster

290

Jumping the Broom: The Evolution of a Wedding Tradition

291

From Magic Lanterns to Nickelodeons: The Origins of the Film Industry, Part I

292

Dr. Fredric Wertham: Hero or Super-Villain?

293

The Life and Times of Emperor Diocletian

294

Richard the Lionheart on Crusade

295

Irish Family Values: The Clannrickard Burkes in the Mid-Sixteenth Century

296

Mademoiselle de Maupin: The Life and Afterlife of a 17th-Century Swashbuckler

297

The History of the Academy Awards

298

Buck and Blanche (and Bonnie and Clyde)

299

Brotherhood Under the Black Flag: Multiracial Pirate Crews of the Early Modern Period

300

One Year Anniversary Show: How We Became Historians

301

From Union Soldier to Confederate Bushwacker: Loyalty and Disloyalty in Civil War West Virginia

302

Cold Noses and Oxytocin: Doggy Prehistory

303

Rilla of Ingleside and the WWI Homefront

304

2:31:56*: The Rosie Ruiz Scandal

305

The Christmas Truce of 1914

306

Historical Ad Campaigns

307

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Part II: Australia and New Zealand

308

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Part I: The Abduction