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Wonders of the World — 133 episodes

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Have you been to the Taj Mahal?

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109 - The High Passes of Ladakh and the Himalaya

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108 - The Safavid Family and the Naqsh-e Jahan Square

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107 - Gustavus Adolphus and the Aurora Borealis

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Come See Me at Intelligent Speech Online!

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106 - The Valley of the Middle Rhine and the 30 Years War

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105 - Český Krumlov and the Defenestration of Prague

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104 - The Old New Synagogue of Prague and the Golem

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103 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa and Galileo Galilei

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102 - The Harmandir Sahib of Amritsar and the Beginning of Sikhism

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101 - The Uffizi Gallery of Florence and Cosimo I de' Medici

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Bonus - The Total Solar Eclipse of 2024

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099 - The Meenakshi Amman Temple of Madurai and the Fall of Vijayanagar

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100 - The Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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098 - The Süleymaniye Mosque of Istanbul and Suleiman the Magnificent

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097 - Machu Picchu and the Rise and Fall of the Inca

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Mental Health Hiatus

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096 - The Humble Administrator's Garden of Suzhou

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095 - The Migration of the Monarch Butterflies and the Conquest of Mexico

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Update and Intelligent Speech

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094 - Chambord Chateau and François I

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093 - Vatican City and Michelangelo and the Renaissance Popes

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092 - The Hieronymites Monastery of Lisbon and Vasco da Gama

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091 - The Great Mosque of Djenné and the Songhai Empire

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090 - The Bioluminescent Bay of Puerto Mosquito and the Columbian Exchange

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089 - The Kremlin of Moscow and the Beginnings of the Russian Empire

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088 - The Tower of London and the Princes in the Tower

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Where the Heck Is Caroline?

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087 - The Topkapi Palace of Istanbul and the Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople

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000 - Introduction

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086 - Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon and Shin Sawbu

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085 - The Registan of Samarkand and Ulugh Beg, the Astronomer-King

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084 - The Duomo of Florence and the Birth of the Renaissance

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083 - The Karst Islands of Halong Bay and Lê Lợi

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082 - The Forbidden City of Beijing and the Voyages of Zheng He

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Bonus - The Floating Rock Gardens of Ryloth

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081 - The Temple of Heaven of Beijing and the Yongle Emperor

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080 - Malbork Castle and Jagiełło vs the Teutonic Knights

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Just Like Starting Over

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079 - Kinkaku-ji of Kyoto and the Start of the Ashikaga Shogunate

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078 - The Monasteries of Meteora and John V Palaeologos

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077 - The Alhambra of Granada and the Reign of Muhammad V

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076 - Cologne Cathedral and the Black Death

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075 - Bali and the Majapahit Empire

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074 - The Madrassas of Timbuktu and Mansa Musa

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020 - The Staircases of Persepolis and the Rise of the Achaemenids

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073 - The Canals and Belfries of Bruges and the Battle of the Golden Spurs

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072 - The Great Wall of China and Khubilai Khan

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071 - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres and Blanche of Castile

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070 - The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela and Medieval Ethiopia

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069 - The Grand Canal of Venice and the Fourth Crusade

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068 - Mont-Saint-Michel and Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Bonus - Your Questions, Answered

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067 - The Djemaa el-Fna of Marrakesh and the Almohads

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066 - Angkor Wat and the Khmer Empire

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065 - Monument Valley and the Ancestral Puebloans

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064 - The Old City of Sanaa and Queen Arwa Al-Sulayhi

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063 - The Western Group of Temples at Khajuraho and the Chandelas

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062 - The Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings

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Bonus - Lake Ohrid and Samuel vs Basil II

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3rd Anniversary Bonus - Fifty States Ranked

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061 - The Volcanic and Geothermal Features of Iceland and the Viking Sagas

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060 - The Fjords of Norway and the Norse Vikings

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059 - The Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichén Itzá and the Post-Classic Maya

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058a - The House of Wisdom

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058 - The Medina of Fes and Fatima al-Fihri

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057 - Aachen Cathedral and Charlemagne

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056 - The Underground Cities and Rock Formations of Cappadocia and Iconoclasm

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055 - The Mezquita of Córdoba and Abd al-Rahman

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Bonus - Notre-Dame de Paris

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054 - The Giant's Causeway and Early Medieval Ireland

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053 - Borobudur and the Empires of Early Medieval Indonesia

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052 - The Kailashanatha Temple of Ellora and the Rashtrakutas

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051 - The Stelae of Copán and Waxaklajuun Ubaad Kawiil

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050 - The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus and the Umayyad Caliphate

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049 - The Giant Buddha of Leshan and Empress Wu Zetian

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Bonus - The Murals of Panjakent

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048 - The Temples of Tikal and Nuun Ujol Chaak and Jasaw Chan Kawi'il

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047 - The Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque and King Pakal

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Crater Lake and Oregon: 2nd Anniversary Bonus Episode

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046 - The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Dome of the Rock, and Islam

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045 - The Hagia Sophia and Emperor Justinian

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044 - The Citadel of Sigiriya and King Kassapa

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043- The Nazca Lines and the Rise of Peruvian Civilization

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BONUS! History Fangirl Podcast: the Lost History of Angkor

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042 - The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang and the Silk Road

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Exciting News

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041 - Diocletian's Palace and the Roman Dominate

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040 - The Temple of Bel at Palmyra and Queen Zenobia

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BONUS! History Fangirl Podcast: the Grand Place

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039 - The Temples of Heliopolis at Baalbek and Emperor Elagabalus

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038 - The Ruins of Leptis Magna and Emperor Septimius Severus (and Sons!)

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037 - The Backwaters of Kerala and the Indian Ocean Trade

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036 - The Pantheon of Rome and Emperor Hadrian

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035 - The Pyramids of Teotihuacan and the Rise of Mexican Civilization

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034 - The Colosseum and the Flavian Emperors

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033 - Pompeii and Herculaneum and the Eruption of Vesuvius

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032 - Masada and the Great Jewish Revolt

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031a - The Two Bethlehems

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031 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Beginning of Christianity

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030 - The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa and Queen Cleopatra

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029 - The Pont du Gard and Vercingetorix vs Julius Caesar

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028a - Demetrius, Besieger of Cities

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028 - Petra and the Nabataeans

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027 - The Roman Forum - Part II: The Second Punic War

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026 - The Roman Forum - Part I: the First Punic War

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EPCOT: 1st Anniversary Bonus Episode

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025 - The Terracotta Army of Xian and Qin Shi Huangdi

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024 - The Theater of Dionysus and the Peloponnesian War

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023 - The Parthenon and the Age of Pericles

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022 - The Oracle of Delphi and the Persian War

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021 - The Eternal Fires of Mount Chimaera and the Roots of the Persian War

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019 - The Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya and the Beginning of Buddhism

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018 - The Ghats of Varanasi and the Beginnings of Hinduism

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017 - Mount Tai and the Beginnings of Confucianism and Daoism

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016 - The Western Wall of Jerusalem and the Beginning of Judaism

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015 - The Dead Sea and the History in the Torah

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014 - The Temple of Ramesses at Abu Simbel and Pharaoh Ramesses the Great

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013 - The Tombs of the Valley of the Kings and Pharaohs Akhenaten and Tutankhamun

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012 - The Temples of Karnak and Luxor and Pharaoh Hatshepsut

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011 - Santorini and the Minoans

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010 - Stonehenge and Neolithic Britain

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009a - Life in a Northern Territory

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009 - Uluru and Aboriginal Australians

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008 - Ngorongoro Crater and the Birth of Humanity

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007 - The Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Rise of the Ptolemies

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006 - The Colossus of Rhodes and the "Besieger of Cities"

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005a - The Two Artemisias

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005 - The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Artemisia of Caria

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004 - The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and Herostratic Fame

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003 - The Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Olympic Games

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002 - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Assyrian and Babylonian Civilizations

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001 - The Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx of Giza