Unknown History with Giles Milton

Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Government Means to Kill Me. They discuss the inspiration for the novel, activism, and the political and social reckoning of a young, black, gay man in 1980s New York City.Purchase My Government Means To Kill Me at Amazon, Audible, Bookshop.org, or your favorite bookstore.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytipsThis episode was recorded at P&T Knitwear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at Macmillan Audio. You can get your copy of Agent Sniper from Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, or wherever books or audiobooks are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lincoln's choices and evolution didn't just transform the meaning of the Civil War—they transformed the Consitution itself. This is the third and final installment of The Broken Constitution mini-series.Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips.Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts.For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries.Purchase The Broken Constitution.Find Noah on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the choices he made vindicated by history?Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips.Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts.For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries.Pre-order The Broken Constitution.Find Noah on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law.Read the transcript.Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts.For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries.Pre-order The Broken Constitution.Find Noah on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming soon on the Unknown History podcast: the story of Abraham Lincoln's work reshaping the United States Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After 323 days of the Berlin Blockade, a weather system nearly brought the city to its knees. However, the strength of the Germans, tenacity of the Americans (and a little bit of luck), resulted in victory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Berlin Airlift of 1948 saved the city from starvation...but just barely. Unknown History delves into the astonishing ingenuity of American military alongside the hard work of German citizens that kept the city from collapse. Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History delves deeper into the American solution.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't anticipate the ingenuity and tactical planning skills of Army Brigadier General Frank Howley. Could the Berlin Airlift really keep the entire city alive during the siege?Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Soviets' siege of Berlin did not begin with a bang, but rather a series of smaller infractions, starting with stopping trains to check passengers' papers to cutting off routes for trucks that delivered milk. Giles Milton dives into another moment of Unknown History.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Western allies in post-war Berlin had never encountered the likes of General Alexander Kotikov, a staunch communist with a velvet touch.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Winston Churchill's seminal 1946 speech in Westminster College gave not only a name to growing Soviet influence in Central and Eastern Europe, it also foresaw the future of the Iron Curtain.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The opening shots of an ensuing power struggle were fired in the Allied Kommandatura, the four-power body established to run Berlin convened in July 1945. But mistrust and manipulation among the key players threatened the outcome over the most pressing issues: food, looting, shootings, and the arrest of Nazis.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-great-berlin-power-strugglehttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Frank Howley first arrived in Berlin in July 1945, he had no idea that the Russians had spent the last ten years training a small but dedicated group of German revolutionary communists. Their role was to wrest control of all the key institutions in Berlin, setting the stage for a violent struggle between East and West.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/russias-secret-revolutionarieshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Within four months of arriving in Berlin, U.S. soldiers had sent home eleven million dollars from black-market trading. It was exciting, profitable, and extremely dangerous.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/sleeping-with-the-enemyhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nine weeks after the Red Army captured Berlin, American colonel Frank "Howlin' Mad" Howley and his troops stormed in to take the ruined city.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/americans-arrive-berlinhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By 10:40 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 1945, the Soviet flag was flying over the Reichstag, sending a powerful message that the Soviets, and they alone, had captured Berlin. If the Americans and British were going to enter the city, it would be on terms set by Joseph Stalin.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/berlin-turns-redhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An unlikely bond forged between a brash American colonel and a British brigadier played a vital role in a devious game of cat and mouse against Joseph Stalin during World War II.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-colonel-who-went-to-warhttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the new season of Unknown History, Giles Milton tells the tales of post-war Europe and the brave men who kept the west from tumbling into chaos - but also sowed the seeds of the Cold War. Tune in weekly on Thursdays starting the 15th of July for the whole thrilling story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we put the finishing touches on the next season of Unknown History, here's one more special bonus episode for you from our friends at Macmillan Audio. This week, you'll hear a special excerpt from the audiobook The Nine by Gwen Strauss. The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great-aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. This heart-stopping story is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times. Get your copy today here or wherever books or audiobooks are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unknown History's next season is still in the works, but this week, we're sharing another bonus clip. This episode is a special excerpt from the audiobook The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson. It tells the 25-year saga of three graduates of the West Point class of 1966. You'll follow them from their boisterous cadet years to the fires of Vietnam to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. Get your copy today here or wherever books are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's exclusive bonus episode, hear a special excerpt from the audiobook Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. Blood and Treasure tells the explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier. Authored by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, it's a thrilling true historical account you won't want to miss. Get your copy today here or wherever books are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did flag burning become a protected act of free speech? Did the United States v. Nixon determine that the President can't, basically, act like a king through executive privilege? Are corporations people? Let's take a look at some U.S. Supreme Court cases that changed America in profound ways.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/users-guide-supreme-court-caseshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The three branches of the U.S. federal government—executive, legislative, and judicial—keep each other in line through a system of "checks and balances." What roles do each play? And who puts the brakes on the POTUS?Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/users-guide-branches-governmenthttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you get involved in U.S. Democracy? Here's a crash course on next-level civic participation. Yep, we're talking about putting your money or your giant poster board sign where your mask-covered mouth is.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/users-guide-petition-protesthttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who's responsible for the Electoral College? (Hint: There's a wildly popular Broadway musical about him.) We'll dish on that and everything you need to know about the U.S. election process in the inaugural episode of our Unknown History miniseries, A User's Guide to Democracy.Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates.Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/users-guide-us-electionshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribehttps://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytipshttps://twitter.com/quickdirtytips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newspapers mocked his candidacy. Opponents underestimated him. And yet, he came to occupy the Oval Office as a U.S. President. Who is he? Not who you think!Read the transcript.Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.Subscribe to QDT's newsletters for regular updates.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/how-an-outsider-became-president-of-the-united-stateshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have a special guest post for Unknown History listeners. David Crowther hosts the History of England podcast, where he delves into England's history from the end of Roman Britain to present day. This episode focuses on Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth, and their strained relationship in 1500's England. Listen to learn about the queen's attempt to "remove a thorn" from her rule.Learn more about the History of England Podcast at: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last episode from Season 3 of Unknown History, we learn how the American Troops finally won the beach from German defenders at Omaha Beach. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has to offer, visit magellantv.com/unknownhistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we hear from the other side of D-Day—the German colonel tasked with driving the Allied forces off the beaches. Could the panzer tank division and its colorful leader turn the tide on June 6, 1944?This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has to offer, visit http://magellantv.com/unknownhistory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Upon landing at Sword Beach the morning of June 6, 1944, one group of eite British commandos were accompanied by a Highland bagpiper, who emphasized the greatness of their victory. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has to offer, visit http://magellantv.com/unknownhistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A group of American Rangers, led by the bold James Rudder, were some of the strongest and bravest soldiers in D-Day battles. Learn how they sabotaged a giant stockpile of German weapons aimed at Normandy beaches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two brothers, Charles and Elliot Dalton, fought side-by-side on the morning of June 6, 1944, leading the Juno Beach landings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you've seen 'Saving Private Ryan,' you know too well the images of the first flight of men invading and dying on the beach on D-Day—today, we learn the true story of that fateful mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, Allied forces were conducting their first wave of landings on Utah Beach—and quickly realized that a part of their plan had gone very, very wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A few hours before the beach landings at Normandy, Allied troops invaded the Merville Battery—a giant gun encampment—with instructions to destroy it. However, they had hundreds less soldiers than necessary to complete the mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we lead up to the climax of D-Day, we learn about the early hours of June 6, 1944, and the soldiers who executed a mission so dangerous, they expected death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, a group of men underwent a dangerous nighttime mission in France. What happened in that fateful operation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 5, 1944, the night of what was supposed to be D-Day, the five massive fleets heading for the French coast suddenly stopped and turned around—but why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part one of our exciting third-season, D-DAY, we learn about George Lane and his extraordinary undercover mission to Nazi-occupied France.Learn more about D-Day by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/d-day-what-was-operation-tarbrush-xBuy the Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250134943 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill were two of the most famous plainsmen of the American West, and also became trusted friends. How did this friendship come to be? Read the transcript here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/friendship-in-the-american-frontier-wild-bill-and-buffalo-billGet the book here: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even America Frontier's first and fastest gunslinger had a softer, romantic side—on this episode, we learn about the women that captured Wild Bill Hickok's heart. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.Read the transcript here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-softer-side-of-wild-bill-hickokGet the book here: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of Wild Bill Hickok, a legendary gunslinger from the American Frontier, has been largely untold in modern history. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.Read the transcript here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-life-and-death-of-wild-bill-hickokGet the book here: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our third installment in the miniseries "The Heroes of Valley Forge," we learn about Baron von Steuben, a conman and spy for the French government whose intense training regimen led Washington's American troops into victory at Valley Forge.Learn more about the heroes of Valley Forge by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/who-was-baron-von-steuben-an-unknown-revolutionary-war-heroBook: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second installment in our miniseries on the heroes of Valley Forge, we learn about Washington's surrogate sons and the impact they had on the American Revolution. While he didn't have any children of his own, these three young men looked to Washington as a father, and he to them as sons. Learn more about the heroes of Valley Forge by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-three-sons-george-washington-never-hadBook: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of our miniseries on the Heroes of Valley Forge, we learn that it was during the Valley Forge encampment that Washington was first called the “Father of His Country” because it was there he embodied both the American government and the fight for independence. When he was among his troops, which was every day, freezing and going hungry with him, they became inspired not to dissolve or disperse but to survive and fight beside this towering figure.Learn more about the heroes of Valley Forge by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: Book: https://amazon.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of our miniseries on Jack Kelly's The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, we learn how George Pullman's laborers fought back against his working conditions and wages with The Pullman Strike.Learn more about The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/why-you-should-know-about-the-1894-pullman-strikeBuy the Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250128867 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part four of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly describes the unfair conditions, significant events, and key people that led to the rise of labor unions in America.Learn more about The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-history-of-the-rise-of-labor-unions-in-americaBuy the Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250128867 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part three of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, author Jack Kelly discusses the short reign of George Pullman and his costly attempt for riches.Learn more about The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!Transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-sleeping-car-king-who-was-george-pullmanBuy the Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250128867 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.