Hurricane Erin is cruising through the Atlantic with 50 foot waves crashing in the eye of the storm. In honor of those who pray for surf, we are duck diving into the history of the boogie board and Christory’s own history riding the waves. Celebrate the dog days of the jubilee summer with a goofy footed historian.

It smells like Teen Spirit in Rome these days. Christory’s got OG eyes on the Jubilee of Youth and the new pope as he navigates holy Lollapalooza . The Vatican works tirelessly to present an image, but popular culture often has its own ideas. Let’s take a closer look as the jubilee inspired season of our podcast rolls on.

It’s on like Donkey Kong. We’ve got a new pope and Christory is on the ground in Rome watching it go down. The dream is that the first pope from the US of A is walking through the Vatican apartments winking at the nuns like Jude Law in The Young Pope because nothing is more historically fun than a spicy pope.

From parading around Rome with an elephant to putting a corpse on trial, there is more delightfully devious behavior amongst the 266 popes than in all the seasons of Cops. Hold onto your sock, papal or not and see the Holy See’s dirty laundry in high definition. 

What do Abigail Adams, Prince Albert, Louisa May Alcott, Wilbur Wright, quite possibly Sacagawea and Alexander the Great, and maybe Saladin have in common?  They met the grim reaper by hitchin’ a ride on the Typhoid train. Christory's back in the history of disease with a Papal Jubilee twist ( of lime).

Papal Jubilees have been super spreaders. This year it is the Jubilee Flu, in 1350 it was The Plague. Learn more about the disease that killed at least half of Europe. In the Middle Ages God was angry. Today, you’ve got bacteria and hopefully antibiotics.

The Papal Giubileo has taken Rome by storm. Even the New York Times is afraid the city is going to lose its soul, but this isn’t Rome’s first trip to the invasion rodeo. Napoleon took great pleasure in busting papal cajones, so hold onto your bicorne hats!

There are historical events that define generations because they set the world on a different course.  The terror attack on September 11, 2001 was such an event.  Explore this topic through a historical lens with some personal recollections.

Think you know the mob of Hollywood?  Just wait until you meet this rowdy cast of characters.  Christory's diving back into true crime.  Christory's no rat, but these crimes are too juicy not to tell.

If you like true crime, you are not alone. Long before the Gilgo Killer tossed his DNA covered pizza crust into the evidence pile, Long Island has experienced murder and mayhem. Tune in for the history of six crimes that will make you shake your head.