Hidden History

Episode 39: This week take a look at two perfectly similar versions of paradise separated by half a millennium.

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Episode 38: It’s the Fourth of July, and today we’re taking a look at the most infamous prison riot in America history, as well as the systems that lead to its eruption. Only through an examination of our past can we build a better future for all.

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Episode 37: New York City has one of the most extensive subway systems in the world, and at times, it seems, the most irritating. How did the MTA come to be, and how did it get to where it is now?

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Episode 36: June is Pride Month, so this week, let's take a look at the social concept of "the spinster" and "the old maid," and examine how they relate to same-sex relationships in early America.

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Episode 35: The year is 1893, and you’re living in a small settlement in the New Mexico territory . Health care in your town is not the best. There seems to be no solution in sight outside of an early grave. But then something changes...a wagon comes to town, and with it, a traveling troupe of entertainers singing the virtues of oils, liniments, and balms that they say can cure what ails. Do you believe them? And what exactly is in the miracle elixirs that they call “patent medicine?”

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Episode 34: If you had to convey vitally important information to our descendants thousands of years from now, how would you do it? Would you carve your message into stone or cast it in metal? Would you create a series of signs and symbols that represented the meaning of your information? What if understanding this message meant the difference between life and death?

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Episode 33: Ever heard that urban legend about how NASA spent huge sums of money to develop a pen that wrote in space, while to Soviet Union used pencils? Yeah, turns out that’s a myth. In the first episode of Season 3 find out a little bit about the history of writing in space.

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Episode 32: Is the built world inherently political? Do we shape our buildings or do our buildings shape us? Get some food for thought in the experimental final episode of season 2.

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Episode 31: The circus in its modern form has been an institution in Western culture for over a quarter of a millennium, and traces its historic influences back even further. This week, learn about one of the things that made the circus what it was: its music.

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Episode 30: The Mediterranean during the Bronze Age was a bastion of civilization; massive cities with decadent palaces dotted the coastal territories, while art, literacy, and trade flourished, creating an unparalleled standard of living. In the span of 50 years, almost all of it would be gone. What was it that brought these spectacular civilizations to their knees?

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