Historium

By Jake BartonSociety & Culture Documentary Arts History Performing Arts

Historium episodes

June 18, 2020 #62 Side By Side
The story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese Twins, who worked in freak shows, owned a plantation, and experienced so much of 19th century, all while literally inseparable.
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1 hr 17 min
May 07, 2020 #61 Dirtbag Gold Rush
In Yosemite Valley, one of the most beautiful places on Earth, a rag-tag group of rock climbers in the 1970s stumble upon the score of a lifetime.
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27 min
April 07, 2020 #60 Plague of Corrupted Blood
The story of the Corrupted Blood plague that hit the realm of World of Warcraft and what outbreaks in video games can teach us about real-world epidemiology.
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14 min
March 23, 2020 #59 The Siege of Seeds
In the midst of the siege of Leningrad, a small enclave of Soviet scientists did what they could to protect a massive collection of seeds in order to save countless future human lives.
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32 min
January 23, 2020 #58 The Battle of Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, California, the fresh recruits, with their new crew cuts and wrinkled uniforms, would get their first taste of combat on February 24th, 1942...
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12 min
December 24, 2019 #57 A White Christmas in Saigon
Saigon, Vietnam. April 1975.
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21 min
December 16, 2019 #56 Savior of Mothers
Childbed fever was killing new mothers with a vengeance. In Hungary, young doctor Ignaz Semmelweis found a cure. However, there was one problem... No one believed him.
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27 min
November 21, 2019 #55 Death Row Baseball
Baseball has long been dubbed America’s pastime, but would that change if players had to literally play for their lives?
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27 min
October 24, 2019 #54 The Second Son of God
In the 1850s, a Christian cult rattles imperial China to its core...
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2 hr 34 min
July 09, 2019 #53 Interview with Egyptologist Colleen Darnell
Mummies, hieroglyphs, pyramids, vintage fashion; Egyptologist and vintage fashion historian Colleen Darnell digs through it all.

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42 min

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Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most…