History Shorts

Peter speaks with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, the renowned presidential historian, Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library, and author of Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.

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How much do you know about Presidential nicknames?

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Peter speaks with David Pietrusza, an American author and historian who is considered an expert on the history of U.S. elections.

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Joining History Shorts is Mr. Max Boot, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, policy columnist for the Washington Post, Global Affairs Analyst for CNN, and author of the recent New York Times Bestseller, Reagan: His Life and Legend.

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Even if one does not believe in ghosts, one must at least be intrigued by the stories surrounding San Diego's Whaley House. According to countless polls and opinions of those in the know, it is the most haunted house in the United States. Don't believe it? Even the U.S. Department of Commerce lists the building as an authentic Haunted House.

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Most of us know the name Mark Twain, but there is one story involving the famed author that, although it sounds like it belongs in a thriller, is actually true - that of a nightmare that foreshadowed actual death.

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In 1889, a civil war in the Pacific Island kingdom of Samoa led Germany and the United States to intervene. The conflict seemed unavoidable, but Mother Nature had different plans.

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It is December 6, 1944, and the future president of the United States has to go to the bathroom. He knows there is no time as his B-26 bomber is about to take off, yet the 33-year-old Naval officer assigned to observe a bombing mission in the South Pacific simply cannot contain his urge to pee. And so, he steps off the plane - and lives to change American history.

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Highlighting other great podcasts from the Evergreen Podcast Family!

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We kick off our new weekend limited series with Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE), one of history's most legendary military leaders, the king of Macedon, and creator of one of the largest empires in the ancient world.

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