History Teachers Talking

By History Shorts Network

Hosted by former history teachers Thomas Reszka and Peter Zablocki, this monthly podcast brings the past into the present through lively, unscripted conversations on history, politics, pop culture, an... more

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The podcast currently has 212 episodes available.

History Teachers Talking episodes:

May 24, 2023 HTTP Lecture: Chess
People have been playing chess for more than 1500 years. Want to know how that happened?

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7min
May 19, 2023 Talking about Robber Barons (Part II)
Part II of a two-part episode on the Titans of American Industry, commonly known as the Gilded Age's Robber Barons.

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39min
May 18, 2023 HTTP Lecture: The Know Nothing Party
Here is a brief history of the Know Nothing Party; a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s.

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9min
May 12, 2023 Talking about Robber Barons (Part I)
During the Gilded Age, several businessmen made large sums of money by gaining control of whole industries such as railroads, banking, or oil. This is part one of a two-part story of four of the most infamous industrialists of the time - the so-called Robber Barons.

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37min
May 10, 2023 HTTP Lecture: Teddy and the Panama Canal
President Teddy Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal of creating a canal through Central America - but its completion did not happen without some controversy.

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7min
May 05, 2023 Talking about the Blackout Ripper of Wartime London
The Blackout Ripper was the pseudonym given to 28-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins, an English serial killer who murdered four women in London in 1942.

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35min
May 03, 2023 HTTP Lecture: Lost Colony of Roanoke
So what is the actual story of the disappearance of 117 colonists from Roanoke Island that has been this country's oldest mystery for centuries? Well, let's find out.

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8min
April 28, 2023 Talking about the Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups - well, at least that was the original goal...

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36min
April 21, 2023 Talking about History of Aviation
The history of aviation extends back more than two thousand years, from kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight powered by heavier-than-air jets today. Here is the short version of the whole story.

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42min
April 14, 2023 Talking about Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping
Join us as we talk about the bizarre story of that one time Frank Sinatra's son got kidnapped for ransom in 1963, Lake Tahoe.

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25min

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How many episodes does History Teachers Talking have?

The podcast currently has 212 episodes available.

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