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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How many episodes does History Teachers Talking have?

The podcast currently has 212 episodes available.

History Teachers Talking episodes:

April 07, 2023 Talking about the Samurai
Join us as we talk about the Samurai, members of a warrior class who rose to power in Japan from the 12th century onwards.

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33min
March 31, 2023 Talking about the 1932 Emu War
The Great Depression led Australia to declare war on one of its beloved flightless birds – the Emu. A war, their military lost.

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25min
March 30, 2023 HTTP Lecture: History of the Handshake
Here is a short lecture on the history of the handshake which has existed in some form or another for thousands of years.

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6min
March 24, 2023 Talking about Woodstock
Woodstock was an epic event that became synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Here is the full story - kind of.

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44min
March 17, 2023 Talking about Stalin
Stalin was the chief architect of Soviet totalitarianism and a skilled but extremely ruthless leader. Join us for a little refresher on one of the most infamous men in all of history.

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50min
March 12, 2023 HTTP Lecture: Daylight Saving Time
Why does Daylight Saving Time exist? Join us for a quick lecture on the twice-yearly ritual that has roots in cost-cutting strategies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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8min
March 10, 2023 Talking about the Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Join us as we talk about the Tsavo man-eaters, a pair of male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya that were responsible for the deaths of over 100 people in 1898.

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26min
March 03, 2023 Talking about Julius Caesar
Time to talk about Julius Caesar, the Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire, only to be famously assassinated by political rivals one year later.

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34min
February 24, 2023 Talking about Challenger and Columbia
The Challenger (1986) and Columbia (2003) space shuttle disasters dramatically illustrated the risks involved in the human exploration of space and all but ended NASA as we once knew it.

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45min
February 17, 2023 Talking about Muhammad Ali
Join us as we talk about Muhammad Ali; a boxer, philanthropist, and social activist who is universally regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

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52min

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How many episodes does History Teachers Talking have?

The podcast currently has 212 episodes available.

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