In today’s episode, we will be discussing Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII and was the first Queen of England for just nine days, as part of an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor. Jane inherited the crown from her cousin Edward VI on July 9th, 1553.

She arrived at the Tower of London to prepare for her coronation, but within two weeks she was a prisoner of her Catholic cousin, Mary I, who had claimed the throne as rightfully hers. While Mary was reluctant to punish Lady Jane at first, she proved too much of a threat.

On February 12th, 1554 Jane was executed on Tower Green at the young age of 17.

In this week's episode, we will be discussing Hernán Cortés. Don Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. A man that was truly a product of his time. 

In this week's episode we will be discussing Spartacus! Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt army against the Roman Republic and was successful in defeating Roman forces over half a dozen times while marching his people up and down the Italian peninsula. Spartacus and his army were nearly at arms lengths of toppling control of the Roman Republic but was killed in battle in April 71 BC during his slave armies final stand against the Republic. 

In today’s episode we will be discussing the life of one of the most famous assassins in the United States, John Wilkes Booth. The man that killed Lincoln.

In this week's episode, we will be discussing Billy The Kid! Billy is probably the most misunderstood historical figure of the Old West. He was not a cold-blooded killer, nor was he a robber of trains or banks. Instead he was a gunfighter in a feud between two factions in which both sides stole from each other and killed. Billy was simply a scapegoat for those in power at the time and never got a real chance in life, but instead kept falling down the wrong path. Don't get us wrong, Billy was no angel, but he definitely didn't deserve the life he was delt. 

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. In 1295, Marco Polo returned to Venice after spending 24 years in Asia. Venice was at war with its rival Genoa. Polo took part in helping defend Venice and found himself captured as a prisoner of war. Within his time as prisoner, his cellmate was a famous romance writer, Rustichello da Pisa, and together they wrote one of the most famous works of literature - The Travels of Marco Polo. 

This week, we will discuss the life of the great 20th century English actor, Christopher Lee. Mr. Lee was a man of many talents. He learned eight languages, became a master swordsman and a Nazi hunter, all before he made his first film. Best known for his portrayal of Dracula, he managed to appear in more films over the course of his very long life than any other actor before or since. 

In this week's episode Cooper and Glynn discuss the first and last female Chinese Emperor, Wu Zetian. China’s history is a unique story filled with dynasties, rebellions and civil wars. Emperors came and went. Dynasties rose and dynasties fell. In nearly every case those dynasties were run by men who ruled over a vast Asian empire with hand-picked bureaucrats and concubines. And in the middle of China’s most beloved imperial dynasty, Wu Zetian defied all odds and became Empress. 

In this weeks episode Coop and Glynn discuss the Battle of the Alamo, which was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio, killing most of the Texians inside. 

In this week's episode, Cooper and Glynn will be discussing the courageous and plucky social reformer journalist of the late 1800's, Nellie Bly. She accomplished so much in her life, it reads like an action / adventure book of fiction. She committed herself to a disreputable insane asylum in New York City for women to report on the wrong-doings there and later, traveled around the world as a stunt to promote her newspaper in an age when women almost never traveled anywhere alone. Later, she managed to become an industrialist and innovator before returning to her first passion, investigative reporting. She is the true definition of a female badass. Grab a drink and listen in, it's a fun ride.