Bet you didn't know cutting a big ditch could be so exciting, did you? But the story of the Suez Canal is fascinating and saved boats 5,000 some odd miles off their trips, alleviating the need to go around Africa. Some ideas in history are good ones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bet you didn't know cutting a big ditch could be so exciting, did you? But the story of the Suez Canal is fascinating and saved boats 5,000 some odd miles off their trips, alleviating the need to go around Africa. Some ideas in history are good ones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bet you didn't know cutting a big ditch could be so exciting, did you? But the story of the Suez Canal is fascinating and saved boats 5,000 some odd miles off their trips, alleviating the need to go around Africa. Some ideas in history are good ones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Suez Canal

Let's be honest. History is full of f*cked up sh*t. But what are we gonna do, pretend like it never happened? Have a drink with your host, actor and writer Will Sterling, and his more qualified former Presidential Speechwriting co-host, Dr. Craig Smith. They unpack the silly, salacious, scandalous, and serious stuff in history. If we don't learn from the past, we're doomed to repeat it. So let's at least try to do it with honesty and, wherever possible, a laugh.

Share The Suez Canal

Sign up to save your podcasts

The Suez Canal

The Suez Canal

More shows like History. Rated R.

This American Life

Stuff You Should Know

History That Doesn't Suck