Unknown History with Giles Milton

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Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton.

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Unknown History with Giles Milton episodes:

08.21.2023
An Excerpt From You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live
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10.25.2022
An Excerpt from The Women of Rothschild
If you like Unknown History with Giles Milton, we think you'll enjoy this audiobook.
10.18.2022
A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.
Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Government Means to Kill Me. They discuss the inspiration for the novel, activism, and the political and social reckoning of a young, black, gay man in 1980s...
09.06.2022
An Excerpt from American Demon
We hope you enjoy this excerpt from AMERICAN DEMON, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness.
06.23.2022
How has Britain become butler to the world?
We are sharing an excerpt from an explosive new audiobook we think you'll love: Butler to the World. In his follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough unravels the dark secret of how Britain placed itself at the center of the global...
06.16.2022
The untold story of Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms
Enjoy an excerpt from "Scorpions' Dance," by Jefferson Morley. For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in: The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Director Richard Helms, and their volatile shared secrets that ended a presidency.
06.09.2022
The Iconic Speeches We Never Heard
We're sharing an excerpt from Jeff Nussbaum's UNDELIVERED. It's a fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path.
04.12.2022
Is the mafia really that violent?
Introducing Curious State, a brand new podcast from the Quick and Dirty Tips network.
12.16.2021
Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA
Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at...
11.04.2021
The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation
Lincoln's choices and evolution didn't just transform the meaning of the Civil War—they transformed the Consitution itself. This is the third and final installment of The Broken Constitution mini-series. Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen...
10.28.2021
The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice
Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the choices he made vindicated by history? Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries. Pre-order The Broken...
10.27.2021
The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice
Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the choices he made vindicated by history? Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries. Pre-order The Broken...
10.21.2021
The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise
The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law. Read the transcript. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to...
10.20.2021
The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise
The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law. Read the transcript. Follow Unknown History wherever you...
10.14.2021
Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution
Coming soon on the Unknown History podcast: the story of Abraham Lincoln's work reshaping the United States Constitution.
10.06.2021
The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade
After 323 days of the Berlin Blockade, a weather system nearly brought the city to its knees. However, the strength of the Germans, tenacity of the Americans (and a little bit of luck), resulted in victory.
09.29.2021
To Save a City
The Berlin Airlift of 1948 saved the city from starvation...but just barely. Unknown History delves into the astonishing ingenuity of American military alongside the hard work of German citizens that kept the city from collapse. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick...
09.22.2021
Launching the Airlift
The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History delves deeper into the...
09.15.2021
The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?
When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't anticipate the ingenuity and tactical planning skills of Army Brigadier General Frank Howley. Could the Berlin Airlift really keep the entire city alive during the...
09.08.2021
The Strangling of Berlin
The Soviets' siege of Berlin did not begin with a bang, but rather a series of smaller infractions, starting with stopping trains to check passengers' papers to cutting off routes for trucks that delivered milk. Giles Milton dives into another...
09.01.2021
A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin
Western allies in post-war Berlin had never encountered the likes of General Alexander Kotikov, a staunch communist with a velvet touch. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips
08.25.2021
Churchill's Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's seminal 1946 speech in Westminster College gave not only a name to growing Soviet influence in Central and Eastern Europe, it also foresaw the future of the Iron Curtain. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe...
08.18.2021
The Great Berlin Power Struggle
The opening shots of an ensuing power struggle were fired in the Allied Kommandatura, the four-power body established to run Berlin convened in July 1945. But mistrust and manipulation among the key players threatened the outcome over the most pressing...
08.11.2021
Russia's Secret Revolutionaries
When Frank Howley first arrived in Berlin in July 1945, he had no idea that the Russians had spent the last ten years training a small but dedicated group of German revolutionary communists. Their role was to wrest control of...
08.05.2021
Sleeping with the Enemy
Within four months of arriving in Berlin, U.S. soldiers had sent home eleven million dollars from black-market trading. It was exciting, profitable, and extremely dangerous. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates. Join...
08.04.2021
Sleeping with the Enemy
Within four months of arriving in Berlin, U.S. soldiers had sent home eleven million dollars from black-market trading. It was exciting, profitable, and extremely dangerous. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for...
07.28.2021
The Americans Arrive in Berlin
Nine weeks after the Red Army captured Berlin, American colonel Frank "Howlin' Mad" Howley and his troops stormed in to take the ruined city. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the QDT newsletter for regular updates. Join the...
07.22.2021
Berlin Turns Red
By 10:40 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 1945, the Soviet flag was flying over the Reichstag, sending a powerful message that the Soviets, and they alone, had captured Berlin. If the Americans and British were going to enter the city,...
07.21.2021
Berlin Turns Red
By 10:40 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 1945, the Soviet flag was flying over the Reichstag, sending a powerful message that the Soviets, and they alone, had captured Berlin. If the Americans and British were going to enter the city,...
07.15.2021
The Colonel Who Went to War
An unlikely bond forged between a brash American colonel and a British brigadier played a vital role in a devious game of cat and mouse against Joseph Stalin during World War II. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips...
07.14.2021
The Colonel Who Went to War
An unlikely bond forged between a brash American colonel and a British brigadier played a vital role in a devious game of cat and mouse against Joseph Stalin during World War II. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty...
07.08.2021
Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4
On the new season of Unknown History, Giles Milton tells the tales of post-war Europe and the brave men who kept the west from tumbling into chaos - but also sowed the seeds of the Cold War. Tune in weekly...
05.20.2021
The True Story of A Band of Female Resistance Fighters in WWII
While we put the finishing touches on the next season of Unknown History, here's one more special bonus episode for you from our friends at Macmillan Audio. This week, you'll hear a special excerpt from the audiobook The Nine by...
05.06.2021
The Legacy of the West Point Class of 1966
Unknown History's next season is still in the works, but this week, we're sharing another bonus clip. This episode is a special excerpt from the audiobook The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson. It tells the 25-year saga of three...
04.20.2021
Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
In today's exclusive bonus episode, hear a special excerpt from the audiobook Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. Blood and Treasure tells the explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for...
09.27.2020
91- A User's Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Shaped History
All rise! It's time to learn about landmark Supreme Court cases.
09.20.2020
90 - A User's Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government
Hear more about how the U.S. government checks itself before it wrecks itself.
09.14.2020
89 - A User's Guide to Getting Involved in Democracy—Petitions and Protest
We elect Congress. So, how do we make sure they're working for us?
09.06.2020
88 - A User's Guide to U.S. Elections
Get informed before you vote in the 2020 presidential election.
08.31.2020
23 S2 - How an Outsider Became President of the United States
The press deemed him "weak and mediocre." And yet ...
05.30.2019
BONUS: Introducing The History of England
A Queen and Her Thorn
04.24.2019
87 S3 - D-DAY: When the Tides Turned on Omaha Beach
The worst of the morning of D-Day was finally over.
04.17.2019
86 S3 - D-DAY: The German Opposition
What was it like to be fighting the Allied forces on D-Day?
04.10.2019
85 S3 - D-DAY: Bagpipes and Snipers
What do bagpipes and snipers have in common? Involvement in D-Day.
04.03.2019
84 S3 - D-DAY: American Rangers Who Terrified the Germans
The story of the American Rangers and their role in D-Day
03.27.2019
83 S3 - D-Day: The Tale of Two Brothers
The story of Charles and Elliot Dalton and their role in the Juno Beach Landings
03.20.2019
82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'
The story of first flight of men invading the beach on D-Day
03.13.2019
81 S3 - D-DAY: The Utah Beach Landings
The first wave of beach landings on June 6, 1944
03.06.2019
80 S3 - D-DAY: The Battle for Merville
The first invasion of D-Day involved Terence Otway, a gun encampment, and hundreds less soldiers than needed
02.27.2019
79 S3 - D-DAY: One of the Most Dangerous Missions of D-Day
Why did James Eads undertake a potentially fatal mission?

What's Unknown History with Giles Milton about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Unknown History with Giles Milton episodes:

An Excerpt From You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live

An Excerpt from The Women of Rothschild

A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

An Excerpt from American Demon

How has Britain become butler to the world?

The untold story of Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms

The Iconic Speeches We Never Heard

Is the mafia really that violent?

Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution

The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade

To Save a City

Launching the Airlift

The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

The Strangling of Berlin

A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

Churchill's Iron Curtain

The Great Berlin Power Struggle

Russia's Secret Revolutionaries

Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy

The Americans Arrive in Berlin

Berlin Turns Red

Berlin Turns Red

The Colonel Who Went to War

The Colonel Who Went to War

Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

The True Story of A Band of Female Resistance Fighters in WWII

The Legacy of the West Point Class of 1966

Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

91- A User's Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Shaped History

90 - A User's Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government

89 - A User's Guide to Getting Involved in Democracy—Petitions and Protest

88 - A User's Guide to U.S. Elections

23 S2 - How an Outsider Became President of the United States

BONUS: Introducing The History of England

87 S3 - D-DAY: When the Tides Turned on Omaha Beach

86 S3 - D-DAY: The German Opposition

85 S3 - D-DAY: Bagpipes and Snipers

84 S3 - D-DAY: American Rangers Who Terrified the Germans

83 S3 - D-Day: The Tale of Two Brothers

82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

81 S3 - D-DAY: The Utah Beach Landings

80 S3 - D-DAY: The Battle for Merville

79 S3 - D-DAY: One of the Most Dangerous Missions of D-Day