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Built by the Nazis as a coastal defense, then used by the Polish to plot a Cold-War invasion of Scandinavia, the network of tunnels and... Read More

For centuries, the world’s entire coffee supply flowed through one Yemeni port. Read More

The Guadalcanal Campaign (aka Battle for Guadalcanal) in the Solomon Islands was a series of land, air, and sea battles... Read More

Edward Colston gave millions in today's money to schools, almshouses and charitable causes, carefully crafting an image of himself as a... Read More

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Nearly forty years have passed since I crossed the frontier into the Soviet Union. That is now almost as much time as separated my journey... Read More

Ancient people had situationships, too. Read More

During the Kenya Emergency, white women took up arms against the Mau Mau rebels. What did it mean to be both domestic and violent? Read More

In June 1877, Queen Victoria’s Master of the Household faced an unprecedented failure of royal protocol. Read More

Dolly Parton built a legendary music career. Her legacy extends far beyond it. Read More

Combat Artist Howard Brodie witnessed the stark reality of combat and drew what he saw. Read More

The tall ship Galeón Andalucía is described as a floating museum by crew members. Read More

Two Wehrmacht soldiers and a WWII motorcycle were recovered from the Danube in Budapest. Now, experts are trying to identify the soldiers... Read More

Over 900 gleaming gold coins. A cold case buried for more than 2,000 years. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the infamous pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Read More

This year, K-pop Demon Hunters picked up a couple of Oscars, the pop group BTS made its triumphant return to sold out crowds, and K-pop took... Read More

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we study The Portrait of Madame X- a famous 19th century painting featuring a mysteriously alluring... Read More

Linford Fisher and Lorén Spears reveal how Indigenous slavery and land dispossession went hand-in-hand with the American Revolution. Read More

The transatlantic telegraph cable helped usher in the information age, a new book shows Read More

Behaving well as a host or visitor wasn’t just a matter of etiquette for the ancient Greeks – it was a sacred duty. Hilary... Read More

Carter Vaughn Findley’s "Dreams of Empire" charts the endurance, diversity, achievements, and eventual dissolution of a state that bound... Read More

At a time when universities are shuttering their presses, Grove City College has launched Faith & Freedom Press through publisher... Read More

The rusting hull of a century-old steam tug has emerged almost completely from the shrinking waters of Serbia’s Sava River near Sremska... Read More

August 20 marked the 193rd birthday of an American president.  Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know that. Benjamin... Read More

When revolutionary socialists tell us who they are, perhaps we should take them at their word. Read More

British Brigadier General Charles O’Hara clad in a scarlet coat trimmed with gold embroidery on his cuffs, lapels and buttonholes that... Read More

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On the snow-blasted Plains of Abraham, American forces prepared to launch an attack on the English citadel at Quebec. It was a recipe for... Read More

A new book by historian Nathaniel Philbrick makes the case that James Marshall’s 1848 discovery set in motion events from the Civil War to... Read More

Charles Lennox and James Wilson, a pair of Britons, played important roles in the struggle for independence Read More

The Gettysburg Address was a speech delivered by US President Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863. It was given during the formal... Read More

Before the mid-19th century, bowling used nine pins, not 10. Read More

From the printing press to the internet, the spread of information has changed the world. How do we recognise an age defined by it Read More

A study challenges the idea that Barbarians simply dominated Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Read More

The women of the Bayeux tapestry tell a story as compelling and important as the main depiction of the battle. Read More

JMC Resident Historian Elliott Drago sat down with 2025 Jack Miller Fellow Ben Peterson to discuss his work on the varieties of political... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More