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When West Germany won the World Cup in 1954 they were the underdog representatives of a divided nation emerging from defeat and... Read More

In a surreal, chilling moment, the Chilean national football team played alone in Santiago’s Estadio Nacional after the Soviet Union... Read More

From the 'Battle of Nuremberg' to Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God,' the World Cup has seen some of the most controversial moments in sports Read More

US journalist Martha Gellhorn tricked officers so that she could write firsthand dispatches from Normandy in June 1944. In 1991, she told the... Read More

Before D-Day, Allied forces battled across the region's deserts to secure the Mediterranean and establish a springboard for the invasion... Read More

In 1864, Confederate leaders gave the okay to set up a major spy ring in Canada. Agents immediately began plotting to spread terror in the... Read More

Far from the colonists' front lines, Cubans, Mexicans and Spaniards aided the American Revolution. Read More

What if the greatest investment in history wasn't a stock… but a country? As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, much... Read More

Senior Major General of Militia John Hancock stepped out in front of the regiment of almost 6,000 troops the Provisional Congress of... Read More

A complicated Founder’s totemic power Read More

The Nazi leader's followers were not monsters, but ordinary men. Philosopher Hannah Arendt had already observed this. Two researchers now... Read More

The Scramble for Africa describes the competition between European imperial powers to first control trade and then... Read More

Why did Appolonia trade so few enslaved people? Short answer: unique economy and sacred beliefs. Read More

Strategically situated where the Adriatic and Ionian Seas meet, a small rocky outcrop has once again become an object of desire for the... Read More

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

What happens when two of America's biggest revolutionary minds become one of its most famous political rivalries? In this episode of Boom... Read More

June 10, 1752. Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm to demonstrate a connection between lightning and electricity. This... Read More

As the U.S. escalated its intervention in Vietnam in the 1960s, the media's coverage ramped up too. Soon, the war permeated the homes of... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the life of mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria. Read More

Nolan's movie is great, but there are a few that surpass it. Read More

In “The American School of Spies,” Stephan Talty tells the story of the desperate struggle to preserve antiquities during World... Read More

Never again – until next time. 1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World by Liaquat Ahamed explores... Read More

This account of the Islamic Republic and its discontents told via six contrasting lives should be required reading Read More

To write the nation’s founding document, Thomas Jefferson borrowed from his home — Virginia. Read More

George Washington stayed in many homes during the Revolution. One estate, the Dey mansion in New Jersey, still stands today. Take a look... Read More

Powdered wigs, tricorn hats and ruffles were elements of colonial clothing, but these Revolutionary fashions were less universal than you... Read More

Dozens of mourners attended a memorial service in western Belgium. Read More

The Revolutionary War succeeded because of allies at home and abroad. Read More

From ‘Bleeding Kansas’ to Harper’s Ferry, abolitionist John Brown was a major figure in the tide of violence sweeping the... Read More

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, the country is once again revisiting the presidents who shaped the Republic.  Some... Read More

The Declaration of Independence became a masterpiece through a group edit that was “one of the great marvels of history” Read More

When the English and Nazi German football teams met for the first time on British soil in 1935, the game was not the headline. Read More

Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He... Read More

Imperial expansion has been one of the most significant forces shaping world history, transforming regional states into vast, multiethnic... Read More

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek goddess Aphrodite. Read More

Most companies fail within five years—but Molson Coors, Cigna, and JPMorgan Chase have survived for more than 200. Their playbook: Pick the... Read More

The Executive Order President Trump signed last year on National Parks, Smithsonian museums, and monuments was designed to counter those who... Read More

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