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History Loves Company

Chester Sakamoto

Take a trip back in time and experience history in a unique and immersive way--because history is shaped by all of us!

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00:08:05

"Pitchy" Woman: The Sordid Tale of the La Brea Woman

History Loves Company ·

2025/11/14

As with many cities throughout the world, Los Angeles has a long and troubled history of crime. The Black Dahlia, Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez (the infamous "Night Stalker")...these are just some of the most notorious criminal cases that have taken place in the so-called City of Angels. But long before these, even before its days as a lawless Wild West town, Los Angeles was home to one of the earliest, if not THE earliest, crimes ever committed within what are now LA City limits. Join me this

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00:08:13

Smart Set: How the Bright Young Things Took Britain

History Loves Company ·

2025/11/07

Celebrity and tabloid culture are nothing new. We forget that the stories and scandals of today are not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, what we now regard as salacious can, in fact, trace its roots back a century at the height of the Roaring Twenties, when a lively and decadent youth subculture took Britain by storm with their shocking behavior. Join me this week for a look at the Bright Young Things and see how little has truly changed!

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00:09:09

No "Bones" About It: The Grim History of the Paris...

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2025/10/31

Every city has an underbelly, a dark and shady section that's perhaps best to avoid altogether. But the literal underbelly of Paris is just so cool and unique that you might NOT want to miss it! Tune in this week on Halloween Eve (that's a thing, right?) for the grim and grisly history of the Paris Catacombs!

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00:09:48

Babylon Revisited: The Mystery of the Hanging Gardens

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2025/10/17

Babylon. The name conjures up images of Biblical grandeur, of a wicked city whose reputation for vice and vanity would be its ultimate undoing. But beneath this unjust, one-sided, depiction lies one of the greatest architectural marvels in all of human history...or so we've been told. Just what were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Who ordered their construction and why? And if they were as grand as several ancient sources claim they were, then how come no archaeological evidence among the ruins of

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00:12:09

Last Gods Standing: Lithuania and Europe's Last Pagans

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2025/10/10

Historically speaking, it goes without saying that Europe is a Christian continent. But prior to the arrival of this monotheistic faith from the Middle East, its various cultures and peoples had their own gods and religious practices. Still, the conversion of the continent from paganism to Christianity didn't occur overnight and there were indeed a few holdouts, though perhaps none quite as late, if you will, than the subject of this week's episode. Join me on a trip to 14th Century Lithuania for a

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00:12:58

Walls Closing In: Kowloon Walled City

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2025/09/25

As of 2025, the city of Manila in the Philippines is the most densely populated place on Earth with 119,600 people per square mile. These statistics are staggering to say the least, but prior to this, one of the most densely populated places in history was the so-named Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong. Roughly the size of four American football fields, this makeshift enclave boasted some 33,000 inhabitants and likely more. Tune in this week to find out how such a place came into being and what fate

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00:10:32

Heavenly Happenings: The Miracle of the Sun

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2025/09/11

Celestial phenomena are nothing new. In fact, they've been recorded throughout human history. The appearance of Halley's Comet in the skies over the English Channel during the Norman Conquest was one such instance. A lunar eclipse prior to the abandonment of several Mayan cities was thought to be an omen from the gods of portents dire. And in an open field in Fátima, Portugal on October 13th, 1917, the sun performed a series of gymnastic-like feats that left witnesses stunned, intrigued, and

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00:10:45

All Hail the Pirate Queen!: The Life and Times of...

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2025/09/04

Despite there being several examples of female pirates in popular culture, there were, in fact, only about a hundred of whose exploits were recorded throughout history. One of these was Grace O'Malley, the daughter of a prominent Irish clan leader who would go on to gain a fearsome reputation for herself in a largely male-dominated society and age. So avast, me hearties, as the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' song at Disneyland goes, and join me on deck for her incredible story!

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00:06:14

Red Gold: The Amber Road

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2025/08/28

Anyone who has seen 'Jurassic Park' will be familiar with amber, as it plays a major role in the plot. This fossilized tree resin was described by the ancients as "warm to the touch and, when burned, is even more agreeable than frankincense." Indeed, it was a highly prized commodity in Antiquity, being used in jewelry and religious practices throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa, and even Central Asia. But the amber in question came from somewhere decidedly far from any of these places: the

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00:11:50

Golden Years: The Story of Mansa Musa

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2025/08/21

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a golden age as "an idyllic, often imaginary, past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness." Yet, for the people who lived under the reign of the subject of this week's episode, it was anything BUT imaginary. To this day, the name Mansa Musa strikes awe in the hearts and minds of all those who hear his story, but what exactly IS that story? How was his reign seen as both a literal and figurative golden age? And why are we still talking about it seven centuries

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00:13:00

Come Together (Part Three): A Unified Italy

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2025/08/14

Never had Italy been more fractured in its reunification efforts than it was following the Revolutions of 1858-49 as well as the Italian Independence War. Both sides kept butting heads with one another in a tug-of-war that showed no signs of stopping. How long would the revolutionaries' struggle last? Would the Italian Peninsula ever be united? And were it so, what sort of government would ultimately be chosen? Find out in the thrilling conclusion on the Risorgimento!

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00:11:55

Come Together (Part Two): The Age of Revolutions

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2025/07/31

As Charles Dickens wrote at the beginning of 'A Tale of Two Cities': "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," though for the disparate states scattered throughout the Italian Peninsula for much of the start of the 19th Century, it was more the latter. With the people demanding a unified Italy, a series of revolts (some peaceful, some not) broke out, some of which bore partial fruit with others being quickly suppressed. By the middle of the century, it seemed as if all hope of

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00:10:55

Come Together (Part One): The Long and Winding Road...

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2025/07/17

Once, all of the Italian Peninsula was united under the Roman banner. But with the fall of the western half of that mighty empire in the late 5th Century, it became a fractured collection of kingdoms, republics, and city-states. It would take another fourteen centuries before anything close to cohesion would emerge in Italy and it would come at a highly volatile time in European history. Tune in this week for the distant rumblings of what would ultimately come to be known as the "Risorgimento"

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00:11:14

Appalachian Spring: The Overmountain Men and the...

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2025/07/11

The word "frontier" conjures up many ideas in the American consciousness. It's become synonymous with the concept of Manifest Destiny in 19th Century American politics, the eventual westward expansion, and, of course, the so-named "Wild West" period that ensued. But before all that, the American Frontier was confined to the land west of the Appalachian Mountains along the country's eastern seaboard, where a group of hearty "overmountain men" lived and would play a significant role in the fight for

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00:08:36

A King Alone: The Reign and Times of Burebista

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2025/07/03

The modern nation-state of Romania is a puzzle of sorts. Given its place in Eastern Europe, surrounded by mostly Slavic and Slavic-speaking countries, its people speak a tongue descended from Latin, the noble language of the Romans. Its name also gives a hint at ties to Rome, but before these lands fell under Roman influence and jurisdiction, they were united by a man who has since become a national hero the Romanians: Burebista. Join me today for a look at the reign and times of this great leader,

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00:13:43

(Rescue) Mission Impossible: The Donner Party (Part...

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2025/06/19

With several rescue and relief efforts underway, one would think the surviving Donner Party members' fates were secured. But alas, inclement weather and the limits of manpower meant that they still had several struggles to overcome, the like of which would cost some of them their lives. Tune in this week for the third and final installment of the Donner Party's epic journey.

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00:12:47

"Meat" Me at the Pass: The Donner Party (Part Two)

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2025/06/12

When last we left our...heroes? Anti-heroes? Villains? Anyway, when last we left the Donner Party, they had rejoined the Oregon Trail after the disastrous "shortcut" that had been the Hastings Cutoff. But their troubles were only just beginning, as we'll discover in this week's episode, part two of the Donner Party.

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00:10:21

Pioneers in Peril: The Donner Party (Part One)

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2025/06/05

We in the 21st Century have it decidedly easy as far as travel is concerned. With cars, trains, and airplanes at our disposal, we've the luxury of traveling in comfort, style, and with enough provisions to ensure our satisfaction. But those in 19th Century America weren't as fortunate, making long overland crossings that caused them to face starvation, attacks from hostile Native Americans, and other perils. One such group of pioneers to make the westward journey was the so-named Donner Party, whose

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00:08:40

The Universal Language: The History of Esperanto

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2025/05/29

The primary purpose of language is to communicate, though with the variety of tongues spoken throughout the world, understanding is somewhat complicated. But in the late 19th Century, an ophthalmologist from a town in what's now Poland sought to bridge these linguistic gaps by creating a universal language. How did he do it? What inspired him to do so, despite his decidedly non-linguistic career path? And what place does his language hold in our contemporary world? Tune in this week to discover the

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00:09:38

Bavaria's Blue Period: The Blue Rider

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2025/05/22

As far as 20th Century German art is concerned, the German capital of Berlin tends to overshadow all others, especially In regards to the Weimar Republic of the late 1910s through the early 1930s. But at the beginning of the 20th Century, Munich was the undisputed art capital of Germany when many avant-garde artists converged there and formed a group known as Der Blaue Reiter ("the Blue Rider"). Tune in this week for a comprehensive look at this highly influential artistic movement. Jawohl!

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