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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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00:12:47

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

History Loves Company ·

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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00:09:27

East of Home Plate: America's Pastime in Japan

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2025/05/15

It's known as America's Pastime. For about eight months each year, from March to November, baseball grips the nation in which fans root for their favorite teams for their chance to play in the World Series, the event that culminates the season. But while the sport is intrinsically linked with America and the Americab identity, it enjoys a fanbase overseas as well, though perhaps none with quite as dedicated and passionate a following as that which hails from the Land of the Rising Sun. Join me this

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00:09:24

Pirates of the Mediterranean: The Barbary Coast

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2025/05/08

Along with the Bronze Age Sea Peoples and the Early Medieval Vikings, no other seafarers were as feared and reviled as the Barbary Pirates. Hailing from homelands in Northern Africa, they disrupted trade and commerce in the Mediterranean, leaving devastation and destruction in their wake. Find out how they did it in this week's enthralling episode!

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00:06:44

Mayday for May Day: A Story of Labor and the Worker

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2025/05/01

Depending upon who you ask and where you ask them, May Day can have a few different meanings. As a one-word phrase, it's the notorious code for help. As a two-word proper noun, it can refer to the first day of summer in several European cultures whose origins date back to Pre-Christian times. But it's the other meaning as a two-word proper noun--that of a labor holiday--that is the subject of this week's episode. As today is May Day proper, tune in to learn all about the history of this intriguing

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00:14:05

All the Things: The History of the Althing

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2025/04/24

The influence of Greece and Rome on Western governance can't be understated. But what of the Norse, the other great Western society whose intrepid nature continues to shape Northern Europe to this very day? Most governments would consider themselves lucky to have survived for two centuries (as America has, for instance), yet the subject of this week's episode has endured for a thousand years and them some. Get ready to learn "all the things" about the Althing, the oldest parliament in the

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00:10:50

Hellas Freed: Fall of the Greek Junta

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2025/04/17

There were a number of factors which contributed to the Greek Junta's downfall, which we'll discuss this week in part three, the third and final chapter, on this epic three-part event on one of the darker chapters of Modern Greek history. Tune in to find out how it, quite literally, all went down.

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00:10:00

Hellas Bound: Greece Under the Junta

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2025/04/03

No sooner had the Colonels assumed command of the country after their coup did they completely change the Greek political landscape. In Part Two on the Greek Junta, we'll be exploring what life was like under their iron rule and what those opposed to it were doing behind the scenes.

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00:10:34

Power Grab: Rise of the Greek Junta

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2025/03/27

Greece has a long (and sometimes troublesome) political past. Despite being the birthplace of democracy, little in the way of democratic values extended to the Greek populace until relatively recently. Having been ruled throughout the centuries by such disparate powers as the Ottoman Empire, several foreign kings after gaining independence, and even Fasicst Italy and Nazi Germany during World War Two, the country's political troubles reached their boiling point following the parliamentary elections

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00:14:27

Slay Queen: The Brief Reign of Zenobia

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2025/03/06

"Well behaved women rarely make history." So goes a famous adage used by many feminist scholars and historians and one that most certainly applies to the subject of this week's episode. Who was the Syrian queen who led a rebellion against one of the greatest empires of all time? How did she form an empire of her own? And how did it all come crashing down? Find out this week in a truly riveting episode all about Queen Zenobia of Palmyra!

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00:11:23

Birds of a Feather: The Emu War

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2025/02/27

The two World Wars, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War...these are some of the 20th Centuries greatest conflicts, yet they pale in comparison to the Emu War, a skirmish that erupted in the state of Western Australia in 1932, pegging farmers and soldiers of the Australian Army against an indigenous species of flightless bird--the emu. Feathers will fly in this informative (and sometimes amusing) episode!

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00:12:23

Newton Knight: The King of Jones County

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2025/02/20

It goes without saying that the Civil War remains an indelible stain on American history. For four years, the nation was torn asunder by cultural and political differences, differences that indeed had rocked the country since its foundation. And yet, it nonetheless remains a fascinating period, for it produced a cast of colorful characters that have shaped our understanding of the conflict and its aftermath. One such figure was Newton Knight, a resident of Jones County, Mississippi who,

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00:12:20

Civil Hands Unclean: The Genpei War

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2025/02/13

The Heian Period (794-1185) is seen as a golden age in Japanese history. The arts flourished, written Japanese was invented, and great works of literature were penned. But it was also a time of political turmoil as two rival factions fought for control over the imperial court and, in turn, the country. Join me for a bloodbath worthy of 'Game of Thrones' this week on the 'History Loves Company' podcast.

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00:13:29

Without a Trace: Ludwig Leichhardt in the Outback

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2025/02/06

Today, the Australian Outback is crisscrossed with roads and highways, having been mapped and charted by braver, more intrepid, individuals in earlier days. But in the 19th Century, it presented a formidable barrier between the country-continent's eastern settlements and its interior. Several people set about exploring this vast expanse, but perhaps none was as interesting as the story surrounding the German explorer who set about completing an east-west crossing, only to never be seen or heard from

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00:12:09

The Philippine Revolution (Part Three): The Long Road...

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2025/01/23

With the execution of Andrés Bonifacio, revolutionary fervor died down a bit, with disillusioned rebels succumbing to defeat at the hands of the Spanish. But in the tumultuous period that followed, his rival, Emilio Aguinaldo, would return from a brief exile in Hong Kong and be lauded as a hero. While this was going on, war had broken out between Spain and the United States and it wouldn't be long before this even larger conflict would arrive at the Philippines' doorstep. Find out how it all played

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00:10:05

The Philippine Revolution (Part Two): The Fight for...

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2025/01/16

Dissention, deceit, personal squabbles...these are just some of the factors that led to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution. Tune in this week to find out how and what lit the fuse of the conflict.

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00:11:02

The Philippine Revolution (Part One): The Road to...

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2025/01/09

Ask anyone who's been to the Philippines and they'll tell you it's an island paradise, the "Pearl of the Orient," as one of its most famous writers, José Rizal, put it. But things weren't always peaceful and bright for that beautiful island nation. For three centuries, it was under the Spanish colonial yoke and most of its population enjoyed few rights and civil liberties. But by the 19th Century, there were talks of independence, of revolution, not just amongst its commoners, but its native-born

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00:09:28

Edge of Reason: The Pre-Socratic Philosophers and the...

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2025/01/02

We tend to think, rather arrogantly, that we live in an enlightened age, that we and our immediate forebears invented reason and logical thought. The truth of the matter is that this is far from the case. In fact, some two-and-a-half millennia prior to our own time, logic and reason were the driving forces behind Western thought and philosophy, even before great minds like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ever even dreamt up their own ideas. Tune in to the first episode of 2025 to discover the initial

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