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History Shorts

Dive into the past with award-winning historian Peter Zablocki in this captivating daily podcast! Uncover hidden stories you never knew existed. And don"t miss Friday Conversations where Peter teams up with top experts for riveting, in-depth discussions that bring history to life.

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13:14

Actium: The Battle That Shaped the Roman Empire

History Shorts ·

2025/12/10

The Battle of Actium was the moment the ancient world pivoted. On September 2, 31 BCE, in the waters off western Greece, two colossal visions for Rome collided: Octavian's disciplined, expansionist republic-turned-empire, and the glamorous, multinational alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. What unfolded was not just a naval showdown but a clash of personalities, propaganda, and political futures. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE

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13:03

The Silk Road: Inside the World's First Global Network

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2025/12/09

For over two thousand years, the Silk Road shaped the destiny of continents. More than a single road, it was a vast web of caravan routes stretching from the imperial courts of China to the markets of the Mediterranean, carrying not just silk but ideas, religions, technologies, and entire worldviews. This episode explores how merchants, monks, soldiers, and nomads turned deserts and mountain passes into the most influential trade network in human history. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A

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13:35

Vietnam War's Secret Phoenix Program

History Shorts ·

2025/12/08

The Phoenix Program remains one of the most controversial and least understood operations of the Vietnam War, a shadow war fought in the alleys, jungles, and hidden villages of South Vietnam. Created jointly by the CIA and U.S. military intelligence, the program aimed to dismantle the Viet Cong's covert political infrastructure by any means necessary. Supporters saw it as a precise counterinsurgency tool that finally struck at the enemy's hidden backbone; critics saw it as a morally corrosive

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11:26

The Short-Lived Fascist Republic of Salo

History Shorts ·

2025/12/07

In the final, collapsing chapter of World War II, Benito Mussolini re-emerged, not as the iron-fisted dictator who once ruled Italy, but as a puppet leader clinging to power in a crumbling regime known as the Italian Social Republic, or the Republic of Salò. Backed by Nazi Germany and despised by much of his own population, this fragile "state" became a dark, violent laboratory of fascist desperation. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE

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10:14

Miracle Mike: The Headless Chicken

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2025/12/06

In the summer of 1945, a small farm in Fruita, Colorado, became the stage for one of the strangest true stories in American history. This is the tale of Mike, the chicken who lived for eighteen months without a head. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED

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40:34

Conversations: Why the Year 1776 Still Matters Today,...

History Shorts ·

2025/12/05

What did America really declare in 1776, and why does it still matter today? In this episode of History Shorts, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Edward J. Larson joins us to discuss his newest book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. Together, we unpack the political courage, moral contradictions, and enduring ideals that shaped America's founding moment, and explore how the debates of the 18th century still echo in today's struggles over freedom, unity, and democracy. DON'T FORGET TO

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10:40

How Mata Hari Became the World's Most Famous Spy

History Shorts ·

2025/12/04

She danced her way into the halls of Europe's elite, captivated generals and diplomats, and became the most infamous alleged double agent of World War I. But behind the veils, the rumors, and the sensational headlines, who was Mata Hari really? DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/

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09:59

The Forgotten World of House Detectives

History Shorts ·

2025/12/03

Long before private eyes stalked dimly lit alleys in pulp novels, America had a different kind of detective, one who didn't chase murderers or mobsters, but runaway maids, jewel thieves, con artists, adulterers, and anyone slipping in or out of a hotel under suspicious circumstances. They were called House Detectives, and from the 1890s through the 1950s, they were the quiet, watchful guardians of America's great hotels. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN

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09:01

How the Normans Changed the World

History Shorts ·

2025/12/02

In this episode, we explore how a small band of Viking descendants from Normandy reshaped medieval Europe forever. From William the Conqueror's seismic victory at Hastings in 1066, which fused Scandinavian grit with French culture and permanently altered England's language, law, and aristocracy, to their lightning conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, the Normans built empires, revolutionized castle warfare, and kick-started the Crusades with ruthless energy and astonishing adaptability. Join us to

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10:28

The Final Days of Napoleon

History Shorts ·

2025/12/01

He ruled Europe with an iron will, crowned himself emperor, and reshaped the modern world, but in the end, even Napoleon Bonaparte couldn't conquer fate. In this episode of History Shorts, we trace the extraordinary final chapters of Napoleon's life: from his first exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba, to his daring escape, his brief return to glory during the Hundred Days, and his ultimate downfall at Waterloo that sent him to his final prison, the lonely, windswept island of Saint Helena.

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12:44

Weekend Show #2: History of the 'Weekend'

History Shorts ·

2025/11/30

Welcome to the second episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show, a soon-to-be weekly Patreon-exclusive variety series offering a lighter, more reflective companion to the main podcast. Think storyteller's lounge meets historian's notebook: part commentary, part narrative, part behind-the-scenes look at the stories shaping both past and present. THIS WEEK: The unofficial dawn of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. The surprising origins of the modern weekend. How a quiet fluctuation in recent

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33:49

Conversations: Three Roads to Gettysburg, w/ Tim McGrath

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2025/11/30

In the pivotal summer of 1863, three extraordinary paths converged on a small Pennsylvania town, forever altering the course of the American Civil War. Petert sits down with acclaimed historian Tim McGrath to explore his latest book, Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle that Changed the War. BUY TIM'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Roads-Gettysburg-Lincoln-Changed/dp/0593184394 SUPPORT HISTORY SHORTS: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast

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10:22

Eddie Slovik: The Only American Killed for Desertion...

History Shorts ·

2025/11/29

In this gripping episode, we tell the haunting story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion during World War II among tens of thousands who fled the front lines. Terrified of combat and repeatedly honest about his refusal to fight, Slovik was court-martialed and shot by firing squad in January 1945 as General Eisenhower sought to set a brutal example amid the carnage of the Battle of the Bulge. Seventy-five years later, his case still sparks fierce debate: was

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28:00

Conversations: How the American Revolution was a...

History Shorts ·

2025/11/28

In this engaging episode, Peter speaks with author and historian Richard Bell about re-framing the American Revolution in the context of a global conflict. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! CHECK OUT RICHARD'S BOOKS: https://www.richard-bell.com/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ EPISODE SPONSORED BY THE

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09:10

The Lost Labyrinth of Egypt

History Shorts ·

2025/11/27

Long before the pyramids captured the world's imagination, ancient writers described a structure so vast, so mysterious, and so extraordinary that even the Egyptians considered it a marvel: the Labyrinth of Hawara. Said to contain thousands of chambers, secret passages, underground levels, and a hidden tomb, the Labyrinth became one of antiquity's greatest legends, and then it vanished. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE

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10:50

The Madness of Emperor Caligula

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2025/11/26

In the year 37 CE, Rome welcomed a new emperor who was young, charismatic, and adored by the people. Within months, that same emperor, Caligula, descended into a reign so unhinged, so theatrical, and so violently unpredictable that even Rome, a city used to tyrants, was stunned. This episode explores the wild myths and the documented madness: the war declared on Neptune, the assassination plots, real and imagined, the lavish spectacles, the terror, and the unraveling of a mind with absolute power.

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10:55

The Woman Spy Who Outsmarted Hoover's FBI

History Shorts ·

2025/11/25

In the late 1940s, as America entered the paranoid dawn of the Cold War, a brilliant young Justice Department analyst named Judith Coplon was accused of stealing classified FBI documents for the Soviet Union. Her arrest shocked Washington, not only because she was one of the earliest alleged Soviet moles inside the U.S. government, but because her trial revealed deep cracks in American justice, surveillance, and political fear. This episode unravels the scandal, the romance, the espionage, and the

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11:06

The Labor Revolt that Shook America (Pullman Strike)

History Shorts ·

2025/11/24

In 1894, a company town outside Chicago erupted into one of the most explosive labor battles in American history. When workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked off the job, their strike grew into a nationwide showdown between labor, capital, and the federal government — shutting down railroads across the country. This History Shorts episode explores the injustice that sparked the strike, the role of Eugene V. Debs, the violent federal response, and how the Pullman Strike forever reshaped

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13:46

History Shorts Weekend Show #1

History Shorts ·

2025/11/23

Welcome to the very first episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show: a soon-to-be weekly Patreon Exclusive, but for now, offered as a full public preview. This lighter-toned, less-scripted companion to the main History Shorts feed brings together storytelling, commentary, historical insight, and exclusive clips from the Conversation Series vault. Think of it as your weekend coffee companion: part history magazine, part variety show, and part behind-the-scenes peek into what's coming next on the

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25:52

Conversations: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist - the...

History Shorts ·

2025/11/23

In this episode of History Shorts, I sit down with acclaimed author Jack El-Hai to explore the extraordinary true story behind his book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, now adapted into the 2025 film Nuremberg. We discuss the tense, unsettling relationship between U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and captured Nazi leaders like Hermann Göring, and how Kelley's groundbreaking evaluations shaped our understanding of evil, responsibility, and the psychology behind mass violence. CHECK OUT JACK'S

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