We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis to talk about his new book The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding, and what we can learn from the founders on the eve of America’s 250th birthday. Ellis also shares his disdain for “presentism” and his strong feelings about America’s present.Sign up for the free Plodding Substack newsletter at plodding.substack.com for a chance to win a copy of Ellis’s new book. Find out more at plodpod.com Join our Patreon

The Second Punic War spreads into Greece, Sicily, Africa and Spain. The Illyrian Wars and the Macedonian Wars break out. Fabius and Marcellus are not alone among the men who come forward to serve Rome in this moment of need. Publius Cornelius Scipio dies fighting deep in Carthaginian territory in Spain. His son, who will someday become known simply as Scipio Africanus, is sent to salvage Roman security in the region.

Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Actor Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela Tilby; Author Bijan Omrani; Dorset garden hedgehog family, the Venerable Bede and other guests. Your daily dose of calm. Unpolished and unscripted but no ads and no requests for anything but your company. Trying to make the world a gentler place with literature, history a...

When Emma Gatewood set off on the Appalachian Trail, she didn’t look like much of a hiker. She was 67 years old. She wore a pair of Keds. She had no training. But she figured that wouldn’t matter. An article in National Geographic magazine claimed that anyone in “normal good health” could hike the 2,169-mile trail. The article was misleading, but Emma persevered. In 1955, “Grandma Gatewood” became the first woman to complete a solo hike of the Appalachian Trail. In this episode, we learn what Emma

Comedy on a TuesdayFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, Fred Allen, originally broadcast October 28, 1945, 80 years ago, Charlie McCarthy versus Fred Allen.  Charlie takes Fred to court and sues him for slander. Followed by Jack Benny, originally broadcast October 28, 1945, 80 years ago, Jack Gets Held Up.  Everyone thinks that Jack has won $646,000 at the Gold Cup horse race. A robber forces Jack into the vault and takes $10,000 from him. Then, My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and

जिस देश की Navy जितनी ताकतवर होगी, उसका सागरों पर जितना कंट्रोल होगा. यही है मेहैनियन डोक्टरीन. इसी डोक्टरीन पर चलता नज़र आ रहा है हमारा पड़ोसी चीन. जिसने 2010 के बाद से अपनी नेवी की ताकत बढ़ाने की रफ्तार इस कदर पकड़ी की आज चीन हर पांच साल में उतनी बड़ी नेवी खड़ी कर सकता है, जितनी भारत के पास मौजूदा वक्त पर है. चिंता वाली बात ये है- कि इतनी बड़ी नेवी के साथ वो सिर्फ़ साउथ चाइना सी तक तो महदूद नहीं रहने वाला? क्या उसका Influence Indian Ocean में भी बढ़ रहा है? या बढ़ेगा? तो हमने सोचा कि आपके चहीते

¿Qué fue lo que vio Trinidad en su patio de la calle Alta? Tenía forma humanoide, pelo largo y desaliñado y unos ojos rabiosos. Hoy, la leyenda continúa e incluso medios nacionales han acudido para repasar la historia. Hacemos un capítulo especial sobre leyendas e historias de terror de Málaga. Pasen y escuchen. Artículo del episodio: https://www.diariosur.es/sur-historia/monstruo-calle-alta-historias-sobrecogedoras-20250802002252-nt.html Otros

Explora la cosmovisión religiosa del Antiguo Egipto y el papel de sus dioses en el tránsito entre la vida, la muerte y el más allá. Expone la profesora de historia antigua, Eva Tobalina.

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La de Johann Strauss II es una historia de éxitos. El famoso compositor austriaco se convirtió en un grande de la música y es todavía recordado como el “rey del vals”. No hay concierto de Año Nuevo en Viena que no culmine con ‘El Danubio azul’, su obra más célebre, y la ‘Marcha Radetzky’ de su padre, su tocayo, con el que acabó rivalizando y al que superó en reconocimiento. Isabel Margarit y Ana Echeverría Arístegui dedican a Strauss hijo este episodio del podcast de ‘Historia y Vida’ coincidiendo

Vandaag openen we het bestiarium in het hoofdstuk miereneters! De miereneter is een winnend ontwerp. Zoogdieren zijn onafhankelijk 12 keer geëvolueerd tot miereneters (een proces genaamd myrmecofagie), wat een voorbeeld is van convergente evolutie. Karsten neem het op voor de Fruitafossor, een mini miereneter uit de prehistorie. En Peter neemt het op voor de Capélobo. Luister mee en breng vooral je stem uit op de beste miereneter!• historie-en-mythologie@mail.com•

The huge rightwing backlash over the President lighting Diwali candles has exposed a new phase of collapse in American society and the rule of law. What were calls to ban Islam, deport Muslims, and prevent their entry, has grown louder to now include Hindus and anyone else not worshiping one narrow fragment of Christianity. For all those who, by the Constitution, defended Christian conservatism it is a huge slap in the face. Mostly because the right has quickly become the worst version of itself and

In this episode we talk to Madeleine Johansson of Red Network. Madeleine movedfrom Sweden to Ireland in the 2000s where she became active with the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP) and People Before Profit (PBP). She was a party organiser and director of elections for the 2016 General Election campaign in Dublin Mid-West, subsequently co-opted on to South Dublin County Council in 2016, and returned in the 2019 and 2024 local elections. Madeleine was a founding member of Red Network, which was formed

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