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It didn’t take long for America to romanticize cowboys. Even after most cowboys gave up their spurs, Wild West shows captivated audiences across the country. [Read more]

Katie and Sarah highlight some of the details of Catherine the Great’s reign, from wars and rebellions to her Enlightenment ideals and desire to further [Read more]

Catherine the Great remains one of the most influential female figures in European history, but how did she get her start? In the first segment [Read more]

Centuries after the fall of their line, the Medici remain one of history’s most powerful — and notorious — families. In this episode, Sarah and [Read more]

Of all the Crusades, the Fourth Crusade was the least successful: It created a permanent divide between Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. But what exactly [Read more]

During World War II, the Nazi totalitarian party did not tolerate dissent. Despite the risks involved, some Germans did attempt to resist Hitler’s government. In [Read more]

Ivan VI was still an infant when he was proclaimed the Emperor of Russia. In this episode, Katie and Sarah explain how this strange ascension [Read more]

Anxious to control his own rubber company, Henry Ford built a utopian community in the midst of the Amazon. In this episode, Katie and Sarah [Read more]

From 1827 to 1828, Burke and Hare were accused of killing fifteen people and selling their bodies to medical students. But were they really resurrectionists? [Read more]

From his opulent, solitary dinners to the amazing Neuschwanstein Castle, it’s no surprise that King Ludwig II was known as an eccentric. In fact, people [Read more]