Stuff You Missed in History Class

It’s time for the July edition of Unearthed! And this one is in two parts! Today, we have updates and connections to previous episodes. Then [Read more]

Harriot’s story is tied to SO MANY other notable historic things, including a lot of business with Sir Walter Raleigh. He’s really not a household [Read more]

Today we revisit a 2015 episode about French royalty. Much like many of the other mad royals that have been discussed on the podcast through [Read more]

This was the worst stateside disaster in the United States during World War II. Apart from being a horrific tragedy, the disaster itself and its [Read more]

Despite ascending to power in a court filled with intrigue, juggling relations with Britain and France, and both likely having mental health conditions, the reign [Read more]

Today we revisit an episode from 2017 about Ibn Battuta, whose 14th-century travels were extensive. He was away from home for roughly 24 years and [Read more]

Military history rarely focuses on the women who lived through conflict and worked on recovery efforts. This episode covers women who assisted troops, buried the [Read more]

Thomas Cook and his son John Mason Cook were pioneers of the idea of a travel agency to manage tourist holidays. But Thomas Cook was [Read more]

This 2015 episode covers an event in 1944, when one of the most disastrous fires in U.S. history broke out during a Ringling Bros. and [Read more]

One of our biggest sources of information on Punt comes from Hatshepsut, who sent a huge expedition there in the 15th century B.C.E. The expedition [Read more]