Stuff You Missed in History Class

A man of many appellations — Henry the Great, the Green Gallant — King Henry IV was a very popular French royal . In this [Read more]

Over the past 12 months, experts have been hard at work hunting down hard evidence of times, places and people lost in the course of [Read more]

Talk about making an impression: When emperor Mansa Musa went on a pilgramage from Timbuktu to Mecca, he gave away so much gold that he [Read more]

Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan, military leader and powerful politician in the 17th-century Parliament, but nowadays he’s also known as an inveterate grinch. How did [Read more]

During the Tong Dynasty, Chinese women were often treated as second-class citizens. This made the rise of Empress Wu even more extraordinary. But did her [Read more]

Although most people are familiar with gladiators, movies have skewed popular understanding of these fighters. So how can we separate the fact from the fiction? [Read more]

The study of the heavens is one of humanity’s oldest pursuits, and it’s still a work in progress. In this episode, Deblina and Sarah explore [Read more]

In 2008, the Aurora Trust began a survey around an island named Ventotone, off the coast of Naples. They found an astonishing group of Roman [Read more]

Tycho Brahe is hailed as an influential astronomer, but why? Tune in and learn how this groundbreaking astronomer lost his nose, built the world’s first [Read more]

Christopher Marlowe was one of the most talented writers of the Elizabethan era, but his career was cut short when he was stabbed to death [Read more]