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    Unknown History with Giles Milton

    Unknown History with Giles Milton

    Unknown History with Giles Milton

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    Length:
    116 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 116 episodes

    Title

    A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

    Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Gover...

    66 minutes
    		Oct 18, 2022

    Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

    Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy th...

    17 minutes
    		Dec 16, 2021

    The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

    Lincoln's choices and evolution didn't just transform the meaning of the Civil War—they...

    40 minutes
    		Nov 04, 2021

    The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

    Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the...

    35 minutes
    		Oct 28, 2021

    The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

    The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-s...

    27 minutes
    		Oct 21, 2021

    Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution

    Coming soon on the Unknown History podcast: the story of Abraham Lincoln's work reshapi...

    0 minutes
    		Oct 14, 2021

    The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade

    After 323 days of the Berlin Blockade, a weather system nearly brought the city to its ...

    8 minutes
    		Oct 06, 2021

    To Save a City

    The Berlin Airlift of 1948 saved the city from starvation...but just barely. Unknown Hi...

    7 minutes
    		Sep 29, 2021

    Launching the Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. ...

    8 minutes
    		Sep 22, 2021

    The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

    When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't antic...

    9 minutes
    		Sep 15, 2021