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15-Minute History
Walking in the footsteps of history, fifteen minutes at a time. Join us for a 15-minute episode covering a person, place, or event in history, and stay for an extended discussion. New episodes and discussions every week.
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Pop Quiz | The Dunkirk "What If"
Would Britain have surrendered if Germany had destroyed its army at Dunkirk? This week, Joe and Jon explore one of the classic "what ifs" of the Secon...
War of 1812 (Part 2) | The Fire That Reforged a Nation (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History team will be republishing some of your favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on December 1,...
Pop Quiz | Air Conditioning
The Europeans may envy America's mighty air conditioners, but what would our country look like without this wondrous invention?
Join us every Th...
The War of 1812 (Part 1): Humiliation, Hawks, and Heroism (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History team will be republishing some of your favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on November 17,...
Pop Quiz | Summer Reading List
Jon didn't give his students a reading list this summer, but if he had, what books would he have assigned?
Join us every Monday for rebroadcast...
John Adams | "I Know I Am Right" (Repost)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History team will be republishing some of your favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on November 3,...
Pop Quiz | Extremism and the "Political Pendulum"
How do we know when a political party goes "too far" on policy? And what happens when there is a backlash against their ideas?
Join us every wee...
Theodore Roosevelt | A Strenuous Life (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History team will be republishing some of your favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on January 26,...
Summer Special | America's 250th Birthday!
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we've re-recorded an episode from season 1 entitled "Their Safety and Happiness...
Pop Quiz | Sanctuary Cities
A political question this week -- what are sanctuary cities and where do they come from?
Join us on Mondays this summer for rebroadcast episodes...
Summer Special | Their Safety and Happiness
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we've re-recorded an episode from season 1 entitled "Their Safety and Happiness...
Pop Quiz | Preventing World War
Winston Churchill's insights into the Second World War's outbreak are a fascinating combination of prediction and justification. He knew Germany was a...
More Security, Less Cost | A Discussion on the "New Look"
How did the Central Intelligence Agency both flourish and decline during the Cold War? What effects did both the Suez Crisis and Hungarian Revolution...
Sketches in History | Thirteen Days in October
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story; it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
More Security, Less Cost | The "New Look"
Presidents have always had to balance economic costs with national security. In the 1950s, Dwight Eisenhower took what he called a "new look" at defen...
Pop Quiz | A Republic in Danger
How close has America actually come to falling apart? Not in the way politicians throw the word "crisis" around today, but in real, documented, milita...
Pop Quiz | The Great Debasement (Repost)
In today's episode, Joe and Jon discuss King Henry VIII's "Great Debasement" (which has nothing to do with his palace's root cellar) and how it shaped...
The Witness & the Spy | A Discussion on Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenburgs
Join us as we discuss the trial of Alger Hiss, why Whittaker Chambers became disillusioned with communism, the Rosenbergs, and the effects of the Red...
Sketches in History | The Witness and the Secret
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story; it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
The Witness and the Spy | Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenbergs
It is August 3, 1948, and a former Communist Party member named Whittaker Chambers walks into a House committee room in Washington, D.C., and says som...
Pop Quiz | Conspiracies and Grievances
Why are conspiracy theories everywhere online these days? Why is everyone mad at someone else for every problem in their lives? And what does history...
Storm of War | A Memorial Day Special
"We shall not fail now. Let us move forward steadfastly together into the storm and through the storm."
- Winston Churchill, February 1942
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Pop Quiz | What Historians Remember
Jon didn't remember to publish a pop quiz yesterday--but it was the last day of school and his brain was a bit full. So please accept our apologies an...
Dan's Back! | A Discussion on the Korean War
Our beloved interloper Dan returns to join us for a conversation about the Korean War and how it influenced later conflicts and the role of the milita...
Sketches in History | Surrounded
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story, it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
Victory Lost | The Korean War
The cold froze rifles in their hands, turned oil to sludge, and stiffened fingers until pulling a trigger became an exercise in willpower. Men slept i...
Pop Quiz | What Historians Have Missed
Let's have a conversation about what historians may have missed about the Founders of the United States, what may have been glossed over, and the reas...
The Arsenal of Democracy | A Discussion on Home Front USA
How did the American home change once the soldiers returned from the war. How long did it take for the country to recognize that its injustices were c...
Sketches in History | One Bomber Every 63 Minutes
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story, it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
The Arsenal of Democracy | Home Front USA
It's tempting to view the Second World War primarily through the lens of combat, but students of American history must also look at the transformation...
Audience Member Pop Quiz | The French at War
The French nation has a reputation for being willing to surrender in battle, but is that a fair assessment?
This question came from an audience...
Henry Ford | A Discussion on the Man of Contradiction
Henry Ford paid his workers more than anyone thought reasonable, then beat them when they tried to organize. He put ordinary Americans on the open roa...
Sketches in History | Men of Steel and Oil
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story, it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
Henry Ford | The American Contradiction
Henry Ford didn't just build a car. He built the world we drive through, the suburb we live in, and the weekend we take for granted. He paid his worke...
Pop Quiz | What the Founders Got Wrong
Let's step into a time machine and tell the American Founding Fathers what they should have done as they were writing the Constitution!
Join us...
The Men Who Owned the World | A Discussion on the Titans of Industry, Then and Now
Join us as we talk about the era of industrial titans. In this discussion, we trace the Gilded Age from Carnegie's steel mills and Rockefeller's stran...
Pop Quiz | The "War of the Worlds" Radio Drama
On Halloween night in 1938, a radio drama shocked the American people by describing a Martian invasion. This event demonstrated the power of the spoke...
The Men Who Owned the World | Titans of Industry, Then and Now
Every era has its titans. Men who look at the rules of commerce, find the gaps, and build empires inside them, until society catches up and writes new...
Sketches in History | This Sunday. Ten O'Clock. The President Speaks.
Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story, it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she...
What the Medium Made | A Discussion on How New Technology Reshaped the American Presidency
Join Jon and Joe as they discuss how presidents have used, and sometimes botched, major communication mediums from radio to social media, and what it...