Norman Invasion: How England Became England

Boris Yeltsin Got Drunk in D.C. and Almost Caused an International Incident

Russia was in a strange place in the early 1990s. Almost seventy years of the Soviet Union was out the door, and a new stage of democracy was in. Things were tense. But the relationship between new Russian President Boris Yeltsin and US President Bill Clinton saw hope. As long as old Boris could stay off the booze. Which he couldn't. Thanks for watching! Tell your friends!

Gunfight in D.C.: Harry Truman & Puerto Rican Nationalists

We know names like John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. But history tends to forget the names of others who have successfully or unsuccessfully attempted to take the lives of US Presidents. In the case of Harry Truman, the 1950 attempt on his life was a wild one that has been buried throughout history. Thanks for watching! Tell your friends! Tell your mother! And tell your dog about the show!

Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient: Dr. Mary Walker

Doctor Mary Edwards Walker: Pioneer, POW, and pants aficionado. To say Mary Walker was an outlier is an understatement. She burst her way into the medical field when very few women were doing so. She made her mark on Civil War battlefields in a time when women were kept away, becoming the only woman in US history to receive a Medal of Honor. And she approached feminism in such a way that other feminists were put off by her. She was unapologetically herself in every way.Thanks for watching! Please subscribe and share with your friends!

Norman Invasion: How England Became England

How did the English become the English? I can tell you one thing, it didn't just happen out of thin air. Multiple invasions from outside cultures were instrumental in making the English who they are today. From Stone Age wanderers to French invaders, and all the Beakers, Celts, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons in between, England was built from thousands of years of history.Thanks for watching! I'd love your feedback on this episode and suggestions for future episodes.

Immortal Tortoise: Jonathan of Saint Helena

There's a 193-Year-Old tortoise on the British island of Saint Helena, where Napoleon was exiled to in 1815. Shortly after Napoleon's exile, a tortoise was born on the island of Seychelles and brought to Saint Helena at 50 years old in 1882 where he continues to live to this day. He has outlived 7 British monarchs and outlasted 31 of the island's governors. But what is most amazing is the kinds of things that happened in the world during his life. Thanks for watching this episode! We got a little goofy with this one. Let's see how it does.