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Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical tales you’ve probably never heard before.
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![[TEASER] Bonus Episode #33: Operation Aphrodite](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/twe1drrt52im5z8ps8efzgjj5ioe?.jpg "[TEASER] Bonus Episode #33: Operation Aphrodite")
The dawn of America’s drone program in the Second World War changes the course of presidential history. For the rest of this bonus episode and access to all other bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Support the show
The colonial ambitions of Scotland soon go sideways as they face the full brunt of Murphy's Law. The colonists face disease, mutiny, starvation, and shipwrecks before the backdrop of the golden age of piracy. The colony's ultimate fate unites a kingdom. For more episodes: patreon .com/historium Music: Hector the Hero by Geoff KnorrAll in Circles by Shida ShahabiThe British Empire by Brian TylerDenmark by the Portland Cello ProjectCock o’ the North by Geoff KnorrBonnie Dundee by Geoff Kn...
![[TEASER] Bonus Episode #32: Lost Children of the Alleghenies](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/czlbg7t3ikt61nd8oxezs2mubzgm?.jpg "[TEASER] Bonus Episode #32: Lost Children of the Alleghenies")
Two boys go missing in rural Appalachia. Search parties scour the foothills, accusations fly, and some seek supernatural help in hopes of finding the pair of lost children. For the rest of this episode and access to Historium's entire back catalog of bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Support the show
Against all odds, Shuja rises again. A figurehead for the British East India Company, he watches as an invading army devastates his homeland—in his name. Meanwhile, Dost Mohammed’s son Akbar Khan leads a counterforce to be reckoned with. In time, he becomes a threat to his own father’s power. The British, chief among them Alexander Burnes, learn the hard way: The wicked will not go unpunished. For the more episodes and the rest of the series: https://www.patreon.com/historium Complete origin...
The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they need—and the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game. This is the beginning of the Great Game, or, as the Russians knew it: The Tournament of Shadows. For the more episodes and the rest of the series: https://www.patreon.com/historium Complete original score by (MST). For more by (MST): Substack: ://mou...
In early 19th century Afghanistan, two warring dynasties contend for the throne. While the Sadozai brothers—grandsons of the empire’s founding king—feud amongst themselves, the Barakzai clan plots its ascendance. Shuja ul-Mulk of the Sadozais and Dost Mohammed Khan of the Barakzais grow up together in court, but as young men they become bitter enemies. Eventually, they must face each other on the battlefield. For the more episodes and the rest of the series: https://www.patreon.com/histori...
"I can say more with music than I ever could with words.” -Eric Dolphy Music: - Ceiling Gazing by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Nero's Nocturne by Chilly Gonzales - Warm Canto by Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, & Booker Ervin - Easy Opium by Ben von Wildenhaus - Rearranging Furniture by Gabriel Yared - The Homeless Wanderer by Emahoy Tsege Miriam Gebru - God Bless the Child by Eric Dolphy - Conquistadores by Chico Hamilton - Yearnin' by Eric Dolphy - When the Lights Are Low by John Coltra...
What if sound lives forever? Music: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 by John CageTezeta by Mulatu AskatkeElectronium Music Score by Raymond ScottLacrymae by MelodiumKapsburger by ClogsA Lake by Emily A. SpragueTiden Effert Hoffet by I.B. SundstromWhen the Northern Lights by Max RichterX-Ray by Youth LagoonLegions (War) by Zoe KeatingDisintegration Loops #3 by William Basinski92982.3 by William BasinskiPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/historium Support the show
The story of one of the worst numerical beatdowns in the history of professional sports. Music: - Reckless by Brocker Way - Green Groves of Erin by Yo Yo Ma - Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Vivaldi - Classic Battle by Sam Spence - Denmark by Portland Cello Project - Independant by Brocker Way - Tilting at Windmills by Brocker Way - Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner - Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - 2 by AAEPSO - Climax Rag by James Scott - Chariots of Fire by ...
![[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/cje0xsb6brig3uogdrzqrat88use?.jpg "[UNLOCKED] Bonus Episode #30: The Day Disco Died")
(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium) Chicago, 1979. Disco was on top of the world. And some people didn't like that… When a failing baseball team and a peg-legged promoter hosted an anti-disco radio DJ armed with a quarter stick of dynamite… things quickly got out of hand. Welcome to Disco Demolition Night. Support the show
An episode from a show I love called The Wind. "Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do." For more episodes: https://thewind.org/ For our bonus episode with Fil: patreon.com/historium Support the show
Neils Bohr returns with a new plan for world peace, Oppenheimer’s enemies close in from all sides as the Cold War warms up, and shadowy figures from the world of high finance work to expand the American nuclear weapons program. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Alarm Will Sound, Marisa Anderson, Kali Malone, Zoe Keating, Julie Kent, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Brocker Way, William Basinski, Nine Inch Nails, Mulatu Astatke, Richard D. Jam...
Norwegian commandos execute a daring sabotage mission to cripple the Nazi nuclear program. The fall of Werner Heisenberg. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Richter, William Basinski, Moondog, Sølvguttene, Jed Kurzel, Hala Strana, Anne Hytta, Nine Inch Nails, and Nico. For bonus episodes and a special series patch: www.patreon.com/historium Support the show
Robert Oppenheimer leads the Manhattan Project at a secret research facility in Los Alamos. Meanwhile, counterintelligence seeks to unearth a secret communist spy ring within the very heart of the nuclear weapons program. A cold war starts before a world war ends. Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Ludovico Einauldi, Luke Howard, Alarm Will Sound, Ben Sollee, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and Lulu Belle & Scotty. For m...
On the eve of the Second World War, physicists learn of the possibility of splitting the atom. Two rival nuclear programs emerge and the race to the atomic bomb begins... Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/ Additional music by Kali Malone, Benoît Pioulard, Zoe Keating, Nine Inch Nails, Choral Arts Northwest, and The Louvin Brothers. For the rest of the series and a limited edition Historium patch made specifically for this episode: patreon.com...
The story of Halley’s Comet—the only reoccurring comet visible to the naked eye that shows up every 75 years or so. Throughout history its appearance has marked profound change, from the conquest of the British Isles to the fall of the Qing Dynasty. For more bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Hello! by David Wingo & Explosions in the SkyTime’s Blur by Lord HuronOpening (arr. for marimba) by Philip Glass & Nathaniel BartlettKatrina Outtake by Matthew Robert CooperCeilin...
Summer 1929 was the pinnacle of a new era of banking, and Charles E. Mitchell emblematized the live-fast-die-young ethos of roaring twenties stock salesmen. As the Great Crash led into the Great Depression, Charlie’s ambition brought about his downfall and forced him to go toe-to-toe with one of most doggedly committed prosecutors of the era: Ferdinand Pecora. It’s a story that’s more timely now than ever. For more episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Hindustan by Bob Crosby & The Bob...
Tehran 1943. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet together for the first time with hopes of overcoming their ideological differences in order to win the Second World War. For bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium Music: Nightbook by Ludovico Einauldi Vanguard by Bear McCrearyHistory is Listening by Dario Marianelli & Vikingur OlafssonIncrease by David LangPrelude by Dario Marianelli & Vikingur OlafssonThe War Rooms by Dario Marianelli &...
In the late 1700s, a chess-playing automaton marched across Europe, achieving checkmates against novices and masters alike–all while hiding an incredible secret… Music: - Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings by Siefried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orchestra - Clockwork Toccata, Op. 68 by Fulvio Caldini & the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet - Concerto no. 5 en la mineur by Bach - Mr. Moustafa by Alexandre Desplat - Denmark by Gideon Fruedmann & the Portland Cello Project - Night Trai...
This episode was always a feel-good fan favorite, so I decided to pluck it from the archives, rewrite it, re-record it, and remix it now that I'm a better writer with better equipment. Merry Christmas! 'During the first Christmas of the First World War, troops from opposing armies defied orders and participated in a series of impromptu ceasefires in the no man’s land between the trenches.' Music: Keetley by OK IkumiBeyond the Milk Wood by Federico AlbaneseWe Move Lightly by Dustin O’Halloran#...
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I just discovered Historium and after only 1 episode I'm hooked! I'm so glad I started with episode 1. It was informative and entertaining, and since I'm fascinated with Russia I found it doubly so. Keep up the great work!
WHO. IS. CUTTING. O N I O N S??!?!?? I can't deal. 😭😭😭
Excellent work. Hope to hear more like it.
I miss you, come back!
I liked it! would love more of this kind
the fact that I can hear the humor in your voice through out this episode makes me giggle
what isn't mentioned about Ishi's brain being taken "for science" was that the person behind getting that done was his friend Pope.
I loved the blue episode.
super good podcast. Well done Jake
I love this podcast! So well produced and really interesting and informative.
Awesome historical podcast. Go Historium go!