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I learned to love history from my father's stories. He had a way of teaching history, not as a theory or series of events, but as a human story about real people who shaped the world by their choices. I want to share that love with my own son by telling real stories of great and interesting people. I created the History Stories for my Son Podcast because I want to spread that love of history as far as possible. The stories on this podcast are about people who made a difference in their own time, told at a level accessible to everyone, including kids learning about them for the first time, but also engaging for even the most knowledgeable history buff. You are invited to join a community where we remember that history is a story that should be shared with every generation.
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In the latest episode of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of Confucius, the man whose philosophy became the cultural backbone of an entire civilization.
1This is the story of Steve Jobs, legendary founder of Apple Computers. The man was more than the products we all know--iPod, iMac, iPhone--he was a complicated, spiritual man who created the archetype of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Steve Jobs lived by the motto of his famous advertising campaign: think different.
In the latest episode of History Stories for my Son, I will tell you the story of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke through baseball's infamous color line.
In a story so big it took us two episodes to tell it, History Stories for my Son tells the life of George Washington. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Washington's story is one of tragedy, betrayal, rebellion, and the founding of a nation.
In a story so big it took us two episodes to tell it, History Stories for my Son tells the life of George Washington. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Washington's story is one of tragedy, betrayal, rebellion, and the founding of a nation.
This is the true story of legendary frontier lawman Wyatt Earp.
We revisit the story of Ulysses S. Grant, America's greatest Civil War General, in this extended edition of the History Stories for my Son Podcast.
This is the story of Boudica, the Celtic warrior queen who defied the Roman Empire and led the most significant rebellion in Roman Britain.
From slave to world-famous author and advisor to Presidents, Frederick Douglass proved that the American Dream could and should apply to Americans of all colors. He became the most famous abolitionist of 19th century America with a simple message, "we are all brethren."
This is the story of Galileo Galilei, the man who proved we are not the center of the Universe and nearly got himself executed for his trouble.
Richard Francis Burton packed twelve lifetimes of adventure and scholarship into one. This real life "Indiana Jones" discovered the source of the Nile, traveled to forbidden cities, explored ancient religions and introduced generations of Europeans to the Arabian Nights and other classics of eastern fairytale. This is his story.
John Paul Jones was a Navy man, the first great hero in American naval history. This son of a Scottish gardener, accused criminal, and immigrant, proved that the mighty British Navy could be defeated and won his adopted country allies in France. This is the story of how he did it.
This the story of the Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, who uttered perhaps the most famous last words in American History, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
In Episode 20 of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of a Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the island of Corsica to parents of Italian descent, this foreigner to France who didn't even speak the language until he was ten years old somehow grew up to the most famous Frenchman in all of history. This is the story of how he did it.
In Episode 19 of History Stories for my Son, we explore the life of perhaps the greatest woman in the history of modern computing, Admiral Grace Hopper, grandmother of the COBOL programming language and, in a sense, the woman who taught computers to talk.
In episode 18 of History Stories for my Son, we explore the life of Nikola Tesla, perhaps the man most responsible for the electricity you are using right now.
In Episode 17 of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. While the stories of Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea and the rest of of the brave adventures in the Corps of Discovery each deserve their own individual telling, this is a story of collective achievement. This is a story of a group of people who banded together, became a family and together went into the unknown, off the map, on a peaceful journey of exploration. It is one of the grea...
This is the story of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, the man who toppled an empire without firing a shot.
This is the story of the man behind the mouse, Walt Disney.
Perhaps America's greatest peacetime President, Theodore Roosevelt was a man of contradictions: a sickly child who came to symbolize strength and virility; a child of wealth who fought the wealthy on behalf of the common man; A New Yorker who made himself a cowboy; a hunter who built the national park system; a man who enjoyed war but accomplished peace. Connecting the dots between these seeming contradictions is a fascinating story, the story of Theodore Roosevelt.
This is the story of the deadliest pandemic in modern history, the Spanish Flu.
This is the story of legendary pioneer and frontiersman, Daniel Boone.
Perhaps the greatest Queen in human history, Elizabeth I transformed England from an insignificant half of an island on the periphery of Europe into a great power that shaped the world for centuries. This is her story.
Ordinarily if you speak of world-famous inventor, a beloved author, and respected statesman, you are talking about three different people. But Benjamin Franklin was all these things and more. His life story is the story of colonial America, the story of the striving, self-improving man declaring his independence from his origins to become something more.
Chesty Puller is perhaps the most revered United States Marine in history. This is the story of why.
This is the story of Socrates, the man who drank poison rather than compromise his principles. Soldier, outcast, thinker, the man who has become synonymous with wisdom never thought himself wise, except perhaps in realizing that he knew nothing. This week we examine the life of the man who said the unexamined life is not worth living.
Harriet Tubman didn't just escape from slavery. She went back, time and again, to rescue others who had been enslaved. She did so at great risk to herself. This is the story of a remarkable woman who refused to accept what life offered her. This is the story of the woman her people called Moses.
From middle-aged failure to President of the United States in the span of 8 years: Ulysses S. Grant has perhaps the greatest comeback story in American History.
For ten thousand years of human history it was impossible for a human being to fly. Then the Wright Brothers came along, and decided not to accept the impossible. This is there story.
Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee . . . kil't him a b'ar when he was only three. . . Not quite, but Davy Crockett was a real man before he was a folk hero. Frontiersman, congressman, and champion of the powerless, Davy Crockett made himself a legend in his own time. This is his story.
Perhaps one of the most improbable stories in human history: Joan of Arc was an illiterate peasant girl who convinced a nation that she was on a mission from God. Regardless of your beliefs on her divine claims, she was an extraordinary woman, who by the time of her untimely death at the age of 19 had led her nation's armies into battle, inspired its people to rise up against invaders, and convinced its King to take up his crown.
Mark Twain was perhaps the greatest American writer of the 19th century. But he was also more than that. He was a river man, a prospector, a journalist, and an explorer. His stories were a near-perfect merging of adventure, coming of age, and social commentary. And he taught generations of young people how to think for themselves. This is his story.
In the first ever episode of History Stories for My Son, I discuss my reasons for launching the Podcast--to spread the love of history through engaging stories of inspiring individuals--before discussing one of my favorite figures from the Second World War, Audie Murphy. He was not only a Medal of Honor winning Soldier; he was a symbol of the American Dream. Abandoned by his father, orphaned by his mother, and rejected by every branch of service before he finally joined the Army w...
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That was great... I haven't heard a story for many year. Thank you🤍🌍🌱
- What an awesome dad who totally rocks this history podcast! This father definitely has a natural talent for storytelling. Seamless execution, Great job! ***I hope this man's son appreciates that his dad produced a podcast for him! Thanks for sharing this w/ the rest of us "dad".