Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you proba...
The morality of this story is very complicated, as there is nobody here to root for. Still, in 1924, Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist prime minister and a personal hero of another to-be dictator, Adolf Hitler, launched a campaign to destroy the Sicilian Mafia.
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Gulf War Syndrome
“We’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome,” pronounced the then-president, George Bush. Yet, within a few years, the Persian Gulf War would give its name to a whole other syndrome - one which, to this day, is not entirely explained: the Gulf War Syndrome.
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The Cleveland Headache
LIMITED SERIES 7 - Famous Americans You Never Knew Existed: The story of Cassie Chadwick, “The Cleveland Headache,” is one you might not believe happened unless you knew it to be true.
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TODAY IN CONTEXT: Who is Roland L. Bragg?
TODAY IN CONTEXT:
For decades, Fort Bragg in North Carolina bore the name of Confederate General Braxton Bragg, a controversial figure in American history. In 2025, as part of a broader movement to honor more deserving individuals, the base was renamed in honor of Roland Leon Bragg - a man many have never heard of. Let's change that!
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Conversations: Cody Cassidy
Peter speaks with author Cody Cassidy about his latest book, How to Survive History, a
somewhat of a guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats from
outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive.
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Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you probably never heard of. All in the little time you probably do not have.