Now Playing
Old Ironsides, the Mona Lisa Stolen & Women Win the Vote | Aug 17–23
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
From the Hudson River's first commercial steamboat to the secret pact that unleashed World War II, this week in history delivers ten world-changing moments across eight centuries. Old Ironsides earns her name, the Mona Lisa vanishes, Darwin goes public, and American women finally win the vote.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
On October second, forty-eight BC, Julius Caesar sailed into Alexandria, Egypt, hot on the heels of his great rival Pompey. The two Roman generals had been locked in a brutal civil war, and Caesar expected a confrontation.
Chapter summary auto-generated from the verified script. Listen to the full episode for the complete content.