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Society & Culture
History
276
Anthony Valerio, "Semmelweis: The Women's Docto...
Though his advice has saved the lives of millions of people, the name Ignaz Semmelweis is not one commonly known today...
57 min
277
Ashley D. Farmer, "Queen Mother: Black National...
23 min
278
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Ita...
59 min
279
Paul Galvez, "Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins...
An interview with Paul Galvez
63 min
280
Danny Orbach, "Plots Against Hitler" (Mariner, ...
Orbach offers a profound and complete examination of the plots to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler...
60 min
281
Cristina Plamadeala, "Dossierveillance, Collabo...
26 min
282
Becky M. Nicolaides, "The New Suburbia: How Div...
35 min
283
Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek...
The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE...
67 min
284
Martyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vla...
59 min
285
Peter D. Blackmer, "Unleashing Black Power: Gra...
77 min
286
The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering th...
46 min
287
William Doyle, "Napoleon at Peace: How to End a...
An interview with William Doyle
17 min
288
Lorenzo Castellani, "Alberto Beneduce, Mussolin...
44 min
289
David Stasavage, "The Decline and Rise of Democ...
36 min
290
Andrea Freeman, "Ruin Their Crops on the Ground...
56 min
291
Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technol...
32 min
292
Julia Ross Cummiskey, "Virus Research in Twenti...
88 min
293
Kathryn Hurlock, "Holy Places: How Pilgrimage C...
51 min
294
Justin Stover and George Woudhuysen, "The Lost ...
82 min
295
Karl Ittmann, "Fuelling Empire: The British Imp...
39 min
296
Darren Mueller, "At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cu...
70 min
297
Aaron Sheehan-Dean, "Fighting with the Past: Ho...
54 min
298
Lawrence Grossman, "Living in Both Worlds: Mode...
51 min
299
Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short Hi...
40 min
300
John R. Davis, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A ...
52 min