15-Minute History
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15-Minute History
Walking in the footsteps of history, fifteen minutes at a time. Join us for a 15-minute episode covering a person, place, or event in history, and stay for an extended discussion. New episodes and discussions every week.
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We've Been Here Before | A Discussion on America's Political Realignments
Join us for a discussion on last week's episode with our regular guest Dan Lindsey! Apologies for some audio issues when he first arrived--he was a bi...
Pop Quiz | The Viking Berserkers
Who were they? Were they even real? And why did they fade? Joe and Jon discuss some of history's most fascinating warriors in this week's pop quiz.
NEW Episode | We've Been Here Before
Season Nine is here!!!
This year, we are joining Americans in celebrating our country's 250th birthday with episodes about our nation's history....
Pop Quiz | Lost Knowledge
In this week's episode, Joe follows up from our last pop quiz and asks about the knowledge lost in the Library of Alexandria, how its destruction affe...
The Manhattan Project | Scientific Achievement vs Ethical Responsibility (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on May 5,...
Pop Quiz | Lost Technology
In this week's pop quiz, Joe asks about why and how military technologies fade from the battlefield.
Join us each week as we approach the start...
J.R.R. Tolkien | Optimism (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on October...
Pop Quiz | A New Dark Age?
In this episode, Joe asks about the changes in culture and education after the collapse of Rome, and we discuss some historical parallels to our own d...
George Patton & the Third Army | “You Wonderful Guys” (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on June 12...
Pop Quiz | Janissaries, Sepoys, and Praetorian Guards
This week, Joe asked about the soldiers who guard political leaders and why they sometimes turn on those whom they are sworn to protect. Why does it h...
The Eagle Against the Sun | The Second World War in the Pacific, part 1 (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on Februar...
Pop Quiz | Liquor, Guns, Bacon, and...Sydney Sweeney?
This week's pop quiz takes a historic approach to Marketing 101. Joe gives us his thoughts on recent trends at American Eagle, Cracker Barrel, Budweis...
NEW Episode | Three Catastrophes in History That (Almost) Changed Everything | A Discussion
Join Jon, Joe, and longtime guest host Dan as they discuss pivotal moments in history that could have gone very wrong, the effects of their outcomes,...
Pop Quiz | Who Built the Pyramids? (Republish)
Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer.
Have an idea for a topi...
Espionage | Kim Philby and The Cambridge Five (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on Novembe...
Pop Quiz | The Demon Cat of Washington and Folklore
What is the Demon Cat of Washington? Where does folklore originate in culture? How do historians read folklore? Join us for this extended pop quiz as...
Audie Murphy | An Uncommon Hero (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on May 4,...
Pop Quiz | Phantom Time
Was Charlemagne real? Did we land on the moon? Who are the real villains in history? Join us in this week's conversation about myths vs. reality and t...
Xerxes I | Hubris (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on January...
Pop Quiz | Operation Mincemeat (or) Liar, Liar, Literal Pants on Fire
As Churchill once said, "Truth must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies," and this is never more true in wartime (or a presidential campaign). This w...
Ivan the Terrible | The Sources of Evil (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on Februar...
Pop Quiz | Health & Safety
Do we need government regulations to protect employees in the workplace? Can labor unions go too far in efforts to safeguard their members? And did th...
Colt, Gatling, and Browning | Shooting for the Future (Republish)
Samuel Colt’s name is forever linked to the company he founded and the revolver he called the “Peacemaker.” Born in Connecticut in 1814, he was steepe...
Pop Quiz | The War of Jenkin's Ear (or) That Escalated Quickly!
What started as a simple question about The War of Jenkin's Ear devolved into a mighty whirlwind on social media, immortality, and Jon's opinion of El...
The Ash Heap of History | The End of the Cold War (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on March 2...
Pop Quiz | Holy Relics?
Why, in medieval times, were holy relics so popular? Was the church displaying them to give people hope in the divine or for financial gain, or both?...
What If? | A Lasting Peace at Tilsit (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on July 12...
Pop Quiz | "Stagflation"
With economics being all the rage these days and everyone on social media becoming experts in tariff and spending policy, Joe and Jon discuss one of t...
What if? | Pizzaro & the Potato (Republish)
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on August...
Pop Quiz | "Sherman's Neckties"
Recently, Jon mentioned "Sherman's Neckties" in an episode that referenced the American Civil War. Now it's time to talk about these fascinating--and...
America's Utopian Mores | A Discussion
Where does utopianism come from? Can we really create a perfect world, and did the colonists think they could create utopia in the New World? And why...
Sketches in History | The Speaking Stone
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adven...
America's Utopian Mores
This season has been about good and bad ideas, and we are concluding with Jon's thoughts on a journey he's been on through early American history. In...
Pop Quiz | The Future of Warfare
This week, Joe and I discuss how warfare is evolving on the battlefields of Ukraine, the role drones and other new technologies are changing the battl...
"Dieu et mon droit" | A discussion on the Divine Right of Kings
Join us for a discussion on the Divine Right of Kings and how it continues to shape modern political systems in our world today!
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Sketches in History | A Silent Symphony
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adven...
"Dieu et mon droit" | The Divine Right of Kings
Throughout history, leaders have claimed their positions in a variety of ways: military conquests, electoral mandates, revolutionary uprisings, and mo...
Pop Quiz | Answering an Audience Question & The Overton Window
In this double pop quiz, Jon answers a question from an audience member and then discusses the Overton Window and how the range of "acceptable" politi...
The Magna Carta | A Discussion on Power, Politics, and the Birth of Liberty
Join us as we discuss the history of the Magna Carta, how it changed English governance, and its influence on all democracies and constitutional feder...
Sketches in History | Connecting Continents
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adven...