Historyfeels: The Podcast

Taxes, Terror, and Tea: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

On an April night in 1775 hundreds of British troops were been rallied for the express purpose of bringing to justice a pair of revolutionaries that had set the entire ci

Architect of an Empire: Napoleon Bonaparte's Rise to Power. Part 2

This week we'll complete the trajectory of Napoleon's rise to power, focusing not as much on his military might but instead on his political savvy that culminated in his

Architect of an Empire: Napoleon Bonaparte's Rise to Power. Part 1

  In the 19th century there was one man who disrupted the political order of Europe in a way that nobody had since the days of Julius Caesar - Napoleon Bonaparte. The F

Lincoln's Final Farewell: The Funeral and National Mourning for Abraham Lincoln

In 1952 in the city of Springfield, Illinois a young college student made a discovery of something that was not supposed to exist. He uncovered the only photo of Abraham

Salem's Secrets: Unraveling the Salem Witch Trials. Part 2.

Happy Halloween. Our story this week centers around the question of how one ends a Witch Hunt. In the case of the Salem Witch Trials, the cost of ending the hysteria wo

Salem's Secrets: Unraveling the Salem Witch Trials

In our episode this week, the first of a two part series, we are going to dive into one of Colonial America's most shocking and shameful histories, the Salem Withc Trials

Queen of the Sky: The Triumph and Tragedy of Amelia Earhart. Part 2

In the second part of our series on Amelia Earhart's life, legacy, and mysterious disappearance we are going to look at the final years of her famed career as an aviator.

Queen of the Sky: The Triumph and Tragedy of Amelia Earhart

In this week's episode, the first of a two part series, we are going to look at Amelia Earhart, the amazing heights she reached prior to her tragic last flight, and the c

The Fury of the Northmen: How the Vikings Conquered England and Built an Empire. Part 2

This is the second episode of a two part seires on the end of the Viking Age. In this story we dive head first into the conflict between two rulers, Sweyn Forkbeard of th

The Fury of the Northmen: How the Vikings Conquered England and Built an Empire. Part 1

This is the first episode of a two part series that moves quickly to the end of the Viking age. The center of our story is on the conflict between two groups of fierce wa

The Last March of Rick Rescorla: The Man Who Predicted 9/11 and Saved 2,700 Lives

Moving up the Podcast this week a few days to release this special 9/11 episode. The story of Rick Rescorla, the man who worked security at the South Tower of the World

Becoming Death: The Race for the Atomic Bomb. Part 2.

In this week's episode we are going to focus on the work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory leading up to the Trinity Test, the world's first explosion of a nuclear we

Becoming Death: The Race for the Atomic Bomb

In this week's episode we are going to look at the birth of the Manhattan project, and more specifically the moment where President Franklin Roosevelt made a crucial deci

Death in Babylon: The Mysterious Demise of Alexander the Great. Part 2

In this second episode we are going to follow the classical world's Ring of Power, the body of Alexander the Great, as it was handed from ruler to ruler and Empire to Emp

Death in Babylon: The Mysterious Demise of Alexander the Great

It's good to be back! Thanks for bearing with us this summer as we took some time to research and plan for this fall string of episodes. We promise to maintain consistenc

His Majesty's Pirate: Captain Henry Morgan and the Privateer Wars. Part 2

Our story this week is going to center around the wild Sack of Panama that marked the high point of Henry Morgan's career on the seas but also proved too great of an atta

His Majesty's Pirate: Captain Henry Morgan and the Privateer Wars

In This Episode we are going to follow the rise of one of histories most famous pirates, Captain Henry Morgan. His war against the Spanish for control of the Caribbean wa

The Curious Case of D.B. Cooper: America's only Unsolved Air Piracy Heist

In this episode we are going to share the mystery of D.B. Cooper, what we know from those who witnessed his daring skyjacking plot, along with the many details that are s

The Escape and Rescue of Jane Johnson and the road to the Civil War. Part 2.

A whole group of abolitionists would stare down imprisonment for charges stemming from the day they pulled Jane Johnson from bondage on the Phildelphia dock. Johnson hers

The Escape and Rescue of Jane Johnson and the road to the Civil War

This week we tackle a more poignant topic, sharing the amazing story of an escaped enslaved woman named Jane Johnson and the man who risked everything to help her achieve