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A dive into historical topics from an elevated perspective. New episodes will be out every Wednesday. Find us on our socials:@Historicallyhi on Twitter @historicallyhighpod on Instagram. Don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and let your friends know what they are missing.
Episodes
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- The BTK Killer · 2 h 33 min · Episode 254Happy Halloween week everyone! In order to get in the spirit, we decided to bring you a truly terrifying serial killer. Dennis Rader was a student of murder. He had rules. During…
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The First Avenger to Dr. Doom · 2 h 15 min · Episode 253Class, here's the deal...we usually don't condone cheating or shortcuts here at HHU. But we also understand trying to catch up on what the MCU has been up to the last 7 years…
- The World History of Dragons · 2 h 57 min · Episode 252Why did ancient civilizations, on every inhabited continent at different points in history independently decide the world was run by a giant scaled lizard? This week we break…
- The Phoenicians · 2 h 12 min · Episode 251The Phoenicians conquered the ancient world, not with sword or spear, but with ink, rotting mollusks, and the finest of Lebanese Cedar. In this episode, we take a wild ride…
- Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident · 2 h 30 min · Episode 250Strap in, because this week on Historically High, we’re heading back pre-Chernobyl, to 1979 to unpack the absolute disaster that was the Three Mile Island meltdown. When a…
- Woodstock · 2 h 15 min · Episode 249In August 1969, four twenty-somethings—two trust-fund heirs and two music hustlers—tried to fund a recording studio by throwing a music festival in Woodstock, only to trigger one…
- The Reagan Assassination and John Hinkley Jr. · 2 h 1 min · Episode 248This episode is a long strange trip into the mind of John Hinckley Jr. John attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Firing five shots, Hinckley would strike the…
- 9/11: Part 2 · 1 h 52 min · Episode 247In the conclusion of our two-part September 11 deep dive, we step straight into the chaos of the morning itself—and the global fallout that followed. We walk through the…
- 9/11: Part 1 · 2 h 10 min · Episode 246This week on Historically High, we begin our two-part deep dive into September 11 by pulling back the curtain on everything that led to that fateful Tuesday morning. To…
- WW2: The USS Enterprise · 2 h 0 min · Episode 245The Japanese incorrectly thought they sink her three times earning her the moniker, The Grey Ghost. This week on Historically High, we chart the legendary run of the USS…
- The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal · 3 h 27 min · Episode 244This week, we’re diving into the absolute circus of the late '90s: the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. We trace Bill’s slippery journey from slick Arkansas Governor dodging the Paula…
- The Khmer Empire · 2 h 31 min · Episode 243This week on Historically High, we journey into the heart of ancient—and present-day—Cambodia to chart the epic rise and fall of the Khmer Empire. While Europe was just…
- Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber · 3 h 23 min · Episode 242We are finally here. Ted Kaczynski. The Unabomber. Insane IQ. Graduated high school at 15. Had a run-in at Harvard with a professor who worked for the OSS. Youngest associate…
- K2: The Savage Mountain · 3 h 10 min · Episode 241Welcome to the Savage Mountain—a 28,000-foot pyramid of vertical blue ice, 60-degree rock walls, and a building-sized ice block that hangs over your head like a loaded gun. This…
- The Red Scare: McCarthy V Communism · 3 h 41 min · Episode 240In the late 1940's and 50's America went through a type of mass hysteria fueled by both foreign governments and our own. The Cold War had just begun between the United States and…
- The History of Cheese · 2 h 9 min · Episode 239Here we are. The History of Cheese. My love letter to cheese. Cultures. Milk. Rennet. Salt. That's all you need to start making cheese. The history starts prior to written…
- Gears of War: A History · 3 h 19 min · Episode 238In this episode Prof. Chris emerges from his Nerdery to talk about the rise and catastrophic fall of Sera, the world where the Gears of War franchise takes place. Humanity on…
- The Great Depression: Global Edition · 2 h 0 min · Episode 237When the global economy flatlined, it didn't just cause a financial crisis—it opened the doors for radical extremism. The Great Depression broke Germany’s fragile democracy…
- The Great Depression: USA Edition · 2 h 29 min · Episode 236While the 1920s are famous for jazz and flappers, the actual foundation of the decade was built on a massive, unsustainable wartime gamble. How the rush to feed a burning Europe…
- Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid · 2 h 13 min · Episode 235We're not talking about the 1969 classic motion picture starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, we're discussing the real life Butch and Sundance. Bank robbing and train heist…
