Outrageous History!
de Ernest Granson
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The Summer of '71? It's déjà vu all over again
The Summer of '71? It's déjà vu all over again
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The emperor Napolean Bonaparte, the artist Caravaggio, the writer Oscar Wilde, the Roman Empire, the lawman Wyatt Earp, the French revolutionary leader Robespierre, the Watergate scandal…..outrageous individuals and events that have significantly influenced history. You’ll find it hard to believe some of the preposterous, scandalous and excessive behaviors which permeate history. Join journalist Ernest Granson as he interviews historians around the world, delving into some of history’s most outrageous moments. You can’t make this stuff up!
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- The Summer of '71? It's déjà vu all over again · 1 h 6 minLittle did veteran journalist John Jenkins know at the time he was given his very first reporting job at Washington D.C.'s Bureau of National Affairs in the spring of 1971, that…
- Is there a Fatman atomic bomb resting at the bottom of the Atlantic? · 1 h 0 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 39In March of 1951, an extremely tense period of world history, Globemaster cargo plane 49-244 disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean just west of Ireland. The plane and survivors…
- The disappearance of the most famous woman of the twentieth century · 55 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 36For most of her life, Anna Rosenberg served the United States at the highest levels of government, as a close advisor to four presidents as well as running a successful public…
- The complicated and messy birth of the legendary Jeep · 1 h 16 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 35Why is it called the Jeep? Depends on who you ask. Who first designed and developed this workhorse of the US military? Again, not a simple question to answer. Decades after…
- In the footsteps of T.E. Lawrence - a quest for understanding in the Middle East · 57 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 34The bitter and destructive struggle in the Levant has a lengthy, complex and grievous history. No doubt the region has experienced its share of territorial bloodshed from ancient…
- T.E. Lawrence: the archeologist turned desert warrior · 1 h 4 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 33Many of our images of the First World War emanated from the trenches at the European front lines. But the war was not limited to those deplorable conditions. In the Mideast…
- Jeep Shows: dodging bullets and bombs while entertaining on World War II front lines · 44 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 32World War II soldiers had to endure the grind of pushing through rough terrain in extreme cold and heat and to witness comrades dying in front of their eyes, sometimes for years…
- The legacy of Wyatt Earp - respected lawman, vigilante, gambler, pimp · 50 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 31A few years before his death, Wyatt Earp wrote to a friend, saying, "Notoriety has been the bane of my life. I detest it." As perhaps the most famous lawman in the United States…
- The Germans and the Vikings - Hitler's Norwegian fantasy · 52 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 30The year is 1940. The German army occupies Norway and begins construction of superhighways, a polar railroad and a glistening new German city in northern Norway. The Nazi party…
- Napoleon - the film. When history and entertainment clash. · 49 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 29The Ridley Scott- directed film "Napoleon" is a big film. Big battle scenes. Moscow going up in flames. Napoleon facing down his detractors. The over-the-top coronation of the…
- Surfing the Time Capsule: Are architects doomed for tragedy? · 40 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 28Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Gaudi, Adolf Loos, Louis Sullivan; why were their lives such a mess? Maybe it's the Jekyll and Hyde conundrum. In this episode of Surfing the Time…
- Surfing the Time Capsule - Buying up the brightest stars in the art universe · 20 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 27Is the Leonardo da Vinci painting entitled "Salvator Mundi" worth almost half a billion dollars? For Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, that's chump change. Join…
- Surfing the Time Capsule - John Dean cushions his behind in Poshinaya foam; John Galt slams volunteerism · 10 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 26Was Richard Nixon really a snivelling crook? Was Ayn Rand really a condescending, selfish snob? In this initial episode of Surfing the Time Capsule from Outrageous History…
- Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi - The Bargain of the Millenium · 48 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 25In 2017, a painting of Jesus Christ holding a crystal orb became the world's most expensive painting when Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) paid $450 million…
- The Evolution of Spin · 1 h 25 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 26Propaganda, publicity, public relations, spin. These words are really interchangeable but for many, they all evoke somewhat negative connotations. For politicians, the presidents…
- We are the real monsters! · 54 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 25The Anglo-Saxons of pre-England Britannia lived in a world of real monsters where walking through the unsettled areas outside of town could mean being scorched by dragons or…
- The van Gogh You Never Knew · 32 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 24Imagine becoming a young widow with a baby boy and being entrusted with the priceless legacy of one of the world's most famous painters. That is the situation in which Johanna…
- The Ambiguity of Stan Lee · 53 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 23Just who was Stanley Martin Lieber - or as millions of superhero fans know him - Stan Lee? Sure, Stan Lee has been credited by those fans as the creator of Spiderman, The…
- The last man who might know all there is to be known · 43 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 3Could there be such a person? That is how scientist J.B.S. Haldane has been described. He is credited with laying the foundations of genetics but his knowledge spanned far beyond…
- Martha Was Right · 37 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 2The Watergate scandal in the 1970s turned U.S. politics upside down, creating skepticism, cynicism and pessimism throughout the country. For those involved in both the burglary…
