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What Made The Bahamas’ "Atlantis" Rocks?
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How we got hooked on credit cards - Nidhi Upadhyaya
Dig into the history of credit cards in the United States, and how they have evolved since the 1950s into the industry we know today. -- Today, credit cards are a $500 billion-a-year industry
History vs. Russia’s most infamous empress - Carolyn Harris
Catherine the Great presided over a golden age of Russian expansion — but was she a dedicated ruler or a ruthless oppressor? -- Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia for over three decades
The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer - Iseult Gillespie
Explore the classic poem, “Beowulf,” which follows a heroic prince as he fights to free a kingdom from the monster Grendel. -- An epic written in Old English, “Beowulf” is known for
The myth of Dionysus’ drunken revenge - Iseult Gillespie
Dig into the Greek myth of Dionysus, the god of winemaking and excess, and his journey to his ancestral home in Thebes. -- Acoetes of Maeonia had been roped into serving as the navigator
The murderous medieval king who inspired "Macbeth" - Benjamin Hudson
Dig into the history that inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Macbeth,” and find out just how much of the play is based on real events. -- Of all Shakespeare’s plays, perhaps none is
The Greek myth of the Fates’ prophecy - Iseult Gillespie
Dig into the Greek myth of Meleager, who set out to end a boar’s destruction of his city along with Greece’s best warriors. -- The night of her son's birth, the queen of Calydon was visited
What caused the fall of one of the most influential empires in history? - Mostafa Minawi
Trace the fall of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted nearly 600 years until their defeat in World War I as part of the Central Powers. -- Under cover of darkness in 1909, Sultan Abdulhamid
The Greek tragedy of Oedipus' daughter - Stephen Esposito
Get to know the story of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, who was determined to give her slain brother Polyneices a proper burial. -- The gods watched as Oedipus’ daughter, Antigone, stole
Crash Course Native American History Preview
Welcome to Crash Course Native American History! Over the next 24 episodes, Che Jim will introduce you to the deep, ongoing history of the Indigenous peoples who’ve called these lands home
2025, in 8 minutes
2025 was dominated by the second iteration of the Trump administration, the release of the Epstein files, and government shakeups that ranged from the longest federal shutdown in history to
How did detectives solve the case of the bloody fingerprints? - Theodore E. Yeshion
Learn more at -- In 1902, detectives arrived at a grisly murder scene and found a shard of broken glass with several bloody fingerprints. They painstakingly searched
