143 Episodes

  1. TEASER: Reconstruction Era (1865-1877)

    Published: 11/1/2024
  2. Bonus Episode: Sleep with Science

    Published: 10/29/2024
  3. TEASER: Homer writes the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey (8th century BCE)

    Published: 10/25/2024
  4. Bonus Episode: Sleep with Psychology

    Published: 10/22/2024
  5. TEASER: The Writing of the Tale of Genji (c. 1008)

    Published: 10/18/2024
  6. Bonus Episode: Sleep with Philosophy

    Published: 10/15/2024
  7. TEASER: Ioannis Kapodistrias becomes the first head of state of independent Greece (1827).

    Published: 10/11/2024
  8. Bonus Episode: Sleep with Mythology

    Published: 10/8/2024
  9. Greece joins the European Union (1981)

    Published: 10/1/2024
  10. TEASER: Founding of the Roman Republic (509 BCE)

    Published: 9/24/2024
  11. Battle of Adwa: Ethiopian victory over Italy (1896)

    Published: 9/24/2024
  12. The Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963)

    Published: 9/17/2024
  13. TEASER: The Great Exhibition, London (1851)

    Published: 9/10/2024
  14. Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

    Published: 9/10/2024
  15. Formation of the Maurya Empire in ancient India under Chandragupta Maurya (322 BCE)

    Published: 9/3/2024
  16. TEASER: Ethiopian famine prompts Live Aid concerts (1984-1985)

    Published: 8/27/2024
  17. The Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

    Published: 8/27/2024
  18. Opium Wars and the establishment of European spheres of influence in China (19th century)

    Published: 8/20/2024
  19. Dissolution of the Soviet Union and emergence of new nations (1991)

    Published: 8/13/2024
  20. Founding of the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia (802 CE)

    Published: 8/6/2024

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