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The Ships That Shook Britain: How Pirate Radio Forced a Nation to Rock and Roll

Episode Page: The Antikythera Mechanism: The 2,000-Year-Old Computer That Shouldn't Exist

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Prophets and Power: The Unsettling Early Chapters of America's Homegrown Faith

The Mormon Church Story

The Most Dangerous Dream Ever Produced

The Story of Roar.

WHEN DISEASES BREAK THEIR OWN RULES

The Sweating Disease, the Vanishing Leprosy, and What We Still Don't Understand About How Sickness Kills--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #20 | February 2026

The Fiction of Facts: Cooking the Books Since Ancient Rome

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #19 | February 2026

Podcast Episode Page: Welcome to 1565: Population 500

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How China Reportedly Boiled a Thousand-Year-Old Writing System Into Construction Paste

Podcast Episode Page: The Great Emu War

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Podcast Episode Page: The Pirates Who Looted The Reich's Pride

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The She-Wolf of France: How a Teenage Bride Became England's Most Unlikely Conqueror

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #17 | January 2026

The Ships That Shook Britain: How Pirate Radio Forced a Nation to Rock and Roll

Episode Page: The Antikythera Mechanism: The 2,000-Year-Old Computer That Shouldn't Exist

This episode is based on our newsletter deep-dive: Episode Page: The Antikythera Mechanism: The 2,000-Year-Old Computer That Shouldn't Exist

Prophets and Power: The Unsettling Early Chapters of America's Homegrown Faith

The Mormon Church Story

The Most Dangerous Dream Ever Produced

The Story of Roar.

WHEN DISEASES BREAK THEIR OWN RULES

The Sweating Disease, the Vanishing Leprosy, and What We Still Don't Understand About How Sickness Kills--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #20 | February 2026

The Fiction of Facts: Cooking the Books Since Ancient Rome

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #19 | February 2026

Podcast Episode Page: Welcome to 1565: Population 500

This episode is based on our newsletter deep-dive: Welcome to 1565: Population 500.

THE BOOKS THAT BECAME HOUSES

How China Reportedly Boiled a Thousand-Year-Old Writing System Into Construction Paste

Podcast Episode Page: The Great Emu War

This episode is based on our newsletter deep-dive: The Great Emu War: When Australia's Military Faced Its Feathered Foe

Podcast Episode Page: The Pirates Who Looted The Reich's Pride

This episode is based on our newsletter deep-dive: The Pirates Who Looted The Reich's Pride

Podcast Episode Page: The Great Guano Madness

This episode is based on our newsletter deep-dive: The Great Guano Madness: The Forgotten Scramble That Gave America Its Imperial Playbook

The She-Wolf of France: How a Teenage Bride Became England's Most Unlikely Conqueror

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #17 | January 2026