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Empires & Appetites

How Empires Actually Work

The Fiction of Facts: Cooking the Books Since Ancient Rome

Feb 2, 2026

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

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THE BOOKS THAT BECAME HOUSES

Jan 26, 2026

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

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Podcast Episode Page: The Great Guano Madness

Jan 25, 2026

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

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Horses, Seals, and Secrets: The Postal Empire That Ran Europe

Jan 5, 2026

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #15 | January 2026

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Larger Than Europe, Gone in a Decade: One Man's Impossible Republic

Dec 29, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #14 | December 2025

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The Mississippi Bubble: The Financial Fever Dream That Swallowed France

Dec 22, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #14 | December 2025

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The Barrel Maker's Army: When a Private Company Went to War Against American Workers

Dec 15, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #13 | December 2025

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The Architecture of Exclusion: How America Built a System to Keep China Out

Dec 8, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #12 | December 2025

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**** THE GREAT GUANO MADNESS **** The Forgotten Scramble That Gave America Its Imperial Playbook

Dec 1, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #11 | November 2025

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Black Gold, Broken Nations: How Two Trillion-Dollar Gambles Defied the Oil Curse

Oct 26, 2025

Illuminating History's Strangest Corners | Issue #6 | October 2025

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