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Episode #212 - Was "The Man Called Intrepid" a Fraud?
Oct 08, 2024In 1976 the bestselling biography A Man Called Intrepid made the Canadian spy Sir. William Stephenson something close to a household name. The book claimed that the previously obscure Stephenson had s...
Episode #211 - Who Killed King Tut? (Part II)
Sep 24, 2024When King Tutankhamun became King of Egypt at the tender age of eight he inherited a kingdom in chaos. His father's religious revolution had upended the traditional social structure and enraged the ol...
Episode #210 - Who Killed King Tut? (Part I)
Sep 10, 2024King Tutankhamun may be the best known Egyptian Pharaoh. The discovery of his tomb in 1922 created a wave of "Tut-mania" that has made him a fixture of pop-culture ever since. But even though his trea...
OFH Throwback- Episode #172- Who Was the African Samurai? (Part II)
Sep 03, 2024In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you back to the conclusion of the African Samurai series. In the 1580’s Japan was a on the precipice of a massive transformation. For over a century the count...
OFH Throwback- Episode #171- Who Was the African Samurai? (Part I)
Aug 28, 2024In this throwback episode Sebastian was inspired by a recent controversy around the Assassin's Creed videogame series to revisit his series on Yasuke, the African Samurai. Near the end of Japan’s “War...
OFH Throwback- Episode #90- How Bad Was Blackbeard? (Part II)
Aug 20, 2024In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you back to Season 4 to finish up the series on Blackbeard. Thanks to the mysterious pirate historian Captain Charles Johnson, Blackbeard became a truly legen...
OFH Throwback - Episode #89 - How Bad Was Blackbeard? (Part I)
Aug 13, 2024In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you back to season four and a fan favorite about one of history's most notorious pirates. Blackbeard may be the most iconic pirate to ever roam the seas. His ...
Episode #209- What Are the Olympic Myths? (Part III)
Aug 06, 2024The man credited with reviving the Olympics in the late 1800's was a French aristocrat named Baron Pierre De Coubertin. In his memoir he claimed that idea to revive the Olympic games had been his and ...
Episode #208- What Are the Olympic Myths? (Part II)
Jul 24, 2024Ahead of the Olympic Games there is always some discussion of the so-called "Olympic Spirit." This is a spirit of fair play and virtuous competition allegedly inherited from the ancient Greeks. But, a...
Episode #207- What Are the Olympic Myths? (Part I)
Jul 09, 2024When the Olympic games were revived in the late 19th century there was a widespread belief in the "purity" of ancient Greek athletics. The original members of the International Olympic committee belie...