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FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial
Aug 27, 2025In the summer of 1807, Richmond, Virginia hosted the most sensational trial in the young nation’s history. At stake was the life of Aaron Burr, who stood accused of plotting an armed insurrection agai...
Evolution on Trial | A Clash of Giants
Jul 09, 2025In 1925, the famous politician and presidential contender William Jennings Bryan returned to the limelight to lead a new crusade against the teaching of evolution. With Bryan’s support, Tennessee beca...
Evolution on Trial | Monkeytown
Jul 16, 2025On the sweltering morning of July 10, 1925, 200 newspaper reporters, newsreel film producers, and radio broadcasters flooded the county courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee. Hot dog vendors, preachers, and...
Evolution on Trial | Duel to the Death
Jul 23, 2025On July 20, 1925, the trial of John Scopes continued in the stifling heat of the overcrowded county courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee. Tempers flared as the defense and prosecution sparred over the ques...
Evolution on Trial | Live and Let Live
Jul 30, 2025The Scopes ""Monkey"" Trial was set against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, a time of both cultural upheaval and deep social tensions. While ostensibly about science versus religion, the trial b...
History Daily: The Lincoln Hospital Takeover
Jul 14, 2025July 14, 1970. A group of Puerto Rican activists stage an occupation demanding better health care at the Lincoln Hospital in South Bronx, New York City. You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazo...
History Daily: Henry VIII’s Fifth Wedding
Jul 28, 2025July 28, 1540. King Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, 32 years his junior. You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for all that and more, go to Int...
Typhoid Mary | An Invisible Menace
Jun 18, 2025In the fall of 1906, a mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever struck a wealthy New York family vacationing in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Suspicion soon fell on the family's Irish cook, who had vanished af...
Typhoid Mary | Destroying Angel
Jun 25, 2025After spending two years in forced isolation on a remote island in the East River, Mary Mallon fought back, insisting that she posed no danger to the public and city officials had overstepped their au...
Typhoid Mary | Cook, Carrier, Captive
Jul 02, 2025In 1906, a New York health department investigation into an outbreak of typhoid fever led to the discovery that a cook, Mary Mallon, was an unsuspecting ""healthy carrier"" of the deadly bacteria. Thi...