Episodi

  • The Wicked Bible: One Missing Word, One Huge Mistake
    Oct 19 2026
    In 1631, a missing word turned the Ten Commandments upside down. Billy explores the Wicked Bible, the furious King, and the costly consequences for its printers.
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    7 min
  • The Invisible Invader: Smallpox and the Fall of Tenochtitlan
    Oct 15 2026
    Billy Galligan explores how the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan fell not just to Spanish swords and cannons, but to an invisible passenger that devastated an empire: smallpox.
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    8 min
  • The Plantation of Ulster: Dividing the Land
    Oct 12 2026
    Billy Galligan explores the 1610 Plantation of Ulster: the Crown's confiscation of Gaelic lands, the arrival of British settlers, and the roots of divisions that shaped modern Irish history.
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    8 min
  • The Flight of the Earls and the Wild Geese
    Sep 9 2026
    How the Flight of the Earls ended Gaelic Ireland, sparked the Plantation of Ulster, and gave rise to the Wild Geese in exile.
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    9 min
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade: A Wrong Turn into the Valley of Death
    Sep 5 2026
    How a vague order, aristocratic ego, and brutal miscommunication sent the Light Brigade into a deadly charge at Balaclava in 1854.
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    11 min
  • The Norman Invasion of 1169: The Invitation That Changed Ireland
    Aug 22 2026
    Dermot MacMurrough’s invitation brought Strongbow, Henry II, and centuries of change. The Norman invasion began Ireland’s long entanglement with England.
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    7 min
  • The Zimmermann Telegram: The Secret Message That Wasn't
    Aug 19 2026
    Zimmermann's blunder, British codebreakers, and how a leaked telegram helped bring the U.S. into World War I.
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    9 min
  • Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf
    Aug 15 2026
    Brian Boru’s rise, the Battle of Clontarf, and Ireland’s greatest victory shadowed by heartbreaking loss.
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    8 min