This week, we wrap up our history of Christianity in Japan with a look at the Occupation and Postwar Eras…
This week, we’ll cover the striving of Japanese Christians to be accepted as genuine patriots by the government during the…
This week, we’re going to talk about the heyday of Japanese Christianity during the Imperial era: the 1870s and 1880s,…
This Italian family’s secret recipe requires a special ingredient: a fatal dose of arsenic. Join us for a story of murder most foul, corrupt priests, saleswomen with pockets full of poison, secret cabal of witches moving through European courts, a ceiling alligator, and Santa Claus’s special bone juice.
This week, we’re talking about Christianity during the Bakumatsu Period — the era that saw the forced opening of Japan…
This week, we’re turning our attention to Christianity in Japan after the “Christian Century.” Despite its status as a minority…
Did an ancient Greek party girl get off on a capital charge because she flashed the judge? Or was this story just an excuse for artists to get away with painting bare breasts? This week, we dig into trial records, archeological evidence, and ancient gossip to try to get a sense of the woman behind one of history’s spiciest trials.
This week, we cover the short yet fascinating history of Islam in Japan. What factors led to a connection between…
This week, we wrap up the series with a look at black history during the Occupation and Postwar eras, with…
We’re heading back to the wild west to meet one of America’s smoothest criminals. Let Charles “Doc” Baggs teach you the art of stealing from the rich, giving great speeches, and staying one step ahead of the law. What do we learn when we listen to a criminal telling his side of the story? Who shaped our understanding of the moral landscape of the American west? How cool is this dude, seriously?