This week, Japan finally gets the Olympics; but what does that really mean for Japan? What does hosting really accomplish…
In our first court case from the Islamic world, we meet one of history’s greatest bureaucrats. Midhat Pasha was fantastic at taking control of troubled territories and coming up with grand new legal ideas, but he wasn’t so great at playing politics. Meet the scholar who rose to be the Grand Vizier of an empire before he became the defendant in an unwinnable show trial.
This week, we’re starting a series on the history of the Olympic movement in Japan. How did Japan get involved…
This week, we’re taking an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Ozu Yasujiro, one of Japan’s most famous…
Meet the woman who claimed to be a German princess, scammed a handful of husbands, palled around with pirates, and played her scandalous self on the stage. Why were so many English men so easy to dupe when a stranger showed up claiming noble heritage? How did a con artist become a celebrity? How much do we really know about Mary as a person, and how much did this self-made woman construct herself as a character?
This week, we’re talking over Japan’s response to one of the greatest public health crises of the 20th century: the…
This week, we tackle one of our more unique subjects. It’s time to talk about an institution so secretive that…
This week, we’re covering the strange, sad case of Mary Mallon, one of America’s most notorious killers—who never technically committed a crime. When is it illegal to spread a disease? Why did the Health Department have the power to detain people indefinitely? Does Mary deserve her infamy, or was she a victim of a system that was stacked against her from the start?
This week, we tackle the life of one of Japan’s most interesting women, who rose from obscure origins to become…
This week we wrap this series up with a look at the changes in the feminist movement during the US…