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- Yesterday5 min
Battlefield Medicine at Antietam | from In Our Time
What happened to the wounded after the bloodiest single day in American military history? Today, we have a preview for you from the BBC’s In Our Time – the podcast that invites you to a world-class seminar, every week. This clip is from the episode ‘Battle of Antietam’, where host Misha Glenny and his expert guests discuss the harsh realities of battlefield medicine during the American Civil War.With tens of thousands of casualties and limited medical support, many soldiers faced grim conditions after the fighting ended. Amid the chaos emerged Clara Barton, the pioneering nurse whose work caring for wounded soldiers would later help inspire theAmerican Red Cross. If you like what you hear, In Our Time from the BBC releases new episodes every week, exploring history, science, literature, philosophy, religion, culture and much more through conversations with leading experts. Find In Our Time wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 5 days ago36 min
Why The Invasion of Britain Was a PR Stunt
Rome didn't invade Britain because it wanted Britain. It invaded because Julius Caesar and later Claudius needed a triumph. In January 41 AD, a palace guard found Claudius hiding behind a curtain and made him emperor — a stuttering, limping, 50-year-old scholar with no military record, elevated by the same conspiracy that had just butchered his nephew. He inherited an army he'd never commanded, a senate that despised him, and a legitimacy problem money couldn't fix. There was exactly one currency he could pay them in: a conquest. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago42 min
How a Candy Company Bought the Pet Industry
Mars, Inc. makes more than $50 billion a year, owns some of the most recognizable brands on Earth, and you cannot buy a single share of it. This is the story of how one family built a global empire and never gave it away. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago25 min
The Japanese Doctor that SAVED Afghanistan
He was a Japanese doctor who went to treat leprosy and ended up irrigating 16,000 hectares of Afghan desert. Afghanistan called him Kaka Murad — "Uncle Murad." Few foreigners have ever been mourned in Afghanistan the way Dr. Tetsu Nakamura was. When he was assassinated on December 4th, 2019, the president helped carry his coffin, an airline painted his face on a plane, and vigils were held across the country. Afghans didn't call him by his Japanese name. They called him a relative. Nakamura spent roughly 35 years in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He started with leprosy patients and refugees, one at a time. He ended by turning a place called the Valley of Death green. In between, he kept discovering that medicine alone couldn't cure the illnesses he was treating — so he taught himself civil engineering rather than walk away. He studied a 1790 Edo-era weir from his own home region in Japan, drew up plans, and operated the excavator himself. His canals now feed an estimated 600,000 people. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Oct 12, 202630 min
The Cook Who Lived: 60 Hours Trapped 100 Feet Underwater
Want to enter the giveaway? Check out my merch here! On the morning of May 26, 2013, a tugboat sank 30 meters to the seabed off the coast of Nigeria…and one man lived through it all. When the Jascon-4 capsized in the Bight of Benin, eleven of its twelve crew members died. But ship's cook Harrison Okene was knocked out, stripped to his boxers, and trapped in total darkness. There he survived for roughly 60 hours inside a shrinking pocket of air. What followed was a rescue that defied every expectation, and a decompression nightmare that nearly killed him a second time. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 29, 202636 min
Bob Denard: The Frenchman Who Stole an Entire Country (4 Times)
In 1975, a French mercenary named Bob Denard landed on the beaches of the Comoros Islands with a handful of men and changed the course of African history. Then he did it again. And again. And one more time for good measure. This is the story of how one man overthrew the same government four separate times, ruled an island nation as a puppet master for over a decade, and somehow died peacefully in France instead of prison. From the bloody coups of the 1970s to the failed Operation Azalee in 1995, this is the story of the unbelievable career of France's most notorious soldier of fortune—a man who treated international borders like suggestions and presidential palaces like Airbnb rentals. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 21, 202635 min
The Most Laidback Dictator in History
Normally when one describes a dictator they will talk about murder, violence, oppression, coups, but not usually willingly giving up power. The dictator of Seychelles is perhaps one of the most rare examples of exactly that in history. This is his story and how the Seychelles became a modern state. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 14, 202640 min
How Ramen Saved Japan
After World War II, Japan was devastated. Food was scarce, morale was low, and the country needed something—anything—to rebuild. That "something" turned out to be a simple bowl of wheat noodles in broth. Today we trace how ramen went from a cheap street food to an unlikely economic and cultural savior for post-war Japan. We'll explore the black market stalls of 1940s Tokyo, the American wheat surplus that changed everything, and how instant ramen inventor Momofuku Ando literally helped feed a nation and to create what is one of the most popular foods on earth. Watch the podcast Fight me at war of the barons Check out my trips with me here Check out my merch here Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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