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Listen to the Episode “The Beaches of Normandy” Subscribe in iTunes Other ways to listen and subscribe. We all know the basic story of the Allied Forces storming the Beaches of Normandy in World War II. It’s one of the most dramatic and harrowing events in modern warfare. But my brain couldn’t comprehend the size … Read more
Listen to the Episode “Iceland’s Thingvellir” Download in iTunes More ways to listen. If you’ve ever visited Iceland, you know that, while there are so many things to do in Iceland, the natural beauty of the planes of Thingvellir is something special. But what you may not know, is that this open field was once … Read more
Listen to the Episode “The UNESCO World Heritage Site List” Download and Subscribe in iTunes Other Ways to Listen and Subscribe Gary Arndt is a renowned travel blogger and photographer who has made it his mission to travel to all of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, from the big names like the Great Wall of … Read more
Listen to the Episode “The Walls of Constantinople” Listen and Subscribe on iTunes Other Ways to Listen and Subscribe Patrick Wyman is a historian and podcaster I hold in great regard and I’ve invited him on the show today to discuss the history and prominence of the great Walls of Constantinople and the role … Read more
Listen to the Episode “The Acropolis and the Golden Age of Athens” iTunes Other Ways to Listen & Subscribe The Acropolis of Athens, Greece, is one of the most recognizable landmarks in all of the world and belongs on any Greece itinerary. But to hear Ryan Stitt of The History of Ancient Greece podcast tell … Read more
Listen to the Episode “Reinventing the Dragon City of Ljubljana” Listen and subscribe in iTunes Other ways to listen and subscribe On one of my recent trips, I did some backpacking through central Europe and I had a wonderful time. But my trip became dramatically better if that’s possible when I entered the city of … Read more
Listen to the Episode “Discovering the Lost City of Petra” Listen and subscribe on iTunes Other Ways to Listen and Subscribe The story of the Lost City of Petra begins with the story of the Nabataeans, nomadic traders who eventually settled in Edomite territory around 2 B.C. The Nabataeans had traveled everywhere and picked up … Read more
Listen to the Episode “Agamemnon’s Mycenae” Listen and Subscribe in iTunes Other Ways to Listen and Subscribe Most of us have read Homer’s “Iliad” either in high school or college, but few are likely to remember the details of the characters and places it mentions. It may seem surprising to you that I’d be talking … Read more
Listen to the Episode “The West Bank Separation Wall” Subscribe and Listen in iTunes Other Ways to Listen & Subscribe The West Bank Separation Wall has not been as famously identified to those who live in other parts of the world as the Berlin Wall was, but it’s just as obvious a reminder of the … Read more
Listen to Episode “The Birthplace of Gone with the Wind” Listen and subscribe in iTunes Other ways to listen and subscribe There seem to always be interesting intersections between history and art, and in this episode of The History Fangirl, we dig a bit into one of those crossings, the life of Margaret Mitchell, … Read more