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Dive into the extraordinary lives of the men and women who wrote the pages of human history—for better or worse. This immersive history podcast delivers dramatic, in-depth profiles of iconic leaders, brilliant innovators, notorious villains, and forgotten heroes. Discover the complex journeys, monumental triumphs, and devastating failures of the individuals behind the world's most defining events. Perfect for fans of deep-dive documentaries and factual storytelling, each episode brings the past to life by exploring the true stories of emperors, visionaries, and revolutionaries who left an undeniable mark on our world. Follow and listen to uncover the real people behind the legends.

  1. 27m ago

    Ida B Wells - Teacher, Activist, Anti-Lynching Crusader

    Ida B Wells - Teacher, Protester, Anti-Lynching Crusader 7 Apr 2025 --- #history #biography #protest → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Crusade For Justice by Ida B. Wells https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Wells_Crusade.pdf To Tell The Truth Freely by Mia Bay https://books.google.com/books?id=u1tjq-b2s10C&printsec=frontcover&dq=To+Tell+The+Truth+Freely&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx9aH9t5SKAxULQkEAHULVAB0Q6AF6BAgMEAI  Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula J. Giddings https://books.google.co.za/books?id=OFRGjgtNoZ4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ida:+A+Sword+Among+Lions+by+Paula+J.+Giddings&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGzs71t5SKAxUNQUEAHfW2AfoQ6AF6BAgKEAI  References https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett https://blogs.memphis.edu/benhooksinstitute/2015/09/30/memphis-and-the-lynching-at-the-curve/ https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/peoples-grocery-lynchings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/01/29/negroes-and-the-gun-a-winchester-in-every-black-home/ https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/fighting-for-social-reform/ida-b-wells/  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett  https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/ida-b-wells/ida-b-wells-and-chicago-black-settlement-house https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/08/16/a-proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-springfield-1908-race-riot-national-monument/ https://naacp.org/about/our-history#:~:text=Our%20work%20and%20our%20activists,civil%20rights%20and%20social%20justice. https://www.nps.gov/people/idabwells.htm#:~:text=Though%20she%20is%20considered%20a,Alpha%20Suffrage%20Club%20in%20Chicago. https://www.lwvchicago.org/news/ida-b-wells-suffrage-club https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/online_exhibits/100_documents/1913-il-suffarge-act.html#:~:text=The%20Document%3A%20On%20June%2026,right%20to%20vote%20for%20President. https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-procession1913.htm https://www.vox.com/22995013/anti-lynching-act-emmett-till https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/08/modern-day-mississippi-lynchings/ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Ida B Wells - Teacher, Activist, Anti-Lynching Crusader

  2. 1h ago

    Mary, Queen of Scots: Lover, Fighter, Rogue

    Mary, Queen of Scots: Lover, Fighter, Rogue 30 Apr 2022 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Source/Further reading: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 2h ago

    Arthur Conan Doyle: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes 7 Sep 2023 --- Check out NordVPN and get 4 months EXTRA on a 2-year plan by going to https://nordvpn.com/bio. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Check out Karl's channels: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg And check out https://www.biographics.org for more of your favorite biographies. Further Reading: https://www.arthurconandoyle.com/ This is the official site of Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate https://www.thenational.scot/news/20152034.legacy-sir-arthur-conan-doyle---creator-worlds-famous-detective/ This site provides information on Doyle’s legacy in Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/conan_sir_arthur_doyle.shtml This site provides additional information on Doyle’s work as a journalist during the Second Boer War and its aftermath https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Main_Page This site includes interviews of Doyle, content of some of his lectures, essays, articles, letters, and other documentation Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. Daniel Stashower. 2000. Penguin Books Biography Note: Nearly all of Doyle’s published writings are in the public domain and are available to be read online at several sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 3h ago

    Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Deliverer of Mothers

    Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers 30 Mar 2024 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881728/ https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/3/233 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives https://www.newscientist.com/people/ignaz-semmelweis/ https://theconversation.com/ignaz-semmelweis-the-doctor-who-discovered-the-disease-fighting-power-of-hand-washing-in-1847-135528 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240806/ https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ignaz-philipp-semmelweis-1818-1865 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1575625/pdf/califmed00155-0023.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/23/ignaz-semmelweis-handwashing-coronavirus/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10354-020-00738-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655320308051 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Deliverer of Mothers

  5. 3h ago

    Marvin Heemeyer: Mastermind Behind the "Killdozer

    Marvin Heemeyer: Architect of the "Killdozer" 16 Jan 2024 --- On the morning of June 4th, 2004, Granby, Colorado was no different from hundreds of other small towns all across the United States. It was the kind of idyllic little mountain town you moved to in order to get away from the crime and chaos of big cities like neighboring Denver. By by the end of the day on June 4th, Granby looked like it had been through a warzone, with buildings destroyed, trees ripped up, streetlights and fire hydrants knocked down. You might be forgiven for thinking the cause of this municipal carnage was some sort of natural disaster, but the truth was so much more bizarre: a bulldozer, modified with armor plating to make it impervious to gunfire, had spent the afternoon driving around deliberately smashing into things. The man at the controls of the machine nicknamed the “Killdozer” was well known to the townspeople of Granby. Marvin Heemeyer was one of their neighbors, a local business owner who had a lot of friends but was also infamous for his well publicized disputes with the local town government. Few people had recognized the simmering anger under Heemeyer’s skin, that he’d apparently been holding onto for years, until finally he emerged with a suicidal plan to get revenge on anyone who he’d ever felt had wronged him. Many people, even his victims, were in awe at the sheer audacity of his attack, including the time, effort, and resources that went into building such an infernal machine in the first place. Marvin has been held up as a hero in the years since his rampage by many, particularly among anti-government types who view him as a good person who finally snapped after being pushed too far by “The Man.” The truth, however, is far more sad: that Heemeyer was a successful man who became consumed with perceived slights and petty grievances made against him, until he became so consumed with rage that he threw away everything that he’d ever worked for in a rampage that was just as much about self-destruction as it was about, well, regular destruction. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage by Patrick Brower, Wilcox Swanson 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Marvin Heemeyer: Mastermind Behind the "Killdozer

  6. 4h ago

    William Gaines: MAD MAGAZINE'S Dominant Force #sponsored

    William Gaines: MAD MAGAZINE'S Leading Man #sponsored 28 Jun 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship #biography #history #magazinestory → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081695/ https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2024/05/censorship-the-comic-book-and-seduction-of-the-innocent-at-70-a-roundtable-discussion/ https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-hugh-hefner-published-trump-magazine-no-not-that-one https://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/mad.html https://archive.org/details/crackedmagazine https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/04/us/al-jaffee-mad-magazine/index.html https://www.openculture.com/2015/02/a-gallery-of-mad-magazines-rollicking-fake-advertisements-from-the-1960s.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbcurio/3419563269 https://www.dc.com/mad https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/introduction-mad-about-the-movies Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    William Gaines: MAD MAGAZINE'S Dominant Force #sponsored

  7. 4h ago

    James Madison: The Genius of Politics

    James Madison: The Genius of Politics 13 Oct 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: Website Builder — http://squarespace.com/biographics — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Further Reading: https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/james-madison https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/people/james-madison.html https://www.nps.gov/teachers/classrooms/loyalists-in-american-revolution.htm#:~:text=John%20Adams%20wrote%20that%20approximately,supported%20neither%20side%20(neutral). https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/articles#:~:text=The%20Articles%20of%20Confederation%20served,declared%20independence%20from%20Great%20Britain. https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/virginia-statute-religious-freedom/ https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-i/interpretations/264 https://www.senate.gov/civics/common/generic/Virginia_Plan_item.htm#:~:text=Introduced%20to%20the%20Constitutional%20Convention,of%20Representatives)%20with%20proportional%20representation. https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2017/09/05/george-mason-and-the-origins-of-the-bill-of-rights/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-madison-papers/articles-and-essays/james-madison-and-the-federal-constitutional-convention-of-1787/ https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/02/rare-object-of-the-month-unrequited-love-for-the-ages/ https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/dolley-madison https://www.montpelier.org/learn/dolley-madison-becoming-americas-first-lady https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/embargo-1807/ https://www.nps.gov/articles/war-hawks.htm https://www.whitehousehistory.org/flight-of-the-madisons#:~:text=The%20afternoon%20of%20August%2024,back%20to%20the%20President's%20House. https://millercenter.org/president/madison/the-american-franchise https://digitaldoorway.montpelier.org/2018/12/12/working-together-to-discover-madison-the-person/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 5h ago

    Cholera: Love in the Time of Pandemic

    Cholera: Love in the Time of Pandemic 30 Aug 2021 --- To get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs FREE with your first purchase, go to https://athleticgreens.com/biographics → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Athletic Greens. Source/Further reading: History, overview: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-cholera  Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/science/cholera/Cholera-through-history  Podcast on cholera and India: https://thewire.in/the-sciences/scrolls-and-leaves-podcast-cholera-epidemic-borders-colonialism  Cholera Riots: http://protomag.com/articles/rage-streets  Cholera in London: http://www.choleraandthethames.co.uk/cholera-in-london/origins-of-cholera/  Science Museum, London and Cholera: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/cholera-victorian-london  Time, Cholera in Paris: https://time.com/5837393/paris-cholera-lessons/  Bloomberg, how Cholera transformed Paris: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/how-paris-transformed-after-cholera  Cholera in France: https://www.rfi.fr/en/visiting-france/20101118-1832-epidemic-helped-shape-todays-paris  Cholera in NYC: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15chol.html  Slate, Tambora and cholera: https://slate.com/technology/2014/04/tambora-eruption-caused-the-year-without-a-summer-cholera-opium-famine-and-arctic-exploration.html  Geographics on Mt Tambora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJDTR6R7Gc&t=254s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dive into the extraordinary lives of the men and women who wrote the pages of human history—for better or worse. This immersive history podcast delivers dramatic, in-depth profiles of iconic leaders, brilliant innovators, notorious villains, and forgotten heroes. Discover the complex journeys, monumental triumphs, and devastating failures of the individuals behind the world's most defining events. Perfect for fans of deep-dive documentaries and factual storytelling, each episode brings the past to life by exploring the true stories of emperors, visionaries, and revolutionaries who left an undeniable mark on our world. Follow and listen to uncover the real people behind the legends.

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