Writesides of History Podcasts

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Cinematic, sourced history stories adapted for listening. Every episode leads back to its evidence.

  1. Sep 17

    The Five Admiralties: Why the Republic Had No Single Navy

    Why the Dutch Republic fought its wars with five separate navies, and why no province would ever give its own board up.

    The Five Admiralties: Why the Republic Had No Single Navy

  2. Sep 17

    Cape Rachado, 1606: The Battle Both Sides Won

    An eight-day running battle off Malacca that the Portuguese won on the day, and the Dutch turned into a victory weeks later.

    Cape Rachado, 1606: The Battle Both Sides Won

  3. Sep 17

    Jaffa, 1192: The Truce That Ended a Crusade

    What Richard and Saladin actually agreed after three years of war: a coast, a pilgrimage, and a city that stayed out of reach.

    Jaffa, 1192: The Truce That Ended a Crusade

  4. Sep 17

    Cyprus, 1191: The Island Richard Took and Sold

    A usurper nobody defended, an island taken in fifteen days, and a conquest that outlasted every crusader state on the mainland.

    Cyprus, 1191: The Island Richard Took and Sold

  5. Sep 17

    Talheim, 5000 BC: The Pit That Changed the Argument

    A pit of thirty-four bodies in a German village turned an argument about whether Neolithic farmers fought at all into a question about how often.

    Talheim, 5000 BC: The Pit That Changed the Argument

  6. Sep 17

    The Third Generation: The Attacks Nobody Answered For

    How the last phase of the Red Army Faction killed bankers and officials with precision, and why almost nobody was ever convicted for it.

    The Third Generation: The Attacks Nobody Answered For

  7. Sep 17

    Abrolhos, 1631: A Victory Decided by a Cable

    Sixteen Dutch ships against a fleet twice their size off Brazil: an admiral who chose the sea, and a battle both sides could claim.

    Abrolhos, 1631: A Victory Decided by a Cable

  8. Sep 17

    Jebel Sahaba: The Oldest Massacre, Looked at Again

    For fifty years a Nile cemetery was the oldest known massacre. A new look at the same bones turned one event into a generation of raiding.

    Jebel Sahaba: The Oldest Massacre, Looked at Again
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