15-Minute History
15-Minute History Podcast
Walking in the footsteps of history, fifteen minutes at a time. Join us for a 15-minute episode covering a person, place, or event in history, and stay for an extended discussion. New episodes and discussions every week.
Episodes
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Jan 27, 2025 • 15min
"We Band of Brothers" | The Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt, though small by modern standards, stands as a turning point in European history by bringing democracy to the battlefield. Joe takes us through the battle in all its detail and asks the question whether Henry V's actions proved to be a good idea or a bad idea.
Jan 23, 2025 • 7min
Pop Quiz | Fact Checkers Gone?
Join the team as they discuss recent news about fact-checkers in social media.
Be sure to tune in next Thursday for the 15-Minute History Podcast's first segment for kids, Sketches in History!
Jan 20, 2025 • 49min
Inauguration Special! | Interview with Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch
With today being Inauguration Day in the United States, Joe and I are bringing you a special interview with authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. Their new book, The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy - and Why it Failed, is narrative history at its finest and tells a largely unknown story of the first plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy during his transition to the White House in 1960.
Dec 23, 2024 • 8min
Special Christmas Episode | The History of the Nativity
The imagery of Jesus' birth has evolved over the century, but its meaning to all humanity remains as simple as ever in this holiday season.
Special thanks to my Uncle Matt for giving me the idea for this episode! - Jon
Dec 19, 2024 • 9min
Pop Quiz | An Inconsequential War?
It's time for a pop quiz!
Join us as Joe and I talk through the idea of a war without consequences and discuss Australia's fight with emus and the "Whiskey War" of 1973-2022.
Dec 16, 2024 • 35min
S.O.B.s | A Discussion on American Foreign Policy in the Cold War
Join us for our discussion on the morality and long-term consequences of America's Cold War-era foreign policy and the lessons we can learn from it today.
Dec 12, 2024 • 12min
Pop Quiz | Populism and American Politics
It's time for a Pop Quiz!
Join us as Joe and I discuss the evolution of populism in the United States and how it both reflected and has reshaped our political system.
Dec 9, 2024 • 16min
S.O.B.s | American Foreign Policy in the Cold War
The benefits of hindsight let us examine faults in national policy through the lens of what followed. But in the midst of a global threat of nuclear war, the United States chose to support vicious dictators in the name of anti-communism. Were they right or wrong? Did it save humanity from death in atomic fire? Was this a good idea or a bad idea?
Dec 5, 2024 • 4min
Pop Quiz | Censorship, then and now
It's time for a Pop Quiz!
Join us as Jon covers the roots of censorship in the McCarthy era and after the 9/11 attacks and compares them to current-day calls for limiting free speech in America.
Dec 2, 2024 • 33min
Espionage | A Discussion on Kim Philby and The Cambridge Five
Join us as we discuss one of the most notorious spy rings in modern history, The Cambridge Five, and the most prominent member, Kim Philby.
