Unknown History with Giles Milton

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton.

  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

    Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Government Means to Kill Me. They discuss the inspiration for the novel, activism, and the political and social reckoning of a young, black, gay man in 1980s New York City.

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    This episode was recorded at P&T Knitwear

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    18 October 2022, 4:00 am
  • 17 minutes 1 second
    Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA
    Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at Macmillan Audio. You can get your copy of Agent Sniper from Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, or wherever books or audiobooks are sold.

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    16 December 2021, 8:45 pm
  • 40 minutes 16 seconds
    The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

    Lincoln's choices and evolution didn't just transform the meaning of the Civil War—they transformed the Consitution itself. This is the third and final installment of The Broken Constitution mini-series.

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    4 November 2021, 5:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 16 seconds
    The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

    Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the choices he made vindicated by history?

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    28 October 2021, 1:00 am
  • 27 minutes 48 seconds
    The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

    The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law.

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    21 October 2021, 2:00 am
  • 40 seconds
    Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution
    Coming soon on the Unknown History podcast: the story of Abraham Lincoln's work reshaping the United States Constitution.

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    14 October 2021, 10:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 26 seconds
    The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade
    After 323 days of the Berlin Blockade, a weather system nearly brought the city to its knees. However, the strength of the Germans, tenacity of the Americans (and a little bit of luck), resulted in victory.

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    6 October 2021, 10:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 58 seconds
    To Save a City

    The Berlin Airlift of 1948 saved the city from starvation...but just barely. Unknown History delves into the astonishing ingenuity of American military alongside the hard work of German citizens that kept the city from collapse.

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    29 September 2021, 10:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 48 seconds
    Launching the Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History delves deeper into the American solution.

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    22 September 2021, 10:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 55 seconds
    The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

    When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't anticipate the ingenuity and tactical planning skills of Army Brigadier General Frank Howley. Could the Berlin Airlift really keep the entire city alive during the siege?

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    15 September 2021, 10:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 29 seconds
    The Strangling of Berlin

    The Soviets' siege of Berlin did not begin with a bang, but rather a series of smaller infractions, starting with stopping trains to check passengers' papers to cutting off routes for trucks that delivered milk. Giles Milton dives into another moment of Unknown History.

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    8 September 2021, 10:00 pm
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