Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical tales you’ve probably never heard before.
The story of one of the worst numerical beatdowns in the history of professional sports.
Music:
- Reckless by Brocker Way
- Green Groves of Erin by Yo Yo Ma
- Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Vivaldi
- Classic Battle by Sam Spence
- Denmark by Portland Cello Project
- Independant by Brocker Way
- Tilting at Windmills by Brocker Way
- Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
- Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- 2 by AAEPSO
- Climax Rag by James Scott
- Chariots of Fire by Vangelis
- En Gang Agde by 1900
- Epilogue by Brocker Way
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(This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode. For more bonus episodes, check out www.patreon.com/historium)
Chicago, 1979. Disco was on top of the world. And some people didn't like that…
When a failing baseball team and a peg-legged promoter hosted an anti-disco radio DJ armed with a quarter stick of dynamite… things quickly got out of hand.
Welcome to Disco Demolition Night.
An episode from a show I love called The Wind.
"Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do."
For more episodes: https://thewind.org/
For our bonus episode with Fil: patreon.com/historium
Neils Bohr returns with a new plan for world peace, Oppenheimer’s enemies close in from all sides as the Cold War warms up, and shadowy figures from the world of high finance work to expand the American nuclear weapons program.
Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/
Additional music by Alarm Will Sound, Marisa Anderson, Kali Malone, Zoe Keating, Julie Kent, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Brocker Way, William Basinski, Nine Inch Nails, Mulatu Astatke, Richard D. James, Jon Hopkins, and Nils Frahm. Final song by King Dude.
For bonus episodes and a custom series patch, become a patron at: patreon.com/historium
Norwegian commandos execute a daring sabotage mission to cripple the Nazi nuclear program. The fall of Werner Heisenberg.
Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/
Additional music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Richter, William Basinski, Moondog, Sølvguttene, Jed Kurzel, Hala Strana, Anne Hytta, Nine Inch Nails, and Nico.
For bonus episodes and a special series patch: www.patreon.com/historium
Robert Oppenheimer leads the Manhattan Project at a secret research facility in Los Alamos. Meanwhile, counterintelligence seeks to unearth a secret communist spy ring within the very heart of the nuclear weapons program. A cold war starts before a world war ends.
Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/
Additional music by Ludovico Einauldi, Luke Howard, Alarm Will Sound, Ben Sollee, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and Lulu Belle & Scotty.
For more episodes and a Historium Manhattan Project patch:
www.patreon.com/historium
On the eve of the Second World War, physicists learn of the possibility of splitting the atom. Two rival nuclear programs emerge and the race to the atomic bomb begins...
Original music for this series by https://mountainstandardtime.substack.com/
Additional music by Kali Malone, Benoît Pioulard, Zoe Keating, Nine Inch Nails, Choral Arts Northwest, and The Louvin Brothers.
For the rest of the series and a limited edition Historium patch made specifically for this episode: patreon.com/historium
The story of Halley’s Comet—the only reoccurring comet visible to the naked eye that shows up every 75 years or so. Throughout history its appearance has marked profound change, from the conquest of the British Isles to the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
For more bonus episodes: patreon.com/historium
Music:
Summer 1929 was the pinnacle of a new era of banking, and Charles E. Mitchell emblematized the live-fast-die-young ethos of roaring twenties stock salesmen. As the Great Crash led into the Great Depression, Charlie’s ambition brought about his downfall and forced him to go toe-to-toe with one of most doggedly committed prosecutors of the era: Ferdinand Pecora. It’s a story that’s more timely now than ever.
For more episodes: patreon.com/historium
Music:
Tehran 1943.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet together for the first time with hopes of overcoming their ideological differences in order to win the Second World War.
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Music:
In the late 1700s, a chess-playing automaton marched across Europe, achieving checkmates against novices and masters alike–all while hiding an incredible secret…
Music:
- Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings by Siefried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orchestra
- Clockwork Toccata, Op. 68 by Fulvio Caldini & the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
- Concerto no. 5 en la mineur by Bach
- Mr. Moustafa by Alexandre Desplat
- Denmark by Gideon Fruedmann & the Portland Cello Project
- Night Train to Nebelsbad by Alexandre Desplat
- Water Music Suite by Handel & the English Concert
- Portrait Gallery by Luke Howard
- Morning Talk/Supersymmetry by Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett
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