December 1, 1564. Spanish vessels left a secret port in Mexico about two weeks ago. Their goal: to sail across the Pacific and back, charting a new route for international trade, and giving Spain an edge against its chief colonial rival, Portugal. But today, when a storm hits, the smallest ship is separated from the rest of the fleet. Now, that ship, the San ... Show More
Mar 23
The First Robot
March 29th, 1923. A new play opens in Berlin, and quietly changes the future. Onstage are workers who never tire, never complain, and never stop. They’re faster, stronger, and more efficient than humans in every way. They’re called robots. A sci-fi play born out of war and indust ... Show More
32m 40s
Mar 16
HTW Live: Busting the Myths of Irish Immigration — Recorded at the Tenement Museum
March 18, 1879. A crowd gathers around an indoor track in Brooklyn, NY, as an Irish immigrant named Bartholomew O’Donnell attempts a strange feat: walking 80 miles in 26 hours. Newspapers claim he’s eighty years old. Lap after lap, he circles the track: smoking a pipe, sipping ho ... Show More
40m 56s
Mar 12
From Radio Diaries: Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier
Why did Orson Welles take on a murder mystery? Listen for yourself. This week, we're sharing a special preview of Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier from the podcast Radio Diaries. In this series, we learn how Welles used his platform to shed light on a crime in a small, southern ... Show More
11m 5s
Jan 2023
The Mystery of the Itata - El libro perdido (The Lost Book)
Ricardo Bordones, a Chilean sociologist, discovers that a century ago, a ship sank off the coast of his country, taking over 500 lives with it. When Ricardo starts to investigate the shipwreck, he realizes that almost no one knows about it. So, together with his longtime friend a ... Show More
26m 55s
Jul 2023
Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage
For centuries, the Northwest Passage, the long-sought sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, was a holy grail of Arctic exploration. Even now, sailing through it isn’t guaranteed. Mark Synnott, a National Geographic Explorer, writer, and adv ... Show More
34m 16s
Mar 2021
Épisode 20 : La guerre dans le Pacifique.
Après Pearl Harbor le Japon se lance à la conquête des colonies occidentales en Asie du Sud-Est. Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapour, Guam, Wake son conquis en quelques jours ainsi que la Malaisie, la Birmanie et les Philippines. Mais la bataille navale de Midway va marquer le tournant ... Show More
30m 23s
Jul 2025
Comment une éclipse a sauvé la vie de Christophe Colomb ?
Rediffusion On sait qu'en débarquant sur une île des Bahamas, en 1492, Christophe Colomb venait, sans le savoir, de découvrir un nouveau continent. Mais le navigateur organisera trois nouveaux voyages vers ces terres dont il ne doutera jamais qu'elles appartenaient à l'Asie.Sa de ... Show More
2m 7s
Nov 2023
390. The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)
"Conquer or die indeed, Cortes thought… The hour of decision was at hand…"
It is the spring of 1521 and the fate of Mexico hangs by a thread. Smallpox has ripped through the local population, while the ruthless Spanish commander, Hernán Cortés, has cut off the Aztec capital, Ten ... Show More
38m 4s
Mar 2022
Pourquoi l'épave du San Jose fait-elle polémique ?
<p>En juin 1708, un navire espagnol, le San José, est coulé par des navires britanniques, au large de la ville de Carthagène des Indes, en Colombie. Si l'épave, récemment découverte, suscite la convoitise de plusieurs pays, c'est qu'elle est d'une exceptionnelle richesse.</p><br> ... Show More
1m 59s