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On This Day: August 27.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Emily Goldstein
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 27. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Titian; baptism of Mother Teresa; birth of serial killer Ed Gein Read more
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On This Day: August 26.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein & Beth Anne Reid
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 26. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Amelia Boynton Robinson; battle failure of Joan of Arc; Dorothy Thompson expelled from Germany by Hitler; victim in "Preppy Murder" trial found dead Read more
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On This Day: August 25.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein & Henry Bolzon
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 25. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. 1835 hoax in the New York Sun about life on the Moon; liberation of Paris following World War II; Alger Hiss testifies in front of HUAC Read more
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On this Day: August 24.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein & Matthew Hall
Length: 12 minutes
Abridged: No
On this Day: August 24. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum; Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet; the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day. Read more
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Le MI5, protéger le Royaume Uni à tout prix
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Le Security Service (" Service de la sûreté "), communément dénommé MI5 (pour Military Intelligence, section 5) est le service de renseignement responsable de la sécurité intérieure du Royaume-Uni. Il est chargé principalement de produire des renseignements sur les actes de terrorisme, l'espionnage, la prolifération d'armes de destruction... Read more
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On This Day: August 21.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais & Henry Bolzon
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 21. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Lincoln-Douglas debates; Hawaii becomes 50th US state; Nat Turner led an unsuccessful slave rebellion Read more
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On This Day: August 20.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais & Michelle Thaller
Length: 19 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 20. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Launch of Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft; death of B. K. S. Iyengar; invasion of Czechoslovakia Read more
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On This Day: August 19.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Meg Matthais
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 19. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Coco Chanel; Lady Gaga's debut album The Flame released; death of Groucho Marx; Mikhail Gorbachev ousted in a coup Read more
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Opération Fortitude, désinformer les nazis
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'opération Fortitude (" Courage " en français) est le nom de code collectif pour des opérations de désinformation et de diversion menées par les Alliés dans le but de cacher aux Allemands que le lieu du débarquement serait la Normandie, en leur faisant croire qu'il serait effectué ailleurs (Norvège ou Pas de... Read more
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On This Day: August 18.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Meg Matthais
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 18. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Genghis Kahn; birth of Patrick Swayze, Roberto Clemente, Robert Redford, and Virginia Dare; death of Subhas Chandra Bose. Read more
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Sidney Reilly, l'espion gentleman
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Sidney Reilly est un espion travaillant pour le SIS britannique au début du xxe siècle. Considéré comme leur meilleur agent à cette époque, il est exécuté par la police politique soviétique de l'époque, la Guépéou. Parlant plusieurs langues, il était charismatique et brillant, tout en étant d'humeur changeante. Conscient de son image, il en... Read more
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On This Day: August 17.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Meg Matthais
Length: 13 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 17. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Births of Mae West, Robert De Niro, and Marcus Garvey; film Life of Brian premiers; Governor John White finds Roanoke colony abandoned Read more
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Oleg Penkovsky, nom de code HEROS
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Oleg Penkovsky était un colonel du GRU soviétique arrêté et condamné pour avoir transmis à l'Ouest une multitude de secrets sur les armes nucléaires soviétiques et sur son service d'espionnage. Son arrestation donna lieu à un procès à grand spectacle. Lors de la crise des missiles de Cuba, il donna au MI6 l'information que l'URSS ne disposait en... Read more
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Egyptian Musical Instruments
By: Moustafa Gadalla
Narrated by: Susie Hennessy
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
This book consists of five chapters: Chapter 1: The Wealth of Instruments will cover the general characteristics of Egyptian instruments as well the major components of the musical orchestra Chapter 2: Stringed Instruments will cover various Ancient Egyptian stringed instruments such as lyres, tri-gonon (zither), Harps including playing... Read more
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The Antediluvian History of Earth
By: Martin K. Ettington
Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
This compilation of books all have an interrelated theme which is that the history of the Earth involves ancient megalithic structures, artificial objects millions of years old, and Giants who have existed back to before land animals had evolved.The first book is titled Ancient and Prehistoric Civilizations. In this book there are many ancient... Read more
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On This Day: August 14.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Emily Goldstein
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 14. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Earvin "Magic" Johnson; construction of the Cologne Cathedral completed; Michael Jackson takes control of Beatles publishing rights. Read more
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On This Day: August 13.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein, Henry Bolzon & Ma...
Length: 13 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 13. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Julia Child; Hernán Cortés captured Tenochtitlán winning Mexico for the crown of Spain; birth of Alfred Hitchcock. Read more
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On This Day: August 12.
By: Meg Matthias
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz & Emily Goldstein
Length: 10 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: August 12. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Sue the T-Rex discovered; Lennon declares the Beatles "more popular than Jesus"; Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Read more
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On This Day: May 13.
By: Emily Goldstein
Narrated by: Kurt Heintz
Length: 10 minutes
Abridged: No
On This Day: May 13. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Pope John Paul II is shot; Dr. Joyce Brothers wins The $64K Question; birth of Stevie Wonder, Dennis Rodman, Stephen Colbert, Lena Dunham, and Richie Valens Read more
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Richard Sorge nom de code Ramsay, au service du NKVD
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Richard Sorge est un journaliste allemand et soviétique. En poste en Allemagne et au Japon, il est surtout connu pour son travail d'espion au Japon au service de l'URSS, avant et au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Son nom de code au NKVD était " Ramsay ".De 1933 à 1934, Sorge édifie au Japon un réseau pour collecter des informations au... Read more
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La NSA les grandes oreilles de l Amerique
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 35 minutes
Abridged: No
La National Security Agency (NSA, " Agence nationale de la sécurité ") est un organisme gouvernemental du département de la Défense des États-Unis, responsable du renseignement d'origine électromagnétique et de la sécurité des systèmes d'information du gouvernement américain. Contrairement à la CIA, fondée de manière très officielle, la NSA est... Read more
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Wilhem Canaris, maitre espion nazi et agent double
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Wilhelm Canaris est un amiral allemand, responsable de l'Abwehr, le service de renseignement de l'armée allemande, de janvier 1935 à février 1944. Il s'est clandestinement opposé aux menées nazies alors qu'il était en poste. Pendant les premières années de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en tant que chef de l'Abwehr, il mène différentes opérations... Read more
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Le FBI de la chasse aux espions à l'antiterrorisme
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Le Federal Bureau of Investigation (" Bureau fédéral d'enquête "), ou très couramment nommé par son sigle FBI, est, aux États-Unis, le principal service fédéral de police judiciaire et un service de renseignement intérieur. En 2010, la juridiction du FBI recouvre plus de deux cents catégories de crimes fédéraux, faisant du FBI l'organisme... Read more
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Le Special Operations Executive, un service secret britannique vraiment très secret
By: Frédéric Garnier
Narrated by: Patrick Blandin
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Le Special Operations Executive (SOE, " Direction des opérations spéciales ") est un service secret britannique qui opère pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le SOE a pour mission de soutenir les divers mouvements de résistance des pays d'Europe occupés par l'Allemagne et l'Italie, et, progressivement, de tous les pays en guerre. Présent dans... Read more
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