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Conflicted: A History Podcast

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Author: Evergreen Podcasts Language: English Episodes: 50
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Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conflicts that raise difficult questions, stoke controversy, and send our moral compasses spinning.
Episodes
The Kinsey Report – Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:01
As Dr. Alfred Kinsey begins his foray into sex research in 1938, he faces a rising tide of controversy at Indiana University, and is soon confronted with an ultimatum. While his research develops and his methodology take…
The Kinsey Report – Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:21
In 1948, Dr. Alfred Kinsey wrote the book on sex. “The Kinsey Report”, as it came to be known, was a pioneering scientific study on the sexual habits of ordinary Americans. Divided into Male and Female Volumes, it challe…
History Daily: The Pirate Trial of 1720 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:15
This featured guest episode of History Daily examines the events of November 16th, 1720. On that day, the trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham began in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Learn more abo…
Hiroo Onoda & The Surrender of Japan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:17:04
In 1974, a Japanese soldier named Hiroo Onoda emerged from the Philippine jungle, unaware that World War 2 had been over for nearly 30 years. During those three decades, Onoda waged a murderous guerilla insurgency agains…
The Gulf War 1991 – Part 3: Land of Darkness [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03:08
On January 17th, 1991, Operation Desert Storm begins. As President Bush braces for high casualties, Saddam Hussein desperately seeks a path to survival. In Baghdad, Coalition air forces rain hell on Iraqi soldiers and ci…
The Gulf War 1991 – Part 2: The Storm [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:45:05
As the Iraqi army digs into Kuwait, the world considers how to respond to Saddam Hussein’s breach of national sovereignty. President George H.W. Bush vows that the aggression “will not stand” and begins assembling an int…
The Gulf War 1991 – Part 1: Lines in the Sand [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:26
On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. The resulting conflict triggered a chain reaction that changed the world. In this first installment in a three-part series, we trace the origins of th…
40 Hours to Freedom: The Invention of the Weekend [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:53
Where does the two-day weekend come from? In this standalone episode of Conflicted, we trace the historical trajectory of that oasis of leisure and free time we call “the weekend”. From its mystical beginnings in the rel…
The Partition of India – Part 6: The Spent Bullet [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03:16
As a plot to assassinate Mohandas Gandhi unfolds, the Mahatma goes to existential lengths to reconcile India’s Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. Meanwhile, a shadow war erupts between India and Pakistan over the pictur…

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