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Historically High

A dive into historical topics from an elevated perspective. New episodes will be out every Wednesday. Find us on our socials:@Historicallyhi on Twitter @historicallyhighpod on Instagram. Don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and let your friends know what they are missing.

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#233
June 10 · 2 hr 9 min
The History of Disneyland
Disneyland, The Magic Kingdom, The Happiest Place on Earth. It goes by many names but regardless of what you call it, it's always fun. The history of Disneyland is a wild story of one man's desire to create a place where parents and kids could have fun together....I think he succeeded.
#232
June 3 · 2 hr 38 min
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great of Russia wasn't born Catherine, nor was she even Russian. The story of Catherine is of a girl being sent to another country to marry the future ruler of that country before overthrowing said husband and leading Russia into a golden age.
#231
May 26 · 3 hr 20 min
Historical Castaways, Shipwrecks, and Survival
For a decent chuck of history humanity has taken to the waves answering the call of exploration...or colonization or both. But the sea is a dangerous place and sometimes people become lost, stranded, or left to survive on islands or adrift at sea. Today we bring you 5 very different stories all with a very common theme.
#230
May 20 · 2 hr 20 min
Spartacus and The Servile Wars
The Servile Wars were three separate slave rebellions against the Roman Republic between 135 and 71 BCE. The third and final was led by Spartacus, a Thracian Gladiator who began his fight for freedom by breaking out of his Gladiator School with a bunch of other trained death machines.
#229
May 13 · 2 hr 24 min
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
This week we come to the chilling story of Harold Fredrick Shipman. Over Dr.Shipman's 28ish year medical career, he treated thousands of patients. He also may have killed 250 of his patients.
#228
May 6 · 2 hr 40 min
The Banana Wars
We dive into the Banana Wars (1898–1934), to find out how the demand for bananas sparked decades of American military "intervention" and corporate greed in Central America.
#227
April 29 · 2 hr 56 min
Benjamin Franklin
Printer, Inventor, Diplomat, Scientist, Casanova, Ambassador, and Founding Father. Ben Franklin wore a lotta hats. He started as a loyal British subject intent on maintaining the colonies status under the crown but after events changed his view he went on to become one of, if not the most important American in our history.
#226
April 22 · 2 hr 57 min
The Borgias
People are pretty aware of the Italian Mob, but what about the Vatican Mob? the Catholic Cosa Nostra? Well maybe its because they went by another name...The Borgias. The holiest family in organized crime.
#225
April 15 · 3 hr 21 min
Ruby Ridge
Ruby Ridge. A standoff between Doomsday White Nationalist extremism, and an overeager federal government who had no idea how to handle a situation.
#224
April 8 · 3 hr 1 min
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, the Mongolian conqueror started his life as Temujin. Born on the Mongolian steppe to one of many tribes in the area, his rise to power was actually pretty grueling. In the end he would eventually go on a campaign of slaughter and conquest that killed between 8-11% of the world's population, creating the largest continuous empire in history.
#223
April 1 · 2 hr 27 min
Easy Company - Band of Brothers
Easy Company, of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division, were a group of paratroopers active during World War 2. They took part in D-Day, landing behind enemy lines the night before the allies hit the beach. They jumped into the Netherlands during Market-Garden. Held the line during the Battle of the Bulge, and took Hitler's home in Bavaria to end the war.

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