History Stories for my Son
I learned to love history from my father's stories. He had a way of teaching history, not as a theory or series of events, but as a human story about real people who shaped the world by their choices. I want to share that love with my own son by telling real stories of great and interesting people. I created the History Stories for my Son Podcast because I want to spread that love of history as far as possible. The stories on this podcast are about people who made a difference in their own time, told at a level accessible to everyone, including kids learning about them for the first time, but also engaging for even the most knowledgeable history buff. You are invited to join a community where we remember that history is a story that should be shared with every generation.
Episodes
33 episodes
Confucius
In the latest episode of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of Confucius, the man whose philosophy became the cultural backbone of an entire civilization.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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18:15
Steve Jobs
This is the story of Steve Jobs, legendary founder of Apple Computers. The man was more than the products we all know--iPod, iMac, iPhone--he was a complicated, spiritual man who created the archetype of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Steve Job...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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30:29
Jackie Robinson
In the latest episode of History Stories for my Son, I will tell you the story of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke through baseball's infamous color line.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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26:22
George Washington, Part II
In a story so big it took us two episodes to tell it, History Stories for my Son tells the life of George Washington. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Washington's story is one of tragedy, bet...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:43
George Washington, Part I
In a story so big it took us two episodes to tell it, History Stories for my Son tells the life of George Washington. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, George Washington's story is one of tragedy, bet...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:23
Wyatt Earp
This is the true story of legendary frontier lawman Wyatt Earp.
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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37:41
Ulysses S. Grant (Extended Edition)
We revisit the story of Ulysses S. Grant, America's greatest Civil War General, in this extended edition of the History Stories for my Son Podcast.
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Episode 27
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49:29
Boudica
This is the story of Boudica, the Celtic warrior queen who defied the Roman Empire and led the most significant rebellion in Roman Britain.
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Episode 26
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24:10
Frederick Douglass
From slave to world-famous author and advisor to Presidents, Frederick Douglass proved that the American Dream could and should apply to Americans of all colors. He became the most famous abolitionist of 19th century America with a simple...
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Episode 25
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27:33
Galileo
This is the story of Galileo Galilei, the man who proved we are not the center of the Universe and nearly got himself executed for his trouble.
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Episode 24
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24:32
Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton packed twelve lifetimes of adventure and scholarship into one. This real life "Indiana Jones" discovered the source of the Nile, traveled to forbidden cities, explored ancient religions and introduced generati...
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Episode 23
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25:14
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones was a Navy man, the first great hero in American naval history. This son of a Scottish gardener, accused criminal, and immigrant, proved that the mighty British Navy could be defeated and won his adopted country allies in ...
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Episode 22
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30:04
Nathan Hale
This the story of the Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, who uttered perhaps the most famous last words in American History, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
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Episode 21
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34:21
Napoleon
In Episode 20 of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of a Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the island of Corsica to parents of Italian descent, this foreigner to France who didn't even speak the language until he was ten years old so...
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Episode 20
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55:52
Admiral Grace Hopper
In Episode 19 of History Stories for my Son, we explore the life of perhaps the greatest woman in the history of modern computing, Admiral Grace Hopper, grandmother of the COBOL programming language and, in a sense, the woman who taught compute...
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Episode 19
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20:18
Nikola Tesla
In episode 18 of History Stories for my Son, we explore the life of Nikola Tesla, perhaps the man most responsible for the electricity you are using right now.
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Episode 18
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29:58
The Lewis & Clark Expedition
In Episode 17 of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. While the stories of Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea and the rest of of the brave adventures in the Corps of Discovery each deserve their own indi...
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Episode 17
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35:56
Gandhi
This is the story of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, the man who toppled an empire without firing a shot.
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Episode 16
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28:13
Theodore Roosevelt
Perhaps America's greatest peacetime President, Theodore Roosevelt was a man of contradictions: a sickly child who came to symbolize strength and virility; a child of wealth who fought the wealthy on behalf of the common man; A New Yorker who m...
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Episode 14
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1:01:30
The Spanish Flu
This is the story of the deadliest pandemic in modern history, the Spanish Flu.
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Episode 13
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26:53
Daniel Boone
This is the story of legendary pioneer and frontiersman, Daniel Boone.
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Episode 12
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36:06
Elizabeth I
Perhaps the greatest Queen in human history, Elizabeth I transformed England from an insignificant half of an island on the periphery of Europe into a great power that shaped the world for centuries. This is her story.
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Episode 11
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36:28