Historium

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#86 Interview with Author Derek Baxter May 27, 2026

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A conversation with Derek Baxter, author of new book The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again. Our interview touches on the Revolutionary War's unsung heroes, the various factions involved, and the battlegrounds across the world which elevated the war to a truly global conflict.

Derek's latest book is OUT NOW. You can purchase The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again wherever books are sold!

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#85: Ni'ihau Zero May 04, 2026

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A crash landing of a Japanese warplane interrupts the idyllic island life of Ni’ihau, where the Hawaiians have no idea that a world war just started.

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Music:

Mission by Naoki Sato
Dogfight by Thomas Wander
Ebb Tide by Houston & Dorsey
Hawaiian Sunset by The Polynesians
Opening by David Wingo
Queenie’s Suite by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Less Likely by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Waimanalo Blues by the Mahaka Sons of Ni’ihau
Mt Baker by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Aloha Oe (Instrumental) by George Kulokahai & His Island Serenaders
Doghouse by David Wingo
Blue Hawaii by The Polynesians
Doghouse by David Wingo
Organum by Max Richter
A World Away by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Four Enclosed Walls by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
06 Ghosts I by Nine Inch Nails
Coconut Island by Louis Armstrong & The Polynesians
Martha’s Dream (The Proposition) by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Remnants by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
In the Eastern Wild by Abul Mogard & Rafael Irisarri
The Right Things by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Hand Covers Bruise by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Ashes (Missing Film) by Radical Face
Uther Moads by Future Waves
#20 (Lichen) by Brenden Eder Ensemble
Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny

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[TEASER] Bonus Episode #33: Operation Aphrodite Jan 07, 2026

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The dawn of America’s drone program in the Second World War changes the course of presidential history.

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#84 The Darien Disaster Sep 09, 2025

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The colonial ambitions of Scotland soon go sideways as they face the full brunt of Murphy's Law. The colonists face disease, mutiny, starvation, and shipwrecks before the backdrop of the golden age of piracy.

The colony's ultimate fate unites a kingdom.

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Music:

Hector the Hero by Geoff Knorr
All in Circles by Shida Shahabi
The British Empire by Brian Tyler
Denmark by the Portland Cello Project
Cock o’ the North by Geoff Knorr
Bonnie Dundee by Geoff Knorr
Endless Falls by Loscil
Pieces of Eight by Bear McCreary
The Wider Sun by Jon Hopkins
Scottish Snare by Geoff Knorr
Baer by Hildur Gudnadottir
A Nation of Thieves by Bear McCreary
Shimmy by Toussaint McCall
Murder/Mermaid/Heavy Labor by Mark Korven
The Spanish Empire by Brian Tyler
Funeral at Sea by Bear McCreary
Legions (War) by Zoe Keating
The Sacred and The Profane by Paul Leonard-Morgan
Elevator Song by Keaton Hensen
Parcel o’ Rogues by Alastair McDonald
The Final Journey by Christopher Spelmen

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[TEASER] Bonus Episode #32: Lost Children of the Alleghenies Mar 26, 2025

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Two boys go missing in rural Appalachia. Search parties scour the foothills, accusations fly, and some seek supernatural help in hopes of finding the pair of lost children.

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#83: GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES: Last Man Standing Feb 04, 2025

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Against all odds, Shuja rises again. A figurehead for the British East India Company, he watches as an invading army devastates his homeland—in his name. Meanwhile, Dost Mohammed’s son Akbar Khan leads a counterforce to be reckoned with. In time, he becomes a threat to his own father’s power. The British, chief among them Alexander Burnes, learn the hard way: The wicked will not go unpunished.

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Sources:

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple

Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: The Great Game for South and Central Asia by Farrukh Husain

Siraj al-Tawarikh by Faiz Muhammad Kāteb and translated by Robert D. McChesney.

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#82 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - Tournament of Shadows Jan 21, 2025

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The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they need—and the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game.

This is the beginning of the Great Game, or, as the Russians knew it: The Tournament of Shadows.
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#81 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - The Ballad of Shah Shuja Jan 07, 2025

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In early 19th century Afghanistan, two warring dynasties contend for the throne. While the Sadozai brothers—grandsons of the empire’s founding king—feud amongst themselves, the Barakzai clan plots its ascendance.
Shuja ul-Mulk of the Sadozais and Dost Mohammed Khan of the Barakzais grow up together in court, but as young men they become bitter enemies. Eventually, they must face each other on the battlefield.
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#80 The Prophet of Jazz Dec 13, 2024

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"I can say more with music than I ever could with words.” -Eric Dolphy
Music:
- Ceiling Gazing by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
- Nero's Nocturne by Chilly Gonzales
- Warm Canto by Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, & Booker Ervin
- Easy Opium by Ben von Wildenhaus
- Rearranging Furniture by Gabriel Yared
- The Homeless Wanderer by Emahoy Tsege Miriam Gebru
- God Bless the Child by Eric Dolphy
- Conquistadores by Chico Hamilton
- Yearnin' by Eric Dolphy
- When the Lights Are Low by John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy
- Stolen Moments by Eric Dolphy
- It Never Entered My Mind by the Miles Davis Quintet
- Max sad clarinette by Michel Portal
- Such Owls as You by Brambles
- Meditations by Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy

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#79 Eternity's Echo Jul 08, 2024

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What if sound lives forever?

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