# History Dispatches Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148.md RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML6613457202 Official site: https://historydispatches.com Author: Matt and McKinley Breen Episodes: 351 ## Resource History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-dispatches-7236148 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148.md ## Episodes - [History of the QWERTY Keyboard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/history-of-the-qwerty-keyboard) — 2026-07-22T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Colossus of Rhode: The greatest statue of the ancient world](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-colossus-of-rhode-the-greatest-statue-of-the-ancient-world) — 2026-07-20T07:10:00+00:00 - [Flint Water Crisis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/flint-water-crisis) — 2026-07-17T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Truth Behind Troy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-truth-behind-troy) — 2026-07-15T07:10:00+00:00 - [Battle of Tsushima: the birth of modern naval warfare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/battle-of-tsushima-the-birth-of-modern-naval-warfare) — 2026-07-13T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Land Lobster: The world's rarest insect](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-land-lobster-the-world-s-rarest-insect) — 2026-07-10T07:10:00+00:00 - [Navajo Code Talkers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/navajo-code-talkers) — 2026-07-08T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Paraguayan War: South America's Deadliest War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-paraguayan-war-south-america-s-deadliest-war) — 2026-07-06T07:10:00+00:00 - [Jonathan the Tortoise: The world's oldest living land animal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/jonathan-the-tortoise-the-world-s-oldest-living-land-animal) — 2026-07-03T07:10:00+00:00 - [Alexis St. Martin and the gunshot that changed science](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/alexis-st-martin-and-the-gunshot-that-changed-science) — 2026-07-01T07:10:00+00:00 - [Marcus Aurelius: The philosopher emperor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/marcus-aurelius-the-philosopher-emperor) — 2026-06-29T07:10:00+00:00 - [Project Habakkuk: the iceberg aircraft carrier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/project-habakkuk-the-iceberg-aircraft-carrier) — 2026-06-26T07:10:00+00:00 - [10-Cent Beer Night: What could go wrong?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/10-cent-beer-night-what-could-go-wrong) — 2026-06-24T07:10:00+00:00 - [Shroud of Turin: Unraveling the truth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/shroud-of-turin-unraveling-the-truth) — 2026-06-22T07:10:00+00:00 - [North Sentinel Island: The World's Most Isolated People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/north-sentinel-island-the-world-s-most-isolated-people) — 2026-06-19T07:10:00+00:00 - [Curse of Tippecanoe: The Deadly Presidential Prophecy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/curse-of-tippecanoe-the-deadly-presidential-prophecy) — 2026-06-17T07:10:00+00:00 - [Viking Shield Maidens: Fact, Fiction, or Both?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/viking-shield-maidens-fact-fiction-or-both) — 2026-06-15T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Centennial Light: The Bulb That Refused to Burn Out](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-centennial-light-the-bulb-that-refused-to-burn-out) — 2026-06-12T07:10:00+00:00 - [Haymarket Affair: Blood, Bombs, and Labor Rights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/haymarket-affair-blood-bombs-and-labor-rights) — 2026-06-10T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Wonder or Myth?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-hanging-gardens-of-babylon-wonder-or-myth) — 2026-06-08T07:10:00+00:00 - [Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-encore) — 2026-06-05T07:10:00+00:00 - [The 335 Year War (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-335-year-war-encore) — 2026-06-04T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Rosetta Stone - the Key to Unlocking Egypt's Past (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-rosetta-stone-the-key-to-unlocking-egypt-s-past-encore) — 2026-06-03T07:10:00+00:00 - [Catacombs of Paris (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/catacombs-of-paris-encore) — 2026-06-02T07:10:00+00:00 - [Bobbi Gibb - the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/bobbi-gibb-the-first-woman-to-run-the-boston-marathon-encore) — 2026-06-01T07:10:00+00:00 - [Last of the Mammoths](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/last-of-the-mammoths) — 2026-05-29T07:10:00+00:00 - [Battle of the Bogside](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/battle-of-the-bogside) — 2026-05-28T07:10:00+00:00 - [Typhoid Mary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/typhoid-mary) — 2026-05-27T07:10:00+00:00 - [Church of Bones - Sedlec Ossuary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/church-of-bones-sedlec-ossuary) — 2026-05-26T07:10:00+00:00 - [American War Movies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/american-war-movies) — 2026-05-25T07:10:00+00:00 - [Apollo 1 Disaster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/apollo-1-disaster) — 2026-05-22T07:10:00+00:00 - [Max von Pettenkofer - the Father of Modern Hygiene](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/max-von-pettenkofer-the-father-of-modern-hygiene) — 2026-05-21T07:10:00+00:00 - [Exploding Whale of Florence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/exploding-whale-of-florence) — 2026-05-20T07:10:00+00:00 - [The Frank Slide](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/the-frank-slide) — 2026-05-19T07:10:00+00:00 - [Henry Knox and the Guns of Ticonderoga](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/henry-knox-and-the-guns-of-ticonderoga) — 2026-05-18T07:10:00+00:00 - [Sergeant Gander](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/sergeant-gander) — 2026-05-15T07:10:00+00:00 - [Oseberg Viking Ship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/oseberg-viking-ship) — 2026-05-14T07:10:00+00:00 - [Christ College Fire of 1867](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/christ-college-fire-of-1867) — 2026-05-13T07:10:00+00:00 - [Gargoyles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/gargolyles) — 2026-05-12T07:10:00+00:00 - [Goiânia Cesium 137 Incident](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/goi-nia-cesium-137-incident) — 2026-05-11T07:10:00+00:00 - [Owney the Postal Dog](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/owney-the-postal-dog) — 2026-05-08T07:10:00+00:00 - [History of the Marathon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/history-of-the-marathon) — 2026-05-07T07:10:00+00:00 - [Anna May Wong](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/anna-may-wong) — 2026-05-06T07:10:00+00:00 - [Pirate Movies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/pirate-movies) — 2026-05-05T07:10:00+00:00 - [Reconquista](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/reconquista) — 2026-05-04T07:10:00+00:00 - [Purchase of Alaska](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/purchase-of-alaska) — 2026-05-01T07:10:00+00:00 - [Silver Mines of Athens](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/silver-mines-of-athens) — 2026-04-30T07:10:00+00:00 - [Silver Mines of Potosi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/silver-mines-of-potosi) — 2026-04-29T07:10:00+00:00 - [Gregorian Calendar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/gregorian-calendar) — 2026-04-28T07:10:00+00:00 - [Piasa - Monster of the Mississippi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/piasa-monster-of-the-mississippi) — 2026-04-27T07:10:00+00:00 - [Hopewell Earthworks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/hopewell-earthworks) — 2026-04-24T07:10:00+00:00 - [El Palo Alto](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-dispatches-7236148/el-palo-alto) — 2026-04-23T07:10:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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