Les meilleurs podcasts The History Network (2025)

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3704 Australia's Irish Rebellion 28:28

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On 5 March, 1804, a group of 233 convict rebels revolted against their incarceration in the British colony of New South Wales (corresponding to modern Sydney, Australia). They were met by the local garrison, consisting of only 28-30 regulars and a few loyalist militia, at a place some 40km north-west of Sydney soon dubbed Vinegar Hill. Dur: 29mins …

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3703 The Battle of Abritus AD 251 - Part2 23:11

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It is the dream of every ancient historian that some new discovery will solve a mystery of the past – some newly discovered fragment of a lost historian which will make everything clear. Such circumstances are very rare, but the Gothic War of Decius is one recent occasion where exactly the new discovery historians dream of took place. Dur: 24mins F…

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3702 The Battle of Abritus AD 251 - Part1 32:48

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The battle of Abritus saw the death of two emperors in battle against a foreign enemy – Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius, usually known as Trajan Decius (r. 249-251) and his son and co-emperor Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, known as Herennius Etruscus (r. 251). They lost their lives intercepting an invasion of Goths led by their ki…

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3701 Heroism in Borneo 18:07

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At the conclusion of the Malayan Emergency in July 1960, plans were put into place to incorporate British North Borneo and Singapore into Greater Malaysia. This idea was met with fierce opposition from President Sukarno of Indonesia and in 1962 Indonesia began supporting revolutionary factions on the large, dense jungle island of Borneo. Dur: 18min…

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BW - EP160—005: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—The Death Of A Greenwich Village Writer 37:44

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThe February 17th, 1950 episode of Broadway is My Beat took Danny Clover to Greenwich Village. By the early 1950s, the sound effects men working in radio had begun to refine their craft to a fine art. In September of 1987 Jack Kruschen and Shirley Mitchell were guests of Jim Bohannon …

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BW - EP160—004: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—At The Wrestling Matches 35:58

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThe February 10th, 1950 episode of Broadway Is My Beat took Danny Clover to the wrestling matches in search of a missing woman. At that time New York City’s top wrestling promoter was Roderick James "Jess" McMahon. The patriarch of the McMahon wrestling family, Jess McMahon spent seve…

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BW - EP160—003: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—International News 16:07

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAs Broadway Is My Beat was taking to the air on February 3rd, 1950, snow was on the ground. Three inches had fallen on the 1st.That Friday, nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs was arrested by agents of Scotland Yard. He was charged with providing American atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet U…

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BW - EP160—002: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—Friday NIghts With Danny Clover 34:37

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersIn November of 1949 Broadway is My Beat returned to the air on Saturday evenings. It remained there until late January of 1950. The show couldn’t find national sponsorship, though companies like Ford were buying single episode sponsorship to promote their products. Beginning with the …

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BW - EP160—001: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—The Show Launches From New York 21:20

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersNetwork radio opened 1949 fresh off its fourteenth consecutive year of record earnings. Total network revenue exceeded Two-hundred-ten million dollars.Broadway Is My Beat first took to the air over CBS from New York on February 27th, 1949, It starred Anthony Ross and was directed by J…

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BW - EP159—010: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Looking Ahead To Broadway Is My Beat 4:45

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersWell we’ve reached the end of our look at Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and New York City in January of 1956. It would be impossible to tell a complete story on either subject within one episode. For more info on the history of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, please tune into Breaking Walls ep…

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BW - EP159—009: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—The End Of Johnny Dollar 22:47

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersDespite a loyal audience, by January of 1956 it was clear that Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was failing to attract any kind of national sponsorship. The road to would have been difficult. Airing at 8:15PM weeknights on CBS radio, it was up against CBS’s own TV schedule, with Burns and Al…

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3610 The Battle of Chaeronea 25:31

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For the battle of Chaeronea, we get none of the detailed deployment which we get for the subsequent battles of Alexander in sources such as Arrian, Plutarch, Curtius Rufus, and even in Diodorus himself. We can use those later deployments to our advantage, however, as Macedonian deployment remained remarkably similar - and, having learned so many le…

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BW - EP159—008: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Johnny Gets Wounded 20:03

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersLawrence Dobkin played several roles in “The Todd Matter,” including Bill Powers. He was a longtime member of AFRA.Roberta Bailey-Goodwin remembered many of the actors that appeared with her father on Johnny Dollar.Although not in this particular Dollar episode, Virginia Gregg was an …

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BW - EP159—007: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—The Death Of A Beautiful Woman 19:10

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersProduction was done for these serial episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in a single day. Bob Bailey was paid three-hundred-dollars per week. Adjusted for inflation, a single week’s work on Dollar paid a little less than thirty-five-hundred dollars.Between October of 1955 and Novemb…

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BW - EP159—006: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Will Eisenhower Run For A Second Term 32:55

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersIt’s 6PM on Wednesday, January 11th, 1956. I’m at Colbee’s Restaurant on the ground floor of the CBS headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue. I’m about to have a bite to eat with the man you just heard, Mandel Kramer. Yesterday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, U.S. Air Force First …

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BW - EP159—005: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Dollar Argues With A Police Sergeant 27:40

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThe man you just heard is Hans Conried. Famous for both his dramatic and comedic portrayals on both radio and TV, By January of 1956 he’d been involved in radio for two decades. Here he is on the February 24th, 1956 episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.By early 1956, those still invol…

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BW - EP159—004: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Dollar Gets A Stolen Mink Coat Tipoff 21:14

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThe weather on Monday January 9th, 1956 warmed throughout the day. It hit forty degrees Fahrenheit by nightfall. The front cover of The New York Daily News featured a photo of patrolman Ray Cusack, who rescued many children from a fire in Hempstead, New York. Dwight Eisenhower was sti…

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BW - EP159—003: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Grace Kelly Gets Engaged 4:12

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersIt’s a little after midnight on the morning of Monday January 9th. We’re at P.J. Clarke’s on the corner of 55th street and 3rd avenue, getting warm the best way we know how. The weather is nasty outside. It’s about fifteen degrees with freezing rain and gale force winds. Clarke’s is a…

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3609 Australian Bravery in the Vietnam War - Part 2 22:09

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Australia's involvement and commitment to the Vietnam War continued until 1973 when the last remaining platoon who were acting as guards for the Australian Embassy in Saigon, were withdrawn in June 1973. As with American involvement, Australia's contribution also escalated over time. Following the arrival of the AATTV in 1962, in August 1964 the Ro…

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BW - EP159—002: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Orson Welles Returns To A Changing New York 8:29

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersIt’s a cold, rainy Sunday evening on January 8th, 1956. We’re heading south on Riverside Drive in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. On the air is NBC’s Monitor with a New World Today discussion about the differences in American life in the past twenty years. The United States is changing. …

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BW - EP159—001: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—CBS Radio In Early 1956 6:53

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAt a CBS radio meeting in September 1955 at 485 Madison Avenue, John Karole VP of Sales, predicted CBS’s time sold would be more than the other three networks combined. Radio affiliates were given a Segmented Selling Plan. The plan offered a five-minute segment for twenty-one hundred …

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BW - EP158—011: Christmas Weekend 1944—Jack Benny Resolves To Be Friends with Fred Allen 29:30

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOn the Sunday, December 31st, 1944 episode of The Jack Benny Program, it’s New Year’s Eve and Jack resolves to be friends with Fred Allen in 1945.For more information on Jack Benny in 1944, including how and why he changed sponsors, please tune into Breaking Walls Episode 151 which co…

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3608 Australian Bravery in the Vietnam War - Part 1 24:28

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Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War began in 1962. In July that year, the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) (or 'the Team') first arrived, consisting of thirty military advisers. These special teams were designed to train and advise local troops - ARVN units, Montagnards, territorial forces, and Mobile Strike (Mike) Forces. Dur: …

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BW - EP158—010: Christmas Weekend 1944—The Whistler's Christmas Bonus 29:32

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAt 9PM on Monday, December 25th, 1944, The Whistler, broadcast from KNX, went on the air over CBS’ regional West Coast Network.The Whistler’s narration acted as a modern version of the Greek chorus, omnisciently taunting the characters. The narrator proved so popular that it was adapt…

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BW - EP158—009: Christmas Weekend 1944—Christmas with The Lone Ranger 29:32

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThe General Mills sponsored Lone Ranger from WXYZ in Detroit first began airing on January 31st, 1933. The next year it became one of the cornerstone programs which led to the formation of the Mutual Broadcasting System. The show moved to the Blue Network in 1942 and would remain on t…

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BW - EP158—008: Christmas Weekend 1944—The Elgin Christmas Special 1:58:37

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAt 4PM eastern time on Christmas Day, CBS broadcast the third annual Elgin watches Christmas party for the men and women in the Armed Forces, guest-starring Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ginny Simms, and many others. It was hosted by Don Ameche and the…

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BW - EP158—007: Christmas Weekend 1944—Christmas Day with the Cavalcade of America 29:47

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The Cavalcade of America’s sponsor, The Du Pont Company, had profited from gunpowder during the first World War. Years of bad press led them to hire the ad agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne. They wanted a brand perception change. The Cavalcade of America was the answer. In 1944 The Cavalcade of America was in the midst of a thirteen-year…

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BW - EP158—006: Christmas Weekend 1944—Christmas Eve with The Great Gildersleeve 29:47

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On the Sunday, December 24th 1944 episode of The Great Gildersleeve, Gildy overcomes depression and recent legal issues to have a wonderful celebration at his home. All the most-famous townspeople of Summerfield stopped by. This episode pulled a rating of 14.9. Roughly ten million people tuned in. For more information on the launch of The Great Gil…

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BW - EP158—005: Christmas Weekend 1944—Jack Benny Trims The Christmas Tree 30:00

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOn the Sunday, December 24th, 1944 episode of The Jack Benny Program, it’s Christmas Eve and Jack Benny is trimming the Christmas tree with Mary Livingstone and Rochester’s help. The gang drops by to exchange gifts too.For more information on Jack Benny in 1944, including how and why …

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BW - EP158—004: Christmas Weekend 1944—Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Celebrate The Holidays 28:46

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAt 10PM eastern time on Friday December 22nd, 1944, Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore signed on over CBS with Georgia Gibbs and Roy Bargy’s orchestra. The show pulled a rating of 11.8 opposite Amos ‘n’ Andy on NBC. Roughly eight million people tuned in.…

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BW - EP158—003: Christmas Weekend 1944—Christmas At Duffy's Tavern 28:06

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOriginally part of CBS’s experimental pilot summer series Forecast in 1940, Duffy’s Tavern had moved to the Blue Network in October of 1942, and then to NBC’s main network before the Blue Network was sold in September of 1944.Sponsored by Bristol Myers, it starred Ed Gardner as Archie…

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BW - EP158—002: Christmas Weekend 1944—Lafayette The Patriot 28:01

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOn Thursday December 21st, 1944 We Came This Way took to the air as part of NBC’s University of the Air. The series illustrated various struggles for freedom throughout history. This episode highlighted Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette who fought for the Continental Army un…

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BW - EP158—001: Christmas Weekend 1944—Frank Sinatra Guest Stars on The Jack Benny Show 29:20

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOn the Sunday, December 17th, 1944 episode of The Jack Benny Program, Jack meets Frank Sinatra in a pharmacy. For more information on Jack Benny in 1944, including how and why he changed sponsors, please tune into Breaking Walls Episode 151 which covers Benny’s 1944 in great detail. F…

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3607 Martin Leake VC 19:55

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Arthur Martin-Leake, serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1914 was the first man to be awarded a Bar to the Victoria Cross he received during the Second Boer War in 1902. In both circumstances Martin-Leake's conduct was to put the lives of his injured comrades first despite being exposed to constant enemy fire, and being wound…

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3606 The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863 19:03

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On September 22nd, 1862, already almost two years into the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation stating that, as of January 1st, 1863, all slaves within any State would be "thenceforward, and forever free." This proclamation freed 3.5 million men and women of African-American descent and, included in the proc…

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BW - EP157—008: Thanksgiving 1944—Thanksgiving with Rudy Vallee 29:07

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersBy 1944 Rudy Vallée was one of the most famous American entertainers in history. Vallée spent much of early 1944 conducting the 11th Naval District Coast Guard Band, known as one of the best military units in the nation. He returned to civilian life, and to radio over NBC, on Septembe…

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BW - EP157—007: Thanksgiving 1944—How Jack Benny Spent Thanksgiving 30:00

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersOn the Sunday, November 26th, 1944 episode of The Jack Benny Program, Jack and the gang discuss how they spent Thanksgiving. For more information on Jack Benny in 1944, including how and why he changed sponsors, please tune into Breaking Walls Episode 151 which covers Benny’s 1944 in …

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BW - EP157—006: Thanksgiving 1944—Thanksgiving Dinner with Abbott and Costello 27:00

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersAlthough Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are remembered for their movies, they got their start toward national fame in radio.They’d met in 1929, when Costello was booked with a vaudeville act into a neighborhood theater. Abbott worked in the box office and soon found himself playing Coste…

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BW - EP157—005: Thanksgiving 1944—Thanksgiving on the Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby 29:32

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersIn November of 1944 Bing Crosby’s Kraft Music Hall was Thursday night’s highest-rated program. Airing at 9PM eastern time, singing with Bing was heard by more than eighteen million people as they wound down around the fire and radio. That evening’s first song was “Dance with a Dolly” …

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BW - EP157—004: Thanksgiving 1944—Thank You America with the War Bond Drive 13:39

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Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakersThis program, originally airing on KPO San Francisco, was in conjunction with the 5th War Loan Drive. Thanksgiving 1944 was also called “War Bond Day.” It featured the likes of Rudy Vallée and others.Par James Scully

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My Thoughts on Election 2024: Trump beats Kamala Harris, What went wrong? 38:00

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