True History schedule

Examine the factors that make a military battle "decisive."

Trace the unusual sequence of events at the Battle of Kadesh.

Study the unfolding of the dramatic Battle of Plataea.

Trace Alexander's campaign against the Persians.

Explore the transformation of war using America's war in Afghanistan as an example.

Explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and its adversaries.

Discover how five contemporary technologies redefined the rules of battle.

Explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.

Follow the chain of events that led to the Civil War's ill-fated Battle of the Crater

Learn how failures of decision-making and leadership spelled disaster for the Greek city-state of Athens

Discover how the shocking Roman defeat at Carrhae involved glaring intelligence failures

Discover how General Cao Cao was fooled by an obvious ploy that set his armada ablaze

Begin with an examination of the unique nature of the Spanish Civil War, within a context of European civil and world wars.

The long-term structural divisions that led to the Spanish Civil War give the appearance of two countries.

Delve into the growing political polarization that occurred in Spain’s Second Republic era from 1931 to 1936,

By 1936, tensions between the conservative Monarchists and the liberal Republican government came to a head.

Examine the factors that make a military battle "decisive."

Trace the unusual sequence of events at the Battle of Kadesh.

Study the unfolding of the dramatic Battle of Plataea.

Trace Alexander's campaign against the Persians.

Explore the transformation of war using America's war in Afghanistan as an example.

Explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and its adversaries.

Discover how five contemporary technologies redefined the rules of battle.

Explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.

Follow the chain of events that led to the Civil War's ill-fated Battle of the Crater

Learn how failures of decision-making and leadership spelled disaster for the Greek city-state of Athens

Discover how the shocking Roman defeat at Carrhae involved glaring intelligence failures

Discover how General Cao Cao was fooled by an obvious ploy that set his armada ablaze

Begin with an examination of the unique nature of the Spanish Civil War, within a context of European civil and world wars.

The long-term structural divisions that led to the Spanish Civil War give the appearance of two countries.

Delve into the growing political polarization that occurred in Spain’s Second Republic era from 1931 to 1936,

By 1936, tensions between the conservative Monarchists and the liberal Republican government came to a head.

Examine the factors that make a military battle "decisive."

Trace the unusual sequence of events at the Battle of Kadesh.

Study the unfolding of the dramatic Battle of Plataea.

Trace Alexander's campaign against the Persians.

Explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and its adversaries.

Discover how five contemporary technologies redefined the rules of battle.

Explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.

Begin the story of life on Earth with an overview of the unifying idea that will govern your exploration.

Survey observations that led to the concept of deep time and tools that can read the story in rocks.

In this episode, delve into biostratigraphy, the study of fossil sequences in rock strata.

Learn how paleontologists interpret fossils to reconstruct the traits and environments of extinct life forms.

Observe how Genesis uses earlier traditions to make its case for the existence of God.

Explore the symbolism of the tower and pyramid in ancient architecture.

Here, trace the life of Abraham, the iconic father of three faiths.

Learn the extraordinary story of Joseph's bondage in Egypt, and his reversal of fortune.