In episode 60 of Half True History, Dan Parrella tells Pedro Lima and Chris Crespo about how Albert Spalding used Abner Doubleday to kickstart baseball in 1800’s America, how James Naismith started baseketball, and how Yale invented football. Come for the Cuban Giants, stay for the 1919 Black Sox cheating scandal, time to talk about the truths and legends of early sports in the US.
Half True History – #59 – What was the War of the Three Kingdoms?
In episode 59 of Half True History, Dan Parrella tells Pedro Lima and Chris Crespo about the War of the Three Kingdoms, and how it is one of the most fictionalized wars of all time. Dynasty Warriors, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the restoration of the Han Dynasty all factor in to listen to find out how!
Half True History – #58 – What is the Haitian Revolution?
In episode 58 of Half True History, Dan Parrella tells Pedro Lima and Chris Crespo about the world’s first successful slave revolution, and how it started as a colonial class war and ended up a full on fight for independence. The French Revolution starts it and Napoleon Bonaparte ends it, and it all involves lots of sugar money, and somehow Bane from The Dark Knight Rises gets thrown in the mix, so listen this episode to find out how this all ties together.
Half True History – #57 – Who is the Sun King?
In episode 57 of Half True History, Dan Parrella tells Pedro Lima and Chris Crespo all about King Louis XIV, who went from child king to long time ruler by divine right! We talk about his expertise in branding and marketing, sowing division to secure power, and belittling others, and how he actually built his empire and then maintained it by use of a 500-room palace that seemingly had something missing.
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