Adventures In History brings the past to life through fun, family-friendly true stories; accidental inventions, surprising twists, and unforgettable characters, all told like a story between friends. No dark chapters, no complicated jargon, just the surprising, inspiring moments from history that kids and adults can enjoy together.
New adventures every week.
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Danny Shcharinsky | Stories The History Textbooks Left Out
The story of Marie Curie is something out of a Hollywood movie. 2 Nobel prizes in two different disciplines - the only scientist to ever do so. Even going as far as taking her own daughter, Irene, into the WW1 battlefields. If you don't know this story, you're in for a treat.
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00:00 Intro
01:11 Marie Curie born in Warsaw, Poland
04:06 Marie Curie Invents the little curies cars
05:49 Over 1 million soldiers are treated using the mobile xray cars
7:07 Marie kept radium as a nightlight
9:14 Marie Curie's body is still radioactive
30 Sept 2026
Manhattan Project: They Built Secret Cities? | Episode #12
The Manhattan Project was one of the most impactful and secretive projects that the US government had ever executed. But after the famous Trinity Test, it had some pretty wild consequences even to this day. In this week's episode, we look at this project form a few, lesser known, angles. Hope you enjoy it.
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Discover new longer episodes every Wednesday. And "Quick Adventures" 5-minute stories every Monday.00:00 Intro02:09 The Manhattan Project Famous Bet05:39 Ted Hall and Soldiers In The Truck07:18 The Downwinders Nobody Warned09:50 The Secret Cities Built for The Manhattan Project13:32 Ted Hall and The Soviet Spy16:23 Outro
23 Sept 2026
The Titanic Story: A Missed Marconi Warning? | Episode # 11
The Titanic is not a story about an iceberg. It's a story about people, egos, money, corporate greed, and a whole lot of very human mistakes. It’s 1912, I want you to picture a small little room on the top deck of the largest ship in the world, this room is barely bigger than a closet. It’s crammed, it’s humid, and inside of it are two young men who are absolutely exhausted, wearing headphones, tapping away at a telegraph machine for hours on end. You'll want to stick around to see how this one ends.
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21 Sept 2026
Hubble Telescope: An Almost Failed Experiment? | Quick Adventures
5-minute story to get your week started! The Hubble Telescope was one of the most incredible technologies ever created. But when the first photographs came back, there something off. It required an entire mission just to fix it.
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16 Sept 2026
Transatlantic Cable: Birth of the Internet? | Episode # 10
Today's story is about the first time in human history that two continents could talk to each other in minutes instead of weeks, and you're about to find out how badly, and how many times, it all went wrong before it went right. The laying of the first ever Transatlantic Cable is a story meant for Hollywood! This one has everything - betrayal, suspense, big ships, and snapping cables that plunge down to the bottom of the ocean. You'll want to stick around to see how this one ends.
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00:00 Intro
03:14 1: Cyrus West Field, Fredrick Gisborne, and the globe in his library
07:06 2: The Cable Cabinet Committee in 1856
08:44 3: Transatlantic Cable first attempt (August 1857)
10:10 4: Transatlantic Cable second attempt (June 1858)
12:00 5: Transatlantic Cable third attempt (July 1858)
13:25 6: Celebration that burned down New York's City Hall
14:57 7: Wildman Whitehouse cranks up the voltage
17:47 8: 1861 plan stop due to the civil war
18:55 9: Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Eastern
21:35 10: Mystery spikes found inside the transatlantic cable
23:55 11: Transatlantic cable snaps again and is lost in the ocean
25:06 12: Cyrus Field gets redemption, final connection is made
26:15 13: Retrieval of the lost Transatlantic Cable
28:06 14: Outro
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14 Sept 2026
Mount St. Helens: 1300 Feet Erased | Quick Adventures
A quick story to get your week started. I publish these every Monday on the Adventures In History along with a longer deep dive every Wednesday.
The eruption at Mount St. Helens was one of the most incredible volcanic eruptions ever captured in the history books. This event completely redrew the geological landscape of the area. You'll definitely remember this one!
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9 Sept 2026
The Wright Brothers' First Flight | Episode # 9
History books say Orville and Wilbur Wright shared everything. But behind closed doors, they carried a secret that could have ruined them: they may have lied to the entire world about who actually invented the airplane. We all know what they built in 1903. But the real story isn't the wood and canvas, it’s the obsession, the paranoia, and maybe a hidden rivalry between two brothers who sacrificed their lives, and their bond, to conquer the skies. In this episode we dive deep into the relationship between the two brothers.
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2 Sept 2026
Alexander Fleming and His Moldy Petri-Dish
Alexander Fleming gets all of the glory when it comes to the discovery of penicillin. But is that really the true story?! Not quite! In this episode of the Adventures In History Podcast, we get into the incredible story of the the discovery of one of the most important medicines in human history and the suspenseful drama that surrounded this incredible finding. This one is for you history enthusiasts, you'll want to stick around.
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00:00 Intro
3:23 The Doctor Time Forgot
6:55 The Experience That Stayed With Him
9:29 The Almost-Discovery
11:13 The Dish He Almost Threw Away
13:53 The Colleague History Almost Forgot
16:16 The Impossible Coincidence
19:25 Ignored For A Decade
22:35 The Rescue Mission
26:19 Eight Mice and a Race Against The Clock
28:48 The Rose Thorn
32:35 Smuggled In a Lab Coat
34:55 The Fake Mold
37:58 The Cantaloupe That Changed Everything
41:25 The Nobel Prize 1945
26 Aug 2026
Thieves, Discoveries, and Tomb Robbers! | Episode # 7
King Tut's discovery threw the archelogy world into a frenzy! There was so much drama in this one, that they should make a Hollywood movie about it (or maybe they already did?). In this episode of the Adventures In History Podcast, we get into the incredible story of the boy king's discovery and the suspenseful drama that surrounded this incredible finding. You'll want to stick around.
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19 Aug 2026
The Tower You Were Never Meant To See | Episode # 6
The Eiffel Tower was one of the most hated towers when it was first introduced. In this episode of the Adventures In History Podcast, we get into the incredible story of this tower and the drama surrounding its construction. You'll want to stick around for the end!Check out our short history reels on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kids.history.adventures/Get a free illustrated story about the history of the color purple here: www.adventuresinhistory.orgListen to the podcast on Spotify, Apply, and all your favorite podcast platforms.
12 Aug 2026
The Man Who Played With Fire | Episode #5
Imagine picking up the morning newspaper, flipping it open, and you find a story about your own passing. Right there, printed, in ink, for the entire country to read. Except you didn’t pass, you’re very much alive. You're standing right there, holding the newspaper. In this episode, we're diving deep into the life of Alfred Nobel, a man who lived an incredible life of ups and downs.
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5 Aug 2026
The Man Who Walked Across The Brooklyn Bridge...With Elephants! | Episode #4
He bet his entire fortune on a voice he'd never heard. It either made him rich beyond belief, or it was about to destroy everything. Some of it was genius. Some of it was pure showmanship. All of it actually happened. Oh and he might've walked across a bridge with a bunch of animals. Adventures In History brings the past to life through fun, family-friendly true stories, told like a story between friends, perfect for curious kids and adults alike.
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31 Jul 2026
Two Brothers With A BIG Secret | Episode #3
The old fairy tales we all grew up with have both an amazing and super strange history behind them. In this episode of Adventures In History podcast, we dive deep into the history of the fairy tales we all grew up with. After this episode, you won't look at those stories the same way again!
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31 Jul 2026
This Man Changed The Macy's Parade | Episode #2
In this episode, we're talking about the life of Tony Sarg. Tony first started as a puppeteer in New York City. He’s career eventually evolved to creating incredible helium filled animal balloons still used in the Macy’s parade to this day. We’re going to be talking about a guy with this really strange obsession for tiny toys, how he potentially stole secrets, and how he got involved with actual live roaring animals at a parade, and he ends up coming up with one of the wildest fake hoaxes in history.
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30 Jul 2026
The Gross History of This Color | Episode #1
The beautiful purple color has one of the most disgusting histories of all the colors in your crayon box. In this episode of the Adventures In History podcast, we dive deep into the ancient roots of this color. We promise that after this episode, you will never look at your purple crayon the same way again!
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