Category: history

What Everyone Should Know ←OR→ What Russia Didn’t Tell You

You are about to watch a 38-minute video about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine from Dr. Kathryn Stoner, a Stanford professor and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies scholar. In this video, Dr. Stoner provides a comprehensive history of Russia’s interest in Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union. She dispels several myths… Continue reading What Everyone Should Know ←OR→ What Russia Didn’t Tell You

PL: Prof. Kucharczyk: Nienawiść? Pogarda? Obojętność?

Prof. Grzegorz Kucharczyk – historyk, profesor nauk humanistycznych, specjalizujący się w historii myśli politycznej XIX i XX wieku oraz historii Niemiec. Jest profesorem Instytutu Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN oraz prorektorem Akademii im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim. Współautor serii podręczników historii do gimnazjum „Przez tysiąclecia i wieki”. Najnowszą jego książkę pt. „Histeria i… Continue reading PL: Prof. Kucharczyk: Nienawiść? Pogarda? Obojętność?

AI: The Entire History of Mississauga or Even Less

The ENTIRE History Of Mississauga, CanadaDiscover the complete history of Mississauga, Ontario – from 11,000 years ago to today. This in‑depth history documentary reveals how Canada’s 6th largest city transformed from Indigenous hunting grounds and small colonial townships into a massive suburban metropolis in just a few decades. Explore the story of the Mississaugas of… Continue reading AI: The Entire History of Mississauga or Even Less

COVID & Fall Vaccines 2025: What Older Adults Should Know

COVID Updates for Older Adults & FamiliesGeriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, shares what’s new for the 2025–26 fall vaccine season, especially for adults over 60. She reviews the current COVID situation, the updated vaccine options (including Moderna’s mNexspike), and the latest CDC guidelines. Plus, key reminders on this year’s flu and RSV shots and practical… Continue reading COVID & Fall Vaccines 2025: What Older Adults Should Know

PL: Biecz

Biecz enchanted us. In this small town, we discovered plenty of stories. About executioners, who had their hands full thanks to the local highlanders – but was there really a “school of executioners” here? About a pharmacist who opened the region’s first pharmacy in the amazing House with a Tower. About beggars who were so… Continue reading PL: Biecz

Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: Patrick J Buchanan

Were World Wars I and II inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Or were they products of calamitous failures of judgment? In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen–Winston Churchill first among them–the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been… Continue reading Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: Patrick J Buchanan

PL: Biskup, Wszystkie Jego Wsie I Dusze

Kamil Janickim. Półka z książkami. Jak bogaty był Kościół w dawnej Polsce? Czy rację miała szlachta, która żaliła się, że duchowni są bogatsi od samego króla? Jaki był udział kleru w rządzeniu krajem? O tym w kolejnym odcinku „Półki z książkami” Anna Sobańda rozmawia z Kamilem Janickim – autorem książki „Dziesięcina. Prawdziwa historia kleru w… Continue reading PL: Biskup, Wszystkie Jego Wsie I Dusze

Hittites

The Hittites is a sprawling and ambitious portrait of a hugely influential empire unknown by many. Exhaustive in scope and excitingly cinematic in its execution, the film breathes vital life into ancient history. The journey begins over 3,500 years ago in the war-torn regions around what is now known as Turkey. From the blood-drenched struggles for territorial dominance… Continue reading Hittites