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  • The Phoenicians

    October 7, 2026 · 2 hr 12 min

    The Phoenicians conquered the ancient world, not with sword or spear, but with ink, rotting mollusks, and the finest of Lebanese Cedar. In this episode, we take a wild ride through history's ultimate glue guys, starting with a cluster of…

  • Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident

    September 30, 2026 · 2 hr 31 min

    Strap in, because this week on Historically High, we’re heading back pre-Chernobyl, to 1979 to unpack the absolute disaster that was the Three Mile Island meltdown. When a routine cooling malfunction collided with a stuck valve, a blizzard…

  • Woodstock

    September 23, 2026 · 2 hr 15 min

    In August 1969, four twenty-somethings—two trust-fund heirs and two music hustlers—tried to fund a recording studio by throwing a music festival in Woodstock, only to trigger one of the most glorious logistical trainwrecks in American…

  • The Reagan Assassination and John Hinkley Jr.

    September 16, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

    This episode is a long strange trip into the mind of John Hinckley Jr. John attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Firing five shots, Hinckley would strike the President once. He was arrested immediately following the shooting…

  • 9/11: Part 2

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min

    In the conclusion of our two-part September 11 deep dive, we step straight into the chaos of the morning itself—and the global fallout that followed. We walk through the timeline as it unfolded in real time: how the planes were taken, the…

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  • 9/11: Part 1

    September 9, 2026 · 2 hr 11 min

    This week on Historically High, we begin our two-part deep dive into September 11 by pulling back the curtain on everything that led to that fateful Tuesday morning. To understand how four commercial airliners were turned into guided…

  • WW2: The USS Enterprise

    September 2, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min

    The Japanese incorrectly thought they sink her three times earning her the moniker, The Grey Ghost. This week on Historically High, we chart the legendary run of the USS Enterprise (CV-6)—the carrier that carried the Pacific War on her…

  • The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

    August 26, 2026 · 3 hr 27 min

    This week, we’re diving into the absolute circus of the late '90s: the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. We trace Bill’s slippery journey from slick Arkansas Governor dodging the Paula Jones lawsuit straight into the Oval Office, where a federal…

  • The Khmer Empire

    August 19, 2026 · 2 hr 31 min

    This week on Historically High, we journey into the heart of ancient—and present-day—Cambodia to chart the epic rise and fall of the Khmer Empire. While Europe was just beginning to stumble into the Renaissance, Angkor had already…

  • Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber

    August 12, 2026 · 3 hr 24 min

    We are finally here. Ted Kaczynski. The Unabomber. Insane IQ. Graduated high school at 15. Had a run-in at Harvard with a professor who worked for the OSS. Youngest associate professor at Cal Berkeley. Left academia for a shack in the…

  • K2: The Savage Mountain

    August 5, 2026 · 3 hr 10 min

    Welcome to the Savage Mountain—a 28,000-foot pyramid of vertical blue ice, 60-degree rock walls, and a building-sized ice block that hangs over your head like a loaded gun. This week, we climb through the brutal history of the world's…

  • The Red Scare: McCarthy V Communism

    July 29, 2026 · 3 hr 42 min

    In the late 1940's and 50's America went through a type of mass hysteria fueled by both foreign governments and our own. The Cold War had just begun between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Russians soon built and tested an…

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A dive into historical topics from an elevated perspective. New episodes will be out every Wednesday. Find us on our socials:@Historicallyhi on Twitter @historicallyhighpod on Instagram. Don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and let your friends know what they are missing.