History Is Sexy

Switzerland! Peaceful, neutral, full of clocks and cheese , or is it? How did Switzerland come to be? Why does it get to be neutral? How did they get so rich? Why did it take until 1990 for women to be allowed to vote? Let's find out!

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Who the hell is Marcus Camillus? Featuring Rome's version of the Trojan War, Rome's greatest humiliation, a truly scandalous number of white horses and one of the coolest lines any Roman ever delivered.

Max and Carlota go to Mexico and it goes...well it goes. Everyone has a horrible time but Max keeps his Habsburg honour, which is apparently the important thing.

Enjoy the first episode Janina and Emma have ever recorded in the same room!

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Remember that time when France invaded Mexico and tried to install a Hapsburg emperor? No? Let's learn all about it, including Maximilian's no thoughts approach to government and why on EARTH anyone would think this was a good idea!

A Correction: A criollo is not a "mixed race" person in the Spanish Empire but a person born of "pure" Spanish parents but in the colonies/outside of Spain and therefore considered to be lesser than a Spanish person born in Spain. Thank you to Fiyenyaa for the correction!
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A Janina special! Why do French and Italian sound different? How do Romance languages develop? How do languages live and die?

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