Episodes

African berserkers, graceful samurai, and deadly Soviet fighter pilots. A three-part, globe-trotting tour of remarkable female soldiers and the complicated lives that they led.

The Rated-R-for-Russian story of the Red Army’s horrific campaign of vengeance against Nazi Germany.

Sea battles, tiger hunts, and a mountain of human noses. This is the Shakespearean saga that triggered centuries of bad blood between Korea and Japan.

A myth-busting breakdown of history’s favorite fitness cult.

A quick introduction to the concept behind the show and your host, Zach Cornwell.