HistoricallyHigh

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Our Catherine the Great episode is out now! The Russian Empire had 2 greats. Peter dragged Russia out of the past. He was crazy, but effective. Catherine continued the mission of modernizing the empire. Less crazy, but still very entertaining #HistoricallyHigh #CatherinetheGreat

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Tomorrow we head back to Russia. As we learned from Peter the Great, the Russian Empire was nuts! Catherine the Great was no exception, except... she wasn't a Romanov. She had to take out PtG's grandson/her husband, to take the throne. #HistoricallyHigh #CatherinetheGreat

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Our Castaways episode is out now! I don't know if any of the survivors in this episode would consider themselves lucky. The things they saw and did haunted them for life, but there are a whole lot of castaway stories that never got a chance to be told. #HistoricallyHigh #Marooned

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Tomorrow we get into the stories of the Marooned. The Castaways. 5 stories with varying degrees of outcome. Some are stories of triumph. One of them ends in a more cannibalistic fashion. It's gonna get a little crazy. #HistoricallyHigh #Marooned #SurvivalStories #Tomorrow

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Our Servile Wars episode is out now! The wars all had some measure of success. They were also all violently put down. The 3rd war was put down with a message. A 4th war didn't happen possibly because of the 6,000 crucified rebels left as a reminder. #HistoricallyHigh #ServileWars

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The Servile Wars is up this week in class. The Roman Republic largely let the first 2 servile wars rage in Sicily, until they were too big to ignore. Then Spartacus brought a gladiatorial revolt to Campania. Get ready for a fun episode. #HistoricallyHigh #ServileWars #Spartacus

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Our Dr. Death: Harold Shipman episode is out today! This was Dr. Shipman's private practice. Away from the prying eyes of other doctors, Shipman killed many patients. That was until he killed Kathleen Grundy, and poorly attempted to take her money. #HistoricallyHigh #DrDeath

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Tomorrow we head to England to discuss a deadly doctor. We may never know the real number of murders Dr. Harold Fredrick Shipman committed. That exact number died with him. He may not have even known.
Dr. Death.Harold Shipman.Tomorrow. #HistoricallyHigh #DrDeath #TrueCrime

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Our Banana Wars episode is out now! Military intervention has never been something the U.S. has shied away from. Military intervention on behalf of private business is a very different beast. Find out what happened as we get Historically High on the #BananaWars. #HistoricallyHigh

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The Banana Wars! No, not Dole vs Chiquita. They are both involved though. A lot. In a way a fruit company should not be involved in. Military interventions are not breakfast food business. Join us tomorrow to find out what happened. #HistoricallyHigh #BananaWars

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Our Ben Franklin episode is out today. Franklin was a fan of England. Then they embarrassed him in front of Parliment. Ben never forgot that feeling. He carried the flame of revolution back to the colonies and lit the torch of independence with it. #HistoricallyHigh #BenFranklin

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Tomorrow we discuss the life of maybe the most important Founding Father. Ben Franklin was an accomplished printer, an inventor, and secured the funds from the French to help win the Revolutionary War. He also may have been a bit of a daddy. #HistoricallyHigh #BenFranklin

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@JulySmith2k "I don't like weed, but I can get over things that people like that I don't. I don't like your beliefs and don't want to hear them on the show that you make that I listen to voluntarily for free." Respectfully, no. We aren't going to change a thing. Sorry you're uncomfortable.

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Our Ruby Ridge episode is out today. There is no winner when it comes to Ruby Ridge. The government lost any credibility it had, and Randy Weaver lost his wife and son. Both sides fed into each other's worst fears. Find out what happened at Ruby Ridge #HistoricallyHigh #RubyRidge

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Our episode on the Borgias is out today! Murder, bribery, war, fratricide, illegitimate kids, and...incest? The life of a 15th century Pope certainly wasn't traditional. The Borgia reign of Pope Alexander VI made the church ponder some things. #HistoricallyHigh #TheBorgias

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Tomorrow we climb into the Borgia family. The Borgia line produced two Popes. Alexander VI had...well, a lot of kids. Not a normal thing to say about a pope. The Borgias came into the church with nothing. Their grab for land and riches was legendary. #HistoricallyHigh #TheBorgias

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This week class is going to be held in Boundary County, Idaho. We are talking about Ruby Ridge. Doomsday white nationalists vs. Incompetent and dangerous Feds. One thing is for sure, lessons will not be learned from this unnecessary showdown. #HistoricallyHigh #RubyRidge

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Our Genghis Khan episode is out now! "I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you". That is what Genghis told the people of Bukhara. Then he showed them. Go listen now. Hurry #HistoricallyHigh #GenghisKhan

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@TennesseFanJack As much as we would love to do that to score you some points, the Swifties scare us. We respect the businesswoman and the talent, but the knowledge we have of Taylor Swift is minimal at best. Talking about the Middle East feels safer than getting something wrong about Taylor.