Today
1 year, 365 days. Every day, something has happen…
Erik Long · Today
Show overview
Today has published 19 episodes during 2015. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 4 min and 8 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 10.7 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year.
From the publisher
1 year, 365 days. Every day, something has happened in history, and one guy goes back to tell you about it.
Latest Episodes
December 24: American Terror
The Ku Klux Klan was unfortunately founded today.
December 23: Glorious Revolution
To think, religion used to be such a big deal
December 22: Civil Wars
What would you do to be in power?
December 21: Emma Goldman
You try meeting Vladimir Lenin and not running away in fear.
December 20: Jamestown
You really shouldn't ship your best diplomat off right before winter.
December 19: Al-Ghazali
We're going way back here.
December 18: SCORE
It's the message that counts, really.
December 17: The Wright Brothers
Flying with the minds behind pedal power.
December 16: An Lushan
Reason #321 why you shouldn't trust generals too much.
December 15: The Battle of Tricamarum
People really, really, want North Africa.
December 14: The Toledo War
Land Surveying. It's a serious job. So don't muck it up.
December 13: Apollo
We put a lot of people on the moon.
December 12: John Jay
John Jay is the Founding Father with the most memorable name, but what else is memorable about him?
December 10: It's still Constantinople
Don't trust your commander-in-chief to be regent. Just don't.
December 10: Averroes
Who knew how important comments could be?
December 9: San Antonio
The Texans revolt and prove that the Alamo is just not a good place to hole up for anyone.
December 8: August Belmont
August Belmont was an interesting man in an interesting time. It's only fitting you only know him from a horse race.
December 7
Instant replay is something one just takes for granted, Here is when it was first used.
Introduction
A brief introduction on the goal, meaning, and guidelines to be followed.