Chris: We’ve detected an odd trend developing here at the old Lois and Clark and Chris and Ronnie offices. As you may have noticed, we alternate who opens and closes each article. Lately it’s seemed like the quality of the episodes we’ve covered have risen and fallen in little two-episode arcs such that I keep
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Hello and Welcome, Fellow History Lovers. I hope all is well and your summer isn’t a boiling hellhole. This Seams Interesting is a regular column focused on overlooked, weird, and forgotten people and events throughout history. It’s no secret that I love African history (I have over 30 books specifically on it). I’ve already covered
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Hello and Welcome, Fellow History Lovers. This Seams Interesting is a monthly column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. Every 4 years, the very best of the very best of the very best in the wide world of sports compete for the gold. Nearly every nation is represented in this titanic
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Hello and Welcome, Fellow History Lovers. This Seams Interesting is a column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. When it comes to Greek history most people know about Aristotle, Homer, Alexander the Great (I know he was Macedonian but that’s a story for another day), and the Olympics. Arguably the
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Hello and Welcome, I’m Spencer Seams. This Seams Interesting is a monthly column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. March’s topic is… HASEKURA TSUNENAGA: The Pope’s Favorite Samurai The Samurai, legendary warriors that actually did a lot more than fight with katanas. They were more or less government employees
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