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ExtraCredits posts
Irish Potato Famine - Black '47 - #3
As Ireland reeled toward famine, in London, Sir Charles Trevelyan was retooling his relief plan to be *less* generous. Trevelyan saw this potato blight not as a disaster, but a God-sent opportunity...
2019-03-01 00:33:44 +0000 UTC View PostIrish Potato Famine - The Corn Laws - #2
Prime Minister Robert Peel was in a tough position--once the potato blight reached Ireland, he knew he had to do something, without undercutting the grain market and upsetting either the Tories or ...
2019-02-21 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Starting in about 90 minutes!) Monthly livestream Q&A on *Monday*, February 25 at 5pm Pacific time
Please note that the usual day (Sunday) is different this time! We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew on Monday, February 25 starting at 5pm...
2019-02-21 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIrish Potato Famine - Isle of Blight - #1
The Irish Potato Famine ranks as one of Europe's worst agricultural disasters--scattering a people to the winds.
2019-02-15 02:46:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Sun Yat-sen - Lies - Extra History
Recommended reading - The Unfinished Revolution: Sun Yat-Sen and the Struggle f...
2019-02-08 06:46:54 +0000 UTC View PostSun Yat-sen Trading Cards!
Created by series artist Ali R. Thome!
2019-02-08 06:29:45 +0000 UTC View PostTuberculosis - A Ten-Thousand Year Battle - #2
Tuberculosis couldn't be cured and eliminated by just one person like Dr. Robert Koch, but thanks to the collective efforts of the medical community since Koch's time--including public health initi...
2019-02-07 18:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary merch discount code
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2019-02-01 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJane Austen - Sarcasm and Subversion
Jane Austen saw the hypocrisy of an entire class of the most powerful empire on Earth taking tea and planning balls while the world burned. And from a young age she took up arms against that hypocr...
2019-02-01 02:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostCuring Tuberculosis - The Hero Koch - #1
Surprise! It's another extra-Extra History mini-series we're doing--this time on the history of the cure for tuberculosis!
Fascinatingly enough, tuberculosis was actually considered "trendy" ...
2019-01-31 18:31:19 +0000 UTC View PostPoll winners!
Later this year we'll be getting a series on Joan of Arc! This was such a tight race with Otto Von Bismarck, who, as you know, always has a plan for how he'll get back into future ...
2019-01-30 02:33:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode art sneak peek: Jane Austen!
Our upcoming one-off special this week is about the early 19th British author Jane Austen, famously known for her socially critical novels like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma,...
2019-01-28 18:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostPOLL: Pick the next Extra History series! Theme is "Great Leaders"!
What series would you like us to air on Extra History? Cast your vote(s) below and let us know! This series is expected to air in spring 2019.
Friendly reminder: You can vote for as m...
2019-01-26 03:06:43 +0000 UTC View PostSun Yat-sen - A Dream of China - #5
Last episode of Sun Yat-sen! Next week is Lies and the music video!
In his writing years, Sun became more openly anti-colonial. Years of eliciting support from foreign powers had wor...
2019-01-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostStarting in 2.5 hours--Monthly livestream Q&A on Sunday, January 27 at 5pm Pacific time
We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew on Sunday, January 27 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 8). It will be 1-2 hours long depending on how many q...
2019-01-24 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sun Yat-sen - A Bombing in Wuchang - #4
In two months, Sun Yat-sen would go from being an outcast rebel to the head of a new republic, thanks to an entirely accidental bomb explosion by the Wuchang Uprising revolutionaries who were tryin...
2019-01-17 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSun Yat-sen - An Army in Exile - #3
Here's early access to our first Extra History of 2019! Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays!
When Sun arrived in Japan, he had a simple goal: gain backdoor support from Japanese polit...
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Viking Expansion Trading Cards
By Nick DeWitt.
Enjoy these cards here attached to this post! Also including a very special, retroactively added historical figure for obvious reasons...
2018-12-22 11:08:12 +0000 UTC View PostGoing on break! (Also, some behind-the-scenes art)
Just as a heads-up, Extra History will be on break after Sun Yat-sen #2 airs publicly tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 22), along with all of our other shows over the holiday season and the turn of the new...
2018-12-21 22:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostMaking History Engaging
Hi everyone. I just wanted to thank you for your patronage (without you we couldn't make the show) and for tossing ideas at us for the "Great Leaders" survey. It's always been my hope w...
2018-12-21 09:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostSun Yat-sen - A Kidnapping in London - #2
Sun Yat-sen moves to a new city for safety, but it will not last long--a year after the Revive China society is destroyed and scattered, he is unwittingly kidnapped in London. He must rely on the i...
2018-12-20 22:08:18 +0000 UTC View PostSun Yat-sen - A Killing in Hong Kong - #1
Sun Yat-sen's story is a political spy thriller. While earning a reputation for giving away free medicine from his pharmacy, he developed friendships with people who cared about politics--not just mak...
2018-12-14 02:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostGOING LIVE NOW: Monthly livestream Q&A on Sunday, December 16 at 5pm Pacific time
It's a little earlier this month than normal, but since many of us are traveling/taking a break during the holidays, we figured this would be the best scheduling for us and for patrons.
We are...
2018-12-14 01:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostMP3: Viking Expansion - March of the Northmen
Music by Tiffany Román: 2018-12-08 18:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Viking Expansion LIES and Music Video!
Writer Rob Rath talks about all the cool stories and facts we didn't get to cover in the already expansive Viking Expansion series.
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