Kevin Manzel

Love her voice and delivery. So comforting! Thanks.

Fun may be a stretch but I was absolutely spellbound learning of 3 notorious villains of the Old West I’d never heard of: Joaquin Murrieta, Alferd Packer, and Arthur Rockford Manby. Packer inspired Cannibal: The Musical.

Was pleased to see Henry Kissinger make the list of Great Villains of World History. He had solid credentials to make that list.

Reading a history of Greece in a well-known franchise of brief national histories and the number of factual errors is absolutely astounding. Wrong century, timelines wrong, people influencing others who died a century before them. So frustrating.

In a 'race against time,' archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away Archaeologists raced against the tide to record a unique set of footprints made 2,000 years ago on a Scottish beach.

"Footprints that represent actions of people over minutes, thousands of years ago, were destroyed within days," Britton said. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

I listened to that lecture. He’s not really casting blame on her at all. In fact, he goes to pains to say the label isn’t justified by the evidence. But even her Wikipedia page says “notorious tales about her family have cast Lucrezia as a femme fatale.” He seems to rehabilitate that image.

You could make a Great Course, too. Just sayin’…

Your dietitian is right, and it is incredibly frustrating (and difficult at times) to stay ahead of the pain, but trust the process. Sounds like you’re making amazing progress.

If you’re a writer looking for inspiration for a horror plot or an evil character, please watch Great Villains of History on The Great Courses Plus. It is a rogue’s gallery of men and women that is at turns horrifying, thought-provoking, and baffling.

Ditto. Read it yesterday and was riveted. Witty, thought-provoking, dramatic, great dialogue, and some fantastic world-building in such a brief space.

Gilles de Rais - Wikipedia

So, a comrade and fervent champion of Joan of Arc was…also a grotesque, eventually convicted child serial killer? What a strange, horrific historical footbote. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_...

the best part of KU's Pink Game is granny ball at halftime!!

#RockChalk

Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks

Amazing archaeological find: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...

Running through NoVa’s snowcrete hellscape listening to Great Villains lectures on Marquis de Sade, Fred Crisman (new to me), Peter the Hermit, Charles Manson, and Jim Jones was bizarrely enthralling

Very excited to read this new story by @coyhall.bsky.social.

By his meaning, essentially your life force (chi) and potential energy (shi)

Loved the ending for Dr. Andrew Wilson’s Art of War Great Course: “May your chi be keen and your shi abundant.”

News - New Research Confirms Location of Lost City Founded by Alexander the Great - Archaeology Magazine JEBEL KHAYYABER, IRAQ—Ancient written sources record that when Alexander the Great returned to Mesopotamia from […]

Next best thing to archaeological mysteries are archaeological mysteries being solved. archaeology.org/news/2026/02...

Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?

Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy

Behind the Scenes of filming Great Tours: The Silk Road with Great Courses favorite Dr. Eamonn Gearon.

Ooooh, this looks good.

That’s when the Kindle app came in clutch. I once finished a full Game of Thrones book just in gymnastics meets alone.

So much fun that my Art of War Great Course has made connections to Thermopylae, Gettysburg, George Washington (several times), D-Day, the Schleiffen Plan, football, basketball, and his father’s poor business decisions.

Amazing. My golden spends most of every evening literally chilling on the ice. Even he won’t sleep in it tho.

She looks utterly made for this kind of weather.

@joelbaden.bsky.social Just wanted to tell you that I am ADORING your Great Courses series!!!! Bravo!!!!

It’s true. They generally had to have their lord’s permission, but since they had no reason not to return (home, food, paid work…it’s all they knew) there was no reason to worry about their return.

Calling all history nerds! Interested in a FREE live online lecture on the rise of the Venetian maritime empire by Great Courses Prof Thomas Noble on 2/26 2 pm EST? Lecture + live Q&A. Register here: streamyard.com/watch/Td7J2f...

I’ve read countless books since this one, but these stories still haunt me daily. It’s that good of a book.

This historian is amazing. I feel like watching her documentary series has given me more insight into America than countless hours of modern news media.