Take our audience survey here: https://to.pbs.org/2025SurveyRH King Philip’s War was the deadliest conflict of the colonial period. What scared the colonists most was the sophistication of Philip’s forces. Indigenous warriors used guerrilla tactics that the English, trained in European-style warfare, were completely unprepared for.So while the colonists were the ones […]
The British government vowed freedom to enslaved people if they could escape and take up arms against their Patriot enslavers. But when the British failed to deliver promised land in Nova Scotia, the Black Loyalists needed a leader to step up, sail across the ocean, and demand a solution. That […]
Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter: https://underknown.com/newsletter/ The biggest planet in the Solar System has gone rogue. And now it’s heading straight toward Earth. You have 30 days till this gas giant wipes us all out. What speeds would Jupiter be […]
Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023p Did you know that the U.S.’ first foreign-fought war was with…pirates? After the U.S. declared independence, the Barbary pirates began capturing Americans in the Mediterranean and holding them for ransom. At one point, Congress agreed to pay them a huge portion of their federal […]
Check out A People’s History of Native America here: https://youtu.be/dXJ4Ldy-hLQ In ancient Mesoamerica, an elite class of merchants helped build the Aztec Empire. How? By mastering the arts of spycraft, disguise, and self-sacrifice. These Pochteca acquired plenty of wealth and status and they traveled between cities to collect tribute, trade […]
