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Memories are based on experiences, and some of those tumultuous and torturous traversals have been buried for too long. Historical events, lore, public figures, and geographical locations paved in darkness are just the start of the macabre stories Johnny Stitches will be telling! Some of his own personal open-heart surgery experiences will be explored in detail here as well! Johnny will also be discussing many other long-forgotten albums, video games, movies, TV shows, and lots of other pop culture darkness through deep-dive retrospectives! So listen in and witness as we bring history…back ...

The history podcast that reviews and analyzes the lives of famous historical figures in an attempt to glean nuggets of wisdom that we can, hopefully, all apply to our own lives.

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.

Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children reportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army. This dramatic event, which took place on top of Masada, a barren and windswept mountain overlooking the Dead Sea, spawned a powerful story of Jewish resistance that came to symbolize the embattled modern State of Israel. Jodi Magness, an archaeologist who has excavated at Masada, explains what happened there, how we know it, and how recent developments might change understandings of the story.