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  • The Father of the Navy

    The Father of the Navy
    2025/07/06
    So, was John Paul Jones a hero made by war, or was the war at sea made by Jones? The final judgment, as ever, lies with history. And Jones, more than most, knew where history gets written. Not in marble halls or courtroom ledgers, but on the open water, where wind and gunpowder do the talking, and names are carved into memory by the pounding of the sea. John Paul Jones carved his. And it hasn’t washed away.
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    9 分
  • The Last Love Letter

    The Last Love Letter
    2025/07/05
    In the summer of 1775, a strange kind of tension blanketed the American colonies. Blood had already been spilled at Lexington and Concord. Boston was under siege. The Continental Congress had raised an army and chosen George Washington to lead it. But amid the smoke and gunpowder, there was still something deeper smoldering. Hope. Not for victory, not for revolution, but for peace. A very specific kind of peace. The colonists still believed in the idea of a “Patriot King,” a benevolent monarch who would rise above Parliament’s tyranny and deliver justice from on high. That king, they hoped, was George III.
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    7 分
  • Unvexed to the Sea

    Unvexed to the Sea
    2025/07/04
    It was July 4th, 1863, and the stars and stripes flew again over Vicksburg, Mississippi. But this wasn’t a celebration. There were no parades, no fireworks, no songs of freedom. In fact, for 81 years, Vicksburg would skip Independence Day altogether. That morning, under a blazing Southern sun, a grim procession of exhausted Confederate soldiers stacked their rifles, furled their flags, and surrendered their city to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. The Civil War had reached its great turning point.
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    8 分
  • Hands Across the Stone Wall

    Hands Across the Stone Wall
    2025/07/03
    Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg turned quiet Pennsylvania fields into a brutal crossroads of war, something extraordinary happened. The veterans came back. Not to fight. Not to argue. But to remember. To stand together on the same ridges and fields where they had once tried to kill each other, and shake hands instead. More than 53,000 of them, Union and Confederate, answered the call for a reunion that would become one of the largest peaceful assemblies of former enemies in history.
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    8 分
  • Caesar Rodney’s Ride

    Caesar Rodney’s Ride
    2025/07/02
    Caesar Rodney was no ordinary man. He was a physician, a farmer, and a military officer who had served in the Delaware Assembly. He was also one of the most ardent supporters of independence, but on the day of the vote, he was in Delaware, a 70-mile journey away from Philadelphia. Rodney had been in poor health and had been unable to attend the Continental Congress for some time. But on the day of the vote, he knew he had to be there. Delaware’s vote was still uncertain; the state had only two delegates in the Continental Congress, and one of them, Thomas McKean, was already in favor of independence. The other delegate, George Read, was firmly against it.
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    11 分
  • Air Burst Weapon?

    Air Burst Weapon?
    2025/06/30
    On the morning of June 30, 1908, something exploded over the Siberian wilderness with the force of a nuclear bomb—flattening over 80 million trees, lighting up skies across Europe, and shaking the Earth with a shockwave that circled the globe. But no crater was found. No rock. Just scorched forest and a century-old mystery. In this episode, we dive into the Tunguska Event, the most powerful impact in recorded history that left behind more questions than answers. Was it a comet? An asteroid? A warning shot from the cosmos? We’ll explore what scientists know, what they still debate, and why this event matters more than ever in our modern world. This isn't just a story about what happened in 1908—it's a story about what could happen tomorrow. So buckle up. The sky is not as quiet as we like to think.
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    7 分
  • WTF - 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out

    WTF - 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out
    2025/06/29
    This week on *What the Frock?*, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wade into the holy waters of absurdity with a story so bizarre it could only be real. When the Prime Minister of Armenia offers to prove his religious bona fides by flashing the head of the national church, our frocked duo cannot resist diving into the theological and anatomical madness. But that’s just the opening act. They also tackle America’s recent bombing of Iran, explore why ESPN made a commentator apologize for saying something patriotic, and laugh their way through Texas’ new law that slaps warning labels on Doritos. There’s cricket, instant coffee conspiracies, and even a rant about Republicans acting like bureaucrats. It’s irreverent, insightful, and unapologetically offbeat. So pour some Bustelo, grab a snack not banned in Europe, and prepare yourself for another wild ride through the sacred and the profane. This is *What the Frock?*
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    1 時間 3 分