“On Holy Thursday in the year 1604 in the city of Seville, Spain, a bloody fight broke out between two confraternities on the Plaza of San Salvador…”So begins today’s story from Dr. Erin Kathleen Rowe.For further reading: Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism by Erin Kathleen Rowe (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

The Answered Prayer of Wang Mingdao

90 Second Narratives is a podcast featuring engaging true stories told by trained historians. Each episode includes a short story interwoven with expert analysis of the story’s historical significance. The concise length and storytelling format of the episodes make history accessible, dynamic, and entertaining. The subjects of the stories are diverse—spanning the globe and ranging from the pre-historic to the modern age. While individual stories stand alone, the episodes in each season are linked thematically and combine to offer comparative perspectives that illuminate connections from across the human experience. Every episode also includes recommendations for further reading. 90 Second Narratives provides a novel way to hear historians share the wonders of the past in their own voices.