“In the mid-eighteenth century, a group of German Jesuit missionaries tried to convert the desert landscape of Baja California.”So begins today’s story from Dr. Sky Michael Johnston.For further reading:Sky Michael Johnston. <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/jjs/2/1/article-p36_2.xml">“‘What is California? Nothing but Innumerable Stones’: German Jesuits, Salvation, and Landscape Building in the California Missions,”</a> Journal of Jesuit Studies 2 no. 1 (2015) 36-55.

A Season of Stories 1: Looking the Part

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.