“I’d like to talk about the lost city of Atlantis. Well, it is not lost. It is simply missing…”So begins today’s story from Dr. Benjamin B. Olshin.For further reading: <a href="https://brill.com/view/title/35646">Lost Knowledge: The Concept of Vanished Technologies and Other Human Histories</a> by Benjamin B. Olshin (Brill, 2019)

Berlin: Little Neighborhood, Big Politics

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.