History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It
History's Living Voices is the ultimate, immersive history podcast that delivers firsthand, first-person historical accounts direct from the source. In every episode, we cut out the middleman and go straight to the primary documents: personal diaries, battlefield maps with handwritten orders, private letters, and last-will-and-testaments. Through these authentic, unfiltered voices, discover the true human behind the legend. Imagine a seasoned medieval knight storyteller, having just removed his helmet, guiding you through the troop positions in an ancient manuscript, his words grounded in actual historical records—like a weathered document sealed with a critical year, such as '1776'. From the fron...
5 Bizarre Accounts From History of UFO Sightings (74 BC - 1896) // Primary Sources
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First Non-Muslim European Description of Mecca (1503) / Undercover Adventure of Ludovico di Varthema
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Enslaved Icelander Describes Horror of Barbary Pirate Raid (1627) // Diary of Ólafur Egilsson
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Ancient Soldier Gives Epic First-Hand Account of Ancient Warfare
Check out the fantastic Opera browser: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-Voices-of-the-Past ------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Anabasis by Xenophon - translated and edited by the legendary Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - please please check out his fantastic work: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Image Editing by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica Image Credits from carvings and ancient art: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artaxerxes_II_relief_detail.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_II_Mnemon_(r.404-358_BCE)_Upper_Relief.jpg ...
Last Samurai Describes Final Days of Old Japan
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4 First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Wiped Out
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Confused Japanese Historians Describe Weird First Europeans
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Early Japanese Visitor Describes "Baffling" American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy
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How Did Rome Begin?
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5 Terrified Real Reactions To Seeing New Weapons For The First Time
Use my link https://www.displate.com/voicesofthepast or my discount code VOICESOFTHEPAST to access my special promo on all designs: Get 1-2 displates for 27% OFF and 3+ displates for 33% OFF. automatically at check out when using my link. Valid for 1 week only. ------------------- Extracts taken from: Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. Anna Comnena (Komnene). The Alexiad. Edited and translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes. London: Routledge, Kegan, Paul, 1928. (https://origin.web.fordham.edu/Halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad-intro.asp) The Memoirs Of The Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo Translated...
Eyewitness Describes The 1762 Native American Embassy to England (Diary of Henry Timberlake)
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Roman Historian Describes Weirdest Things In The Ancient World
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Russian Soldier Describes True Horror of Napoleon's 1812 Invasion // Memoir of Ilya Radozhitskii
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Medieval Crusader Describes the Chaos, Violence (and Cannibalism) of the First Crusade (1096)
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First-Hand Accounts of 536: The Worst Year To Be Alive in History
Get all sides to every story at https://ground.news/VOTP and context into the narratives that shape current events and our history. Save 50% off unlimited access through my link. ------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Volcanic Winter of 536 From The Letters of Cassiodorus Translated by Thomas Hodgkin (1886) The Nan Shi Procopius On The Years Following 536 History of the Wars, Translated by H. B. Dewing (1914) The Chronicle of Michael the Great, Patriarch of the Syrians (12th century) Translated from Classical Armenian by Robert Bedrosian (2013) Edited, animated and researched by Siji Sheehan Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore...
Real Medieval Knight Describes Life During The Crusades
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Young English Soldier Gives BRUTAL First-Hand Account of Battle of Waterloo (1815, William Lawrence)
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Ancient Historian Describes The First Steppe Nomads (450 BC) // "SCALP NAPKINS and SKULL CUPS"
Sign up for your free trial to Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/H9Wt30rzWjQ ---------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from The Histories by Herodotus (translated by AD Godley). Music courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: Darius Relief By Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - This file has been extracted from another file: The Darius seal. Darius st...
Ancient Greek Describes Growing Up In Sparta
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First Japanese in Europe: Incredible Story of the Tensho Embassy (1582 - 1590) // DOCUMENTARY
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Awestruck Conquistador Describes Alien World of Tenochtitlan (1519) // Memoir of Bernal Diaz
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First European Gives (Miserable) Description of Future United States (1527) Diary of Cabeza De Vaca
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5 Wildest Predictions for the 21st Century from History
Thanks to @Odoo for sponsoring this video: https://www.odoo.com/r/k8C --------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett Roger Bacon's letter concerning the marvelous power of art and of nature and concerning the nullity of magic. Easton, Pa. : Chemical Pub. Co., 1923 translated by Tenney L. Davis Predictions of the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900 by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. The Official Souvenir Program distributed at William McKinley’s second inauguration in 1901 When woman is boss: An interview with Nikola Tesla by John B. Kennedy (1926) 00:00 Plato on...
4 Most Epic Accounts from History of First Contact Between Cultures // From Vikings to Maori
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Nikola Tesla Describes Coming to America and Meeting Thomas Edison // "My Inventions" (1919)
Get your trial for Private Internet Access here: http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/VOTP -------------- Extracts from My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla by Ben Johnston and Nikola Tesla (1919) Music from: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: Edison´s Lab By Swampyank - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11540843 Tesla Coil By Original image: OneTeslaDerived image: Chetvorno - Derived from OneTeslaTS DRSSTC Tesla Coil.jpgAlterations to original image: Cropped out unnecessary background, lightened dark areas to bring out Tesla coil., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55157849 Induction Motor By Ctac - Ow...
British Soldier Gives Chaotic First Hand Account of Zulu War
Go to http://buyraycon.com/votp to get 15% off Raycon´s best-selling Everyday Earbuds. Brought to you by Raycon. ---------------- Extracts taken from: Charlie Harford's Anglo-Zulu War: The Memoir of a British Lieutenant, 1878-1879 Greenhill Books: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Charlie-Harfords-Anglo-Zulu-War-Lieutenant/dp/1399078488 Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume 1: Eyewitness British and Zulu Accounts by Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight, Alan Baynham-Jones Greenhill Books: https://www.amazon.com/Rorkes-Drift-Those-Were-There-ebook/dp/B0BQRR92DV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 Editing by Andrew Dixon Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Image Credits: A...
First Englishman Describes Adventures in Shogunate Japan
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Mongol Perspective On Conquering The World (1206 - 1228) Secret History Of The Mongols
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Egyptian Eyewitness Describes Napoleon's Brutal Invasion (1798) Al-Jabarti's Chronicle
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Futurist From 1922 Makes Weirdly Accurate Predictions For 2022
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Roman Complains About Weird New "Christians" and "Jesus" Son of Panthera (177 AD) True Word, Celsus
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Native American Perspective On The Civil War // Diary of GW Grayson
Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://morningbrewdaily.com/votp Sponsored by Morning Brew ------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Grayson, G. W. (1988). A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson. The Civilization of the American Indian series. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Edited by Manuel Rubio Art by Alex Stoica Sketches and Art by Alfred Waud
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5 Most Disastrous Accounts of First Contact in History
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Confused European Sailor Describes The Great Christian Kingdom of India (1499) // Vasco Da Gama
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17th Century Scientist Gives First Description of Alien Life // "The Cosmotheoros" (1698)
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Muslim Eyewitness Describes Brutality of Crusaders and Richard I (1187 - 1191) // Baha Ad-Din
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When Pirates Ruled Asia: 1000 Vicious Years of Chinese and Japanese Piracy // DOCUMENTARY
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16th Century Executioner Describes His Executions and their Crimes (1573-1617) Franz Schmidt’s Diary
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The Tragic Diary of Europe's Last Court Dwarf
Go to https://sponsr.is/cs_voicesofthepast and use code VOICESOFTHEPAST to save 25% off today. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. --------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Boruwłaski, Joseph: Memoirs Of Count Boruwłaski: Containing A Sketch Of His Travels, With An Account Of His Reception At The Different Courts Of Europe, Andrews, Durham, 1820 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza
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5 Strangest Accounts of First Contact in History
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