Saturday Matinee: American Criminal

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we set sail across the North Sea into the Viking Age and hear tales of these brute Scandinavian warriors. Link to Real Vikings: https://open.spotify.com/show/55VhMsL7wqEQ9gnNhH6TMR Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. Hi ...  Show more

March 27, 1912. Japan gifts the United States 3,000 cherry trees, in a gesture of friendship between two nations once at odds. This episode originally aired in 2025. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship an ...  Show more

On 6th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in Buffalo, New York. He was at the height of his power, having been re-elected at the beginning of the year. But one of the people who s ...

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey at wbur.org/survey. New York Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is second in line to be mayor if Adams should resign or be removed ...  Show more

The sweeping federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams seemed to spell the end of his career. Then he got a sudden reprieve from President Trump — but as the terms of that support became public, an extraordinary blowback ensued.

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Jeff Bezos is getting married in Venice… but did ya know Venice was the Amazon of the Old World?Nike is pinning its turnaround on a snoafer (a sneaker/loafer)… it’s not a throwback, it’s a flowforward.NYC democrats just nominated a socialist mayoral candidate… because Wall Street ...  Show more