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Haloes and Shadows: The Human Side of History

Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. Haloes & Shadows is a narrative history podcast exploring the lives of history's most fascinating figures — saints, rulers, rebels, martyrs,…

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Latest episodes

  1. Mozart | The Child Who Performed for Emperors and Died Writing His Own Requiem10 Aug 2026
  2. Oskar Schindler | The War Profiteer Who Spent His Fortune Saving the People He Had Come to Exploit8 Aug 2026
  3. Saint Cecilia | The Patron of Music Who Never Played an Instrument and What Her Story Actually Says6 Aug 2026
  4. Abune Gebre Menfes Qiddus | The Star of the Desert and What a Thousand Years of Devotion Looks Like4 Aug 2026
  5. Miyamoto Musashi | The Boy Who Killed a Man at Thirteen and Spent the Rest of His Life Learning Why He Won2 Aug 2026
  6. Albert Pike | The Man Who Rewrote Freemasonry and May Have Founded the Ku Klux Klan31 Jul 2026
  7. William Shakespeare | The Glover's Son Who Left No Record of His Inner Life and Understood Everyone30 Jul 2026
  8. Harriet Tubman | The Woman Who Was Never Caught and Never Lost a Passenger28 Jul 2026
  9. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | The Woman Who Chose a Convent to Be Free and Signed Her Surrender in Blood26 Jul 2026
  10. Wu Zetian | The Concubine Who Became the Only Female Emperor in China and Left Her Gravestone Blank24 Jul 2026