Four Throughline Podcasts Ideal for World History

Here are FOUR awesome episodes of Throughline that are ideal for World History. The first one compares the life of Simon Bolivar to that of Hugo Chavez, who died in 2012.

The second episode traces the conflict between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam while the third episode outlines the origins of the split between North and South Korea in light of President Trump's overtures to Kim Jong Un.

The last episode examines the assassination of the popularly elected Iranian leader, Mohammad Mossadegh.

The two hosts do a great job of tying the historical event to current events.

• El Liberator compares Venezuela's Chavez to Simon Bolivar

• War of the Worlds explores the Sunni Shia split

• The Forgotten War  reviews the Korean War

• How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days outlines the assassination of Mohammad Mossadegh and its reverberations today.