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15 Minutes of Fame

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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the podcast in 2022, we invited 15 historians to make a 15-minute-long case for individuals from history that they considered worthy of greater attention. From Queen Victoria's Yoruba goddaughter to an Aztec interpreter, meet some of history's most overlooked figures.

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