America is divided, and it always has been. We're going back to the moment when that split turned into war. This is Uncivil: Gimlet Media's new history podcast, hosted by journalists Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika. We ransack the official version of the Civil War, and take on the history you grew up with. We bring you untold stories about covert operations, corruption, resistance, mutiny, counterfeiting, antebellum drones, and so much more. And we connect these forgotten struggles to the ...
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Some have rugby or football as their sport of choice, but there is a group in Auckland who spend their free time donning full suits of medieval armour and battling it out with swords and shields. While extreme sports like the Run-It-Straight events have caught headlines recently, Buhurt is a combat sport with a keen eye on safety, though it's not without risk. Training out of a warehouse on Auckland's North Shore, these noble knights have said it is all about the community. Finn Blackwell reports.
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