8 minute lives

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Negara Amerika Syarikat

Genre Sejarah

Bahasa EN

Episod 3

Terkini 21.07.2026

8 Minute Lives tells the stories of remarkable people in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Each episode delivers one life story, covering the defining moments, struggles, achievements, and choices that shaped a life and left a mark on history.

Episod

Galileo Galilai 21.07.2026 8min

Hi there, and welcome to 8 minute lives. In the year 1633, an old man sat before the judges of the Roman Inquisition and did something that would echo through history. He recanted his support for the idea that the Earth moved around the Sun.
Mansa Musa 20.07.2026 7min

Hi there, and welcome to 8 minute lives. If you wanted to make the whole world stop and notice your wealth, you could do worse than to cross the Sahara with thousands of people, hundreds of camels, and enough gold to shake the prices of a city.
Joan of Arc 19.07.2026 7min

Hi there, and welcome to 8 minute lives. Joan of Arc was a teenage girl from a small village in northern France who helped turn the tide of a war, frightened kings and commanders, and then was burned alive at the age of nineteen.
Genghis Khan 18.07.2026 7min

Hi there, and welcome to 8 minute lives. In about 1162, on the grasslands of Central Asia, a boy named Temujin was born into a world where survival depended on loyalty, speed, and force.