Whose Amazing Life: The Iron Chancellor

A story about a man who seemed to be going nowhere — lazy student, failed farmer, brawler — who became the most powerful diplomat in the world and assembled a brand-new country out of dozens of separate pieces through three precisely calculated wars.

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Man Who Sent Words Through the Air

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Voice Across the Wire

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Man Who Asked Everything

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Boy Who Conquered the World

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Rough Rider

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Man Who Lit the World

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · ~8 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The Fastest American in Norway

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · 7 min listen

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  Whose Amazing Life: The GS Revolutionist

  Sam Lessin · May 2026 · 8 min listen

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  How Minecraft Was Made

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · for the boys · ~4 min

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  The History of Nintendo

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · ~9 min

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  How EA Sports FC Mobile '26 Was Made

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · for the boys · ~7 min

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  How Jetpack Joyride Was Built

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · ~11 min

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  How Baseball 9 Was Built

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · for the boys · ~7 min

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  How Sneaky Sasquatch Was Built

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · ~10 min

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  Lessin's Lessons: The Inventor of Tetris

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · for the boys · ~8 min

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  Lessin's Lessons: Ada Lovelace

  Sam Lessin · April 2026 · for the boys · ~4 min

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