Discoverspanish. Com is a podcast available on iTunes. It may be what you're looking for.
There is a fee for it, but the lessons are pretty concise. They offer a free sample lesson on their site.
I recommend Notes in Spanish - notesinspanish.com Here is a list of awesome Spanish podcasts - lenguajero.com/resources.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.