The Detroit History Podcast
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The Detroit History Podcast returns for Season Six with a menu of programs as diverse as wrestling, bebop jazz, and a failed automobile. We'll look at the life of The Sheik, who threw fire and terrorized fellow grapplers during his wrestling career, which peaked in the 1960s and beyond. We saw something different on the road while we prepped for Season Six: an Edsel, which was the biggest flop in automotive history when it was introduced in 1957. We wanted to know: how could the smart people at Ford Motor Company fail in such a big way? We'll hear about the Bluebird Inn, a west side jazz club where Miles Davis played in 1953 and 1954. And we'll explain how the Detroit Institute of Arts grew in the 1920s, acquiring priceless Van Gogh paintings at a time when nobody knew who he was. New episodes drop every Sunday night at 8.
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Season 6, Episode 4- How the DIA Turned From a Private Art Collection Into a World-Renowned Museum
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May 12, 2024 |
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Season 6, Episode 3- Bird, Barry and Miles: The Blue Bird Inn during the 1950s
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May 05, 2024 |
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Season 6, Episode 2- The Polar Bears of World War 1
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Season 6, Episode 1- The Sheik and Big Time Wrestling
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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The 1957 NFL Champion Detroit Lions Revisited
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Season 5 Finale- The Development of PCP and Ketamine
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 9- Fran Harris, The First Female Newscaster in Michigan
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 8- A Century of Mexicantown
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 7- The Biography of a Rumor: The "Paul McCartney is Dead" Hoax
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 6- The Origins of Detroit Style Pizza
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 5- The Michigan Democratic Social Club Triple Beheading
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 4- The Native American Origins of Detroit
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 3- The 1863 Civil War Riot
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 2- The Ford Hunger March
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Season 5, Episode 1- Joe Louis, The Punch of Detroit
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Season 4 Finale- Jeff Montgomery, Detroit's Fierce LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 9- When The Cold War Seemed Hot: Nike Missiles Around Metro Detroit, And A Nuclear Warhead On Belle Isle
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 8- Hammerin' Hank Greenberg, How a Jewish Kid from the Bronx became a Detroit Tiger Great
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 7- The 1960s and General Motors: Consumerism Hits The Big Three
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 6- No-No Boy and the Japanese-American Migration to Detroit
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 5- Vernors, The Nectar of the Gods
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 4- Black Bottom: The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise of a Detroit Neighborhood
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 3- The Haunting of The Whitney
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 2- The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, The Sub-Aquatic Ambassador
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Season 4, Episode 1- The Scene, the Hippest Detroit TV show of the 70s and 80s
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Special Edition- The Polio Outbreak
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May 14, 2021 |
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Season 3 Finale- The Deindustrialization of Detroit
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 9- Lottie The Body, The Burlesque Queen of Detroit
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 8- Birds of a Feather- Bowling, Belgians, Beer, Pigeons, and the Cadieux Cafe
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 7- The Politics of Fear
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 6- The Evangelista Occult Murders
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 5- Far from New Orleans, Long Before Motown, Jazz Became Detroit's Pulse
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 4- They Sat Down and Rocked The Boat: Walter Reuther's Blue-Collar Revolution
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 3- From Midnight to Windsor, Detroit's Underground Railroad
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 2- How WABX Radio and Plum Street Put the Counter in Counter-Culture
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Season 3, Episode 1- How The Spotlight Found Coleman Young
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May 26, 2020 |
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Special Edition- Detroit's Response to the 1918 Spanish Flu
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Season 2, Episode 10- How The Klan Almost Elected A Mayor
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 9- The Legend Of The Nain Rouge
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 8- General Motors in the 1920s: How A Struggling Company Became the Chrome Colossus
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 7- Milliken v. Bradley, The Case Of Cross-District Busing
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 6- The 1957 NFL Champion Detroit Lions
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Season 2 Episode 5- John Lee Hooker And The Blues On Hastings Street
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 4- 1943, Detroit's Forgotten Riot
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 3- The Last Days Of Harry Houdini
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 2- Remembering The Anchor, Detroit's Most Famous Newspaper Bar
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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Season 2, Episode 1- Henry Ford's Anti-Semitism
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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Episode 10- The 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Episode 9- The Birth And Growth Of Detroit Techno
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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Episode 8- The History Of Arab Immigration In Dearborn
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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Episode 7- The Election And Downfall Of Jerome Cavanagh
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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Episode 6- They Bleed The Same As I Do, The Detroit Red Wings In The 1950s
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Episode 5- Detroit Crashes, The Motor City During The Great Depression
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Episode 4- Scratch Glass and Turn Blue: The Making of The Ghoul
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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Episode 3- It's Just The Kind Of Thing Detroit Could Do
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Episode 2- You Have Me Mixed Up With a Stool Pigeon, Sir
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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Episode 1- When The Beatles Came to Detroit
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Dec 11, 2017 |