This is Not a History Lecture
By Kat and Kaleigh
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Welcome to a refreshingly casual take on history podcasts. Join Kat and Kaleigh as they share their favorite stories from history - the odd, the funny, the forgotten, and the often misunderstood. But fair warning, this is not your average history lecture. New episodes every Tuesday! Contact us! Twitter: @TINAHLpodcast Email: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.com
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235. Gunslingers and Hot Bean Water
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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234.5. Polari
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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234. Boreholes and Bands
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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233.5. Boston Marriages
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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233. Lavendar and Diamonds
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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232.5. Albert Cashier
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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232. Affairs and Supermodels
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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231.5. The Lovely Ladies of Llangollen
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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231. Devil's Island
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May 26, 2026 |
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230.5. Eva Braun
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May 19, 2026 |
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230. German Manifestos
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May 12, 2026 |
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229. Long Nights and Solar Flares
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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228.5. The Berlin Olympics
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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228. Beerhall Rebellions and Eunuchs
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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227.5. Sonnet 130
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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227. Captain Roberts Pt. 2 and the Hitler Youth
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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226.5. Hitler's Health
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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226. Aktion T4 and Captain Roberts
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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225.5. Will We Wear Wigs?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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225. A Good Old History Mystery
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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224.5. The Madagaskarplan (The Madagascar Plan)
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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224. Wansee and Sutra
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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223.5. The Gaiety Girls
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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223. Yatla and Reynolds
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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222.5. Nazi Classifications
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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222. Sinking Ships and Open Windows
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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221.5. Jenny Diver - Pickpocket Extraordinaire
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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221. Lost Lands and Lava Lamps
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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220.5. The Annabelle Doll
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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220. Food for Thought
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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219.5. Teddy's Bear Picnic
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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219. The Rest of the Beauties and a Kushy Kingdom
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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218.5. The Grand Egyptian Museum
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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218. The Not so Love(ly) Canal and 8 Beauties of Qinhuai
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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217.5. The Concubine Warrior of the Song Dynasty
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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217. Cannibalism Pt. 2
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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216.5. The Shroud of Turin
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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216. A Doomed Mission and Cannibalism
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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215.5 The Ancient Thing That Went Bump In The Night
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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215. Slashers and (Ghost) Stories
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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214.5. La Lechuza
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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214. The Dead of Paris and La Malinche
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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213.5. Poison in the Bottle
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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213. Cemeteries and One Ghostly Lady
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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212.5. A Beautiful Cemetery
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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212. Death and Amber
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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211.5. Cabinets of Curiosities
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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211. New Age Artists and Old Funerals
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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210.5. A Hopeful Diamond
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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210. Food for Thought
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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209.5. Curiouser and Curiouser
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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209. Pulp Pride Novels and Movie Directors
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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208.5. Sing the Bells of Notre Dame
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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208. Disasters, Disasters (Emergency Episode #8)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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207.5. The First Museum
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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207. A Lost Dynasty and More Colonization
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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206.5. Old Houses
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May 20, 2025 |
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206. A Very Cool Lady and a Very Not Cool Exhibit
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May 13, 2025 |
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205.5. Smithsonian Psyops
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May 06, 2025 |
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205. This is Not a History Conspiracy
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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204.5. A Mysterious Mona Lisa
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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204. Synods and Samurai
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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203. True Origins (?)
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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202.5. Heritage of the World
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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202. Two Beloved Women
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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201.5. Keep Houston Weird
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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201. Heist Investigators and Maroon Slave Leaders
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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200.5. Announcing Minisodes!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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200. More About Museums
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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199. Two Queens in their Own Right
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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198. Contested Canals and Reclaiming a History
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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197. A Simple Object and a Complicated Story
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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196. TINAHL Christmas Version
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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195. Tallchiefs and Sticky Floods
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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194. Two Types of Mankillers
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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193. Code Talks and Woman Chiefs
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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192. This is Not a History Lecture - It's Halloween!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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191. Offerings and Islands
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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190. Yet Another Shot and Chaser
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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189. Aztec Calendars and French Pastries
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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188. Pirates and Apple Farmers
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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187. Caskets and Luddites
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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186. Symbols and Volcanoes
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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185. Ancient Tales and Modern Gum
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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184. Slave Ships, Bad Men, and Prisons
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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183. Athletes and Orchestrated Famine
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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182. Wooden Lances and a Witch
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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181. A Sickness You Can't Shake
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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180. Emergency Episode #7- A Disaster and Lighthouse
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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179. The Painter and the Historian
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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178. A Terrible Marriage and a Terrible Fog
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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177. A Humble Vegetable and a Talented Sculpter
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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176. History Mystery Vol. 4!
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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175. Double the History Trouble - Part 2
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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174. Double the History Trouble - Part 1
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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173. Does it Always End in Death?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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172. Underwater Pyramids and an Above Ground Massacre
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May 28, 2024 |
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171. The Tong Wars and St. Malo
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May 21, 2024 |
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170. Mary and Merry
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May 14, 2024 |
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169. The Leader and the Lisa
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May 07, 2024 |
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168. Wars of Kettle and Women
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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167. The Government's Cheese and Aesop's Fables
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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166. Frozen Food and Revolutionaries
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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165. Baba and Bermuda
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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163. Suffrage and Lawn Mowing
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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162. Infamous Women
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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161. Holmes pt. 2 and the Women of Ancient Greece
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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160. Murder Castles
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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159. Cowgirls and Con Men
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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158. Cowboys and Peanut Farmers
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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157. Pink and White and Blood All Over
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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156. The Fair and the Photographer
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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155. An Explosive Episode
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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154. Crimes of the 20th Century
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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153. A Lady and A Barbarian
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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152. Growing Crops and Flying Pigeons
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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151. Mother of Monsters and a Revolutionary Calendar
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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150. Mystery History Vol. 3!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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149. A Very, Very Bad Man and an Unsinkable Woman
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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148. The White Mouse and The Wild Man
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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147. Just a Hint of Napoleon
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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146. First Encounters of the European Kind
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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145. Lines and Statues
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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144. Those Witches pt. 2
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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143. Those Witches
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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142. Shield Maidens and Witch Hammers
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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141. Ancient Wonders and German Princesses
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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140. The Satanic Panics of the 1320s and 1980s
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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139. Gilded Man and Ancient Woman
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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138. Cordoba and Rivera
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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137. Literal Explosions and An Explosive Personality
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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136. Leper Kings and Moonshine Runners
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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135. Organized Crime Time (the history of it, not committing it obviously)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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134. A Really, Weirdly Specific Accidental Theme
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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133. Radiation and Colonization
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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132. Literal and Cultural Revolutions
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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131. PrisonGate
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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130. When Buildings Collapse
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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129. Vladula and Shark Arms
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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128. Emergency Episode #6 - Explosions and Disappearances
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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127. Ellis and Venus
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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126. Remember Remember the 6th of September
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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125. Mystery Histories vol. 2
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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124. Two Ds and Cut Sleeves
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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123. Cavaliers and Drag Kings
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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122. Leif Erikson's Dad's Day and the Society for Human Rights
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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121. A Great Wall and China
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May 30, 2023 |
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120. The Wars of Current and Bone
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May 23, 2023 |
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119. Stone Men and Yellow Paint
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May 16, 2023 |
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118. Nursery Rhymes and Vitamin Deficient Times
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May 09, 2023 |
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117. Gilded Spikes and Information Superhighways
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May 02, 2023 |
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116. Remembrance and Another Great Movie Idea
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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115. The Ottomans Causing Problems for Themselves and Others
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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114. Imperialism Down Under and the World's First Voting Women
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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113. A Forgotten Empire and the Real Afro Samurai
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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112. 112 Going On 30
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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111. Mill Workers and Ancient Anti-Imperialism
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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110. Nazis Ruin Everything
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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109. Velocipedes and Crystallography
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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108. Secret Messages and Secret Meetings
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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107. Two Types of First Ladies
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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106. Florida Bans and Grandfather Clauses
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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105. Black History Movies
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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104. The Serpent Queen and Opium War 2
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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103. Fancy Footwear and Poppy Plants
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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102. That Guy with the Elephants and One Corporation to Rule them All
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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101. A Queen and a Kandake
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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100 (!!). Mystery Histories vol.1
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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99. A Bucket Worth Fighting For and England's Most Eminent Lady of Pleasure
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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98. Two Very Different Riots
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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97. Hate and Treason
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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96. National Sensations
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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95. Accidental Halloween
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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94. The First of Many and Everything you Shouldn't do for a Klondike Bar (part 2)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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93. Not the Charlie Brown Version and Everything you Shouldn't do for a Klondike Bar (part 1)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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92. Astronomers and Colonizers
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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91. End of Civilizations and Beginning of Revolutions
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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90. Empire Collapse, in Theory
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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89. Kuzcotopia, a Frightening Fort, and a Hair-Raising Headquarters
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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88. Ancient Aztecs and Recent Epidemics
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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87. Mayans and Suffragettes
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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86. Queen Mother of the Internet and the Empress of the Brothel
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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85. Vacation Destinations for the Ultra Wealthy
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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84. Dots and Sashes
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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83. Some Great Ruins and One Great Queen
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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82. Sparrows and Elephants
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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81. A WWII Shot and Chaser
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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80. The Original Victorian Mobster Romance and the Catfight of the Century
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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79. Government Conspiracies and Ancient Noxious Gases
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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78. Two Very Different Outlaws
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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77. Earthquakes and Assassinations
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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76. Emergency Episode #5: Another Transportation Disaster and a Very Unique Urban Legend
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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75. A Fight as Old as Time
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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74. A First Attempt and Definitely Not A Giant Heron
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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73. The Second Shot Heard the World and the Citoyenne of the Century
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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72. That Da Vinci Dude and the World's First Assassins
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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71. Just Go Around and An Avid Aesthetic
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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70. Three Pioneers
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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69. Two Unjust Deaths
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May 31, 2022 |
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68. A Dynamic Duo and Sliding the Waves
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May 24, 2022 |
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67. A Racist Riot and An Underestimated Profession
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May 17, 2022 |
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66. Poisonous Paint Part Two and Reproductive Wrongs
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May 10, 2022 |
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65. Accidental Arsenic and Poisonous Paint
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May 03, 2022 |
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64. A Mess in Three Acts and the House Husbands of Ancient Egypt
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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63. One Final Stand and One False Prophet
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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62. The Fort’s Fortune and PFFs (Pirate Friends Forever)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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61. The World Turned Upside Down and A Well Timed Orange Sherbert
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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60. We're Just in a Silly Fool-y Mood
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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59. Ain't She a Woman?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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58. Emergency Episode #4 - Missing Lady and Missing Baby
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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57. Princess of America and Queen of India
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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56. Girlboss, Gunshots, General Custer
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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55. Two of the most Ancient Mysteries
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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54. A Brief History of Thought Control and the Greatest Showgirl Ever
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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53. Maybe the Lone Ranger and The Renaissance but Make it Harlem
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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52. Little Rock and Lulu
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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51. Scarface and the Seventh Wonder
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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50. The Joffrey of Buganda and Borders, Brothels, & Bordellos
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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49. Mexican and Feminist Revolutions
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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48. Kat Tells a Story then We get Whiplash from Kaleigh
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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47. Two Very Different Musicians
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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46. The Night Witches and A Lot of Really Bad Kings
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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45. A Collection of Christmas Crytipds
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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44. The Murdered Bison and One Really Cool Dude
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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43. Emergency Episode #3 - Kaleigh's Little Brother and Surprise Cannibalism
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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42. A Noble Cause
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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41. From Ancient Mesopotamia to the Louisiana Purchase
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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40. A Fire and Another Fire
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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39. The Century’s First Genocide and the Day of the Dead
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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38. Halloween but Make it History
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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37. DPN and Papa Ernie
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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36. Sit-Ins and Sarcophaguses
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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35. Mystery and Murder
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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34. The White Rose and The Hero Twins
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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33. Something You Didn't Know About WWII and A Monument Worth Remembering. . .?
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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32. The Artist and The Actress
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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31. An Untimely Rebellion and The Second Half of one Cataclysmic Cult
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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30. Cataclysmic Cults
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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29. The "Lost" Colony and History's Longest Race
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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28. China's Enemies to Lovers Story and A Teenage Saint
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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27. Basically Some Bad*ss Girl Scouts and The Flamingo Sacrifice
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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26. A Medical Anomaly and a Medical Oddity
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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25. Emergency Episode #2 - Weird Footprints and an Even Weirder Triangle
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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24. Little Bomb, Big Rock
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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23. Loving, Outer Space
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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22. Trails and Schools
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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21. Sola Scriptura and Sasquatch
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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20. Misadventures on the Volcano
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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19. A Week of Uprisings and China's Biggest #Girlboss
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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18. Pride and Poetry
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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17. More Than One Kind of Racism
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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16. Im-press-ive; Two Stories on the History of the Press
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May 25, 2021 |
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15. Plague and Pandemic
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May 18, 2021 |
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14. Emergency Episode #1 - A Town with the Funk and a Vanishing Boat
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May 11, 2021 |
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13. Dusty Days and Unlucky Numbers
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May 04, 2021 |
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12. Ancient Road Trips and the Legacy of Zelda (Fitzgerald)
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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11. An Unsung Hero and History’s Worst Party Guest
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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10. Off-Brand Crash Course: American Assassinations
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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9. Spook Spies and Mad Monks
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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8. Egyptian Queens and Victorian Ectoplasm
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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7. Factory Fires and Alien Invasions
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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6. Rosie and the Wrestler
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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5. Mishaps on the Mountain
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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4. Captain of the Sky, Captain of the Sea
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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3. Ida and Rosetta
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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2. Red Tails and Black Crowns
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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1. A Big Boat and a Little Man
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Feb 05, 2021 |