History Fix
By Shea LaFountaine
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In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.
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Ep. 128 War of the Roses: How the Real Life Game of Thrones Ended With An Unexpected Victor
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Ep. 127 Education: Why Our Failing Education System Has Missed the Mark for 12,000 Years
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 126 Shackleton: How Endurance Expedition Leader Ernest Shackleton Pulled Off the Most Successful Failure
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 125 LSD: How This “Wonder Drug” Cycled Its Way Through Medical, Government, and Counterculture Communities
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 124 Frances Grey: How the Vilified Mother of Lady Jane Grey May Not Have Deserved Her Reputation
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 123 Joan of Arc: How a Teenage Peasant Girl Helped Turn the Tide of the Hundred Years War
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 122 Salt: How the Cheapest Thing at the Grocery Store Was Once Worth Its Weight In Gold
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Special Release Mini Fix #10: Varina Davis
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 121 Thomas Jefferson: How America's Golden Boy Refused to Practice What He Preached
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 120 Great Flood: What the Story of Noah's Great Flood Says About Our Collective Human Experience
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 119 Magellan: How Ferdinand Magellan Claimed the Credit Without Actually Circumnavigating the Earth
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 117 Shipwrecks Part 1: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt
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May 31, 2025 |
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Ep. 115 Vietnam: War Through the Lens of a Conscientious Objector with Bruce Wasser
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May 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 114 The Found Colony of Roanoke?: How New Evidence Uncovered on Hatteras Island May Put the “Lost Colony” Myth to Bed Once and For All
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May 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 113 Infant Feeding: How Breastfeeding Has Been a Challenge and a Controversy Throughout Time
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May 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 112 Adolf Hitler Part 2: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
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May 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 111 Adolf Hitler Part 1: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 110 Easter Island: How the Remote Pacific Island of Rapa Nui Became An Unnecessary Mystery
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 109 The Philadelphia Experiment: How Tales of an Invisible Teleporting Naval Ship Found Their Way Into History
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 108 April Fool's Day: How No One Even Knows What This Holiday Really Is
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 107 Bloody Mary: Why England's First Queen Was Cast as an Evil Villain Instead of a Triumphant Underdog
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 106 Madame Restell: The "Wickedest Woman in New York" and Why Abortion Really Became Controversial in the US
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 105 Castles: Why Medieval Castles Still Stand As a Testament to Human Strength
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 104 Aspasia of Miletus: Why This Powerful Woman Had All the Men In Ancient Athens Talking
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 103 Radium Girls: How These Inspiring Women Stood Up To Their Abusers and Won
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 102 Richard Etheridge: How Keeper Richard Etheridge Served Always “On Behalf of Humanity”
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 101 Freedmen: How the Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony Became More Lost to History Than the Lost Colony Itself
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 100 Benjamin Banneker: How An Impressive Human Being Was Transformed Into a Mythic Folk Hero
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 99 Josephine Baker: How This Exotic Dancer Turned Spy Is Really So Much More Than That
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 98 Cannabis: How Racism Led to the Demonization of a Rather Useful Plant
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 97 Thomas Edison: Who Was Edison Really, Genius Inventor or Villainous Fraud?
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 96 Hanover: How a German Family Helped Define What It Means to Be British
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 95 Taured: How a Fraudster Was Transformed Into an Interdimensional Man of Mystery
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 94 Dyatlov Pass: How Disney's "Frozen" Shed Light on a Decades Old Mystery
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 93 Rudolph: How Underdog Robert L. May Created a Christmas Icon
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 92 First Flight: How the Wright Brothers Changed the World Forever
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 91 Révolution Part 2: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 90 Révolution Part 1: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 89 John Billington: How "America's First Murderer" Attended the First Thanksgiving
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 88 Sacagawea: How Lewis and Clark's Indigenous Guide Did So Much More Than That
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 87 Residential Schools: How the US Government Forced Indigenous Children to Give Up Their Identities
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Ep 86 Mt. Rushmore: How Sacred Indigenous Land Was Stolen and Defaced by the US
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 85: The Exorcist: How a Real Life Story Inspired the Cult Classic Horror Film
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 84 Salem: Why the Witch Trials of 1692 Should Still Scare You Today
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 83 Historical Hauntings: How Characters Throughout History Have Reappeared From the Afterlife
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 82 Mary Shelley: How the Mind Behind Frankenstein Pushed All the Boundaries
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 81 Columbus Part 2: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 80 Columbus Part 1: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 79 Lucrezia Borgia: How History May Have Cast This Infamous Daughter All Wrong
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 78 Childbirth: How a Deadly Ordeal Got Deadlier Before It Got Safer
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 77 Triangle Factory Fire: How a Horrific Tragedy Sparked a Movement to Save Workers Lives
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 76 Michael Rockefeller: How a Famous Son's Mysterious Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 75 Jockey's Ridge: How a Fearless Mother Stood Down a Bulldozer to Save a Natural Wonder For All the People
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 74 Polio: Why a Disease Existing Since Ancient Times Took Millennia to Become a Problem
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 73 Theodosia Burr: How a Famous Daughter's Disappearance Remains a Mystery
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 72 Khmer Rouge: How a Violent Government Murdered 1/4 of Cambodia's Population
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 71 Aqua Tofana: How A Ring of Female Serial Killers Liberated Italian Women
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 70 Coffee: How Coffee Changed the World, for Better and for Worse
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 69 Washington: How We Barely Know America's First President
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 68 Lost Technology: How Ancient Knowledge Has Been Erased By Time
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 67 Bone Wars: How Dueling Fossil Hunters Put Dinosaurs on the Map
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 66 Uncivil: How Lack of Punishment for Confederate Leaders Set a Dangerous Precedent
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 65 Laundry: "The Most Trying Department of Housekeeping" with Lori Davis
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 64 Ranavalona I: How This Powerful Queen of Madagascar Might Be Totally Misunderstood
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 63 Nazca Lines: How These Magnificent Creations Became One of History's Greatest Mysteries
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May 26, 2024 |
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Mini Fix #9: How Antibiotics Ruined My Life
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May 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 62 Antibiotics: How This Accidental Discovery Changed the World Forever
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May 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 61 Feral Children: How Mysterious Wild Children Dot the Pages of Our History Books
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May 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 60 Mental Health: How the Human Mind Has Been Misunderstood and Mistreated Throughout History
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May 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 59 Hawaii: How the US Stole This Island Paradise and Why It Isn’t Technically a State
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 58 Bread: How This Universal Food Staple Is Way More Important Than You Thought
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 57 Marilyn Monroe: How the Most Visible Woman in the World Went Completely Unseen
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 56 Cannibalism: How Humans Throughout History Have Used and Abused This Ancient Taboo
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 55 Crucifixion: What We Actually Know About the Easter Story and How Bunnies Got Involved
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Ep. 54 Women of the SOE: How Female Agents Helped “Set Europe Ablaze” During WWII
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 53 St. Patrick's Day: How This Irish Holiday Actually Got Its Start in America
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 52 The Great Hunger: Why the Irish Potato Famine Was a Completely Unnatural Disaster
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 51 "A Common Life: A Voice From the Progressive Era" with Sue E. Burns
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 50 Mary Richards: How a Black Female Spy Helped Bring Down the Confederacy
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 49 Buffalo Soldiers: How America Forced Desperate Men to Do Its Dirty Work
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Ep 48 Valentine's Day: How No One Really Knows Where This Holiday Even Came From
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 47 Marie Laveau: How the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans helped to forge the city as we know it
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 46 Eugenics: How the Eugenics Movement Led to the Murder of 6 Million People
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 45 Rats: How Underrated Rodents Took Over the World
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 44 Drowned Towns: How the US Has Strategically Flooded Historically Black Towns
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 43 Mona Lisa: How a Boring Portrait of an Unknown Woman Became the Most Famous Painting In the World
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 42 Y2K with Peter de Jager: How an Actual Threat Was Twisted Into a Comical "Hoax"
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 41 Christmas: How a Specific Religious Event Exploded Into a Worldwide Phenomenon
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 40 Iditarod: How Heroic Sled Dogs Saved the Children of Nome, Alaska
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 39 Mayanism: How the 2012 Doomsday Debacle Stemmed From Centuries Old Racism
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 38 Agatha Christie: How the "Queen of Crime" Became the Subject of a Real Life Murder Mystery
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 37 Rum: How Rum’s Oppressive History Sowed the Seeds of Resistance and Freedom
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 36 Thanksgiving: How a Story of Genocidal Conquest Was Twisted Into a Feel Good Holiday
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #8: Agnes Sorel
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 35 Diamonds: How the Diamond Industry Tricked Us Into the Greatest Marketing Scam of All Time
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 34 Child Migrants: Why Australia's Abusive Child Migrant Program Should Still Terrify You Today
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 33 Halloween: How Americans Spend $6 Billion a Year on a Holiday They Don’t Understand
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #7: A Chat with Historical Fiction Author Sara Swann-Barnard
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 32 Body Snatchers: How the Need for Medical Cadavers Led to a Black Market of Stolen Bodies
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 31 Giant Skeletons: How Newspapers Reported An Ancient Race of Giants and Then Went Silent
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 30 Dracula: How the Real Life Brutality of Vlad the Impaler Inspired the World’s Most Famous Vampire
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #5: Full Interview With Emma Louise Dyson
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #6: Full Interview With Ben Stimpson
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 29 Witches: How the Church Twisted Innocent Caretakers Into Evil Devil Worshipers
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #4: The Other Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 28 Roanoke Part 2: How the Real Story of the “Lost Colony” Goes Way Deeper Than You Thought
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 27 Roanoke Part 1: How the Real Story of the “Lost Colony” Goes Way Deeper Than You Thought
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 26 Hazel Scott: How "Little and Petty Men" Erased a Rare Gem of a Human
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 25 Apollo 13: How Duct Tape, Plastic Bags, and a Sock Stopped the Worst Space Disaster of All Time
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #3: Jamestown's Trash Pit Jane
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 24 Pocahontas: How John Smith Changed History to Ease His Own Conscience
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 23 Robinson Crusoe: How a True Story Inspired the Most Successful Adventure Novel of All Time
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #2: The Mysterious Death of Catalina Suarez
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 22 Tenochtitlan: How Cortés Defeated the Aztecs With Less Than 500 Soldiers
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 21 Prohibition: How the US Government Killed 10,000 People With Poisoned Alcohol
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Mini Fix #1: Henry VIII's Forgotten Tomb
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 20 Six Wives Pt. 2: How Henry VIII Got Away With Scandal, Sacrilege, and Murder
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 19 Six Wives Pt. 1: How Henry VIII Got Away With Scandal, Sacrilege, and Murder
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 18 Pompeii: How an Ancient Roman City Became a Time Capsule of the Past
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 17 Deborah Sampson: How a Woman Became a Revolutionary War Hero and Why You’ve Probably Never Heard Her Name
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 16 Chernobyl: How the Soviet Union’s Desperation to Prove Itself Almost Ended the World
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 15 Toxic Beauty: How We’ve Poisoned Ourselves for Centuries All in the Name of Beauty
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 14 Atlantis: How an Ancient Lost City Inspired Nazi Germany and Fueled the Holocaust
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 13 Genghis Khan: How One Man Created the Largest Empire the World Has Ever Known
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 12 Abolition: How Britain Forced Its Citizens to Pay Off Enslavers for 200 Years
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May 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 11 Mad Kings: How Insanity Has Plagued World Leaders Throughout History
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May 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 10 The Great Pyramid: How This Ancient Wonder May Not Be At All What We Thought It Was
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May 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 9 Nikola Tesla: How the World Cast Out a Scientific Genius Because He Was Weird
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 8 Mass Hysteria: How Imaginary Epidemics Have Wreaked Havoc Throughout History
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 7 Titanic: How a Perfect Storm of Events Sank an “Unsinkable” Ship
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 6 Highclere Castle: How the True Story of “Downton Abbey” Is Stranger Than Fiction
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Ep 5. Trail of Tears: How Andrew Jackson Got Away With Genocide and Still Ended Up on the 20 Dollar Bill
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 4 Vikings: How Norsemen Beat Columbus to the "New World" by 500 Years
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 3 Ada Lovelace: How History Overlooked the First Ever Computer Programmer Because She Was a Woman
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 2 Blackbeard: How Edward Thatch Became the Most Notorious Pirate Without Actually Killing Anyone
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 1 Paris Catacombs: How France Turned 6 Million Dead Bodies Into a Tourist Attraction
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Mar 20, 2023 |