Ill-Equipped History
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Two non-historians with a passion for history tell stories of the past in a way that will make you laugh.
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Bonus 20: Wacky Cars, Trains, Planes, and Boats.
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May 14, 2026 |
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Florence Nightingale
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May 09, 2026 |
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Year 3 Bloopers, Outtakes, and Untold Stories
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May 06, 2026 |
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Beatrix Potter: The Rebellious Woman behind Peter Rabbit
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Bone Wars
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Butch Cassidy: The Outlaw Robin Hood
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Liu Bang: Peasant turned Han Emperor
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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The Piltdown Man Hoax
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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John Paul Jones: America's Naval Hero
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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The Watermelon War: Pandemonium in Panama
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The Rosetta Stone: Discovery and Translation
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau: The Father of Scuba Diving
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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George Washington Carver: The Peanut Man
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Smell-O-Vision
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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The Forty Elephants: London's all Woman Gang
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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142: Madam CJ Walker: America's First Female Millionaire
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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141: The Nuremberg Trial
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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140: Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Hillary: Summiting Mount Everest
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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139: The History of Christmas Movies
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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138: The Santa Claus Bank Robbery
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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136: Tycho Brahe: The Last Great Astronomer Before the Telecope
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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136: The Lufthansa Heist
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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135: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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134: Marie Antoinette
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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133: Julia Child: From GI to Celebrity Chef
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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132: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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131: The Greenbrier Ghost: How Zona Heaster Shue Helped Solved Her Own Murder
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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130: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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129: The Winchester House
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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128: Victorian Spiritualism and Seances
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Bonus 25: Old South Pittsburg Hospital Paranormal Research Center Investigation
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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127: The Dancing Plague of 1518: The Curse of St. Vitus
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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126: The History of Drag and Ballroom Culture
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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125: Frank Lloyd Wright: The Life Behind the Designs
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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124: Vercingetorix, the Man Who Stood Up to Caesar
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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123: The Cod Wars: Fish and Communiam
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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122: Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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121: Theft of the Scream and the life of Edvard Munch
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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120: The Dust Bowl
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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119: Marilyn Monroe: "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world"
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Listener Bonus Episode: Princess Diana
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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118: Leicester Hemingway and the Republic of New Atlantis
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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117: Empire State Building
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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116: The Life and "Rescue" of Dr. Livingstone
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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115: Women Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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114: Gladys Bentley
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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113: Harvey Milk: The Mayor of Castro Street
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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112: Frida Kahlo
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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111: Andy Warhol
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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110: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
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May 29, 2025 |
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109: Bonnie and Clyde
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May 22, 2025 |
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108: Virginia Hall: The Most Dangerous Spy of WWII
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May 17, 2025 |
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107: The Harding-Kerrigan Scandal of 1994
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May 08, 2025 |
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Second Anniversary Special: Bloopers and Outtakes
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May 04, 2025 |
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106: The Golden Age of Islam
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May 01, 2025 |
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105: The Truth Behind the Midnight Ride of 1775
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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104: The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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103: Video Games Part 2: Console Wars through Today
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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102: Video Games Part 1: Early Conception to the Crash of Consoles
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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101: The Hundred Years War Part 2
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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100: The Hundred Years War Part 1
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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99: Y2K: The Millennium Bug
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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98: Marco Polo and the Silk Road
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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97: The 6888 Central Directory Postal Battalion: No Mail, No Morale
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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96: Thurgood Marshall: Mr. Civil Rights
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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95: The Loving Family: How Love Conquers
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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94: The History of Jazz
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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93: The White Ship Disaster of 1120 and the Anarchy
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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92: John Harvey Kellogg
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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91: Operation Pluto: The Allies Best Kept Secret
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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90: Diogenes the Cynic: Chaotic Greek Philosopher
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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89: The Panama Canal: More than a Big Ditch
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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88: The History of Hanukkah
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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87: The Life and Work of Charles Dickens
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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86: Emily Dickinson
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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85: Sinking of The Christmas Tree Ship
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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84: The Wright Brothers - Sights to the Skies
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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83: The Father of Invention
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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82: The History of Diwali
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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81: Walt Disney: From Mouse to Parks and Everywhere in Between
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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80: Marie Laveau, New Orlean's Voodoo Queen
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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79: Doom of the Donner Party: Desperate Survival
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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78: Doom of the Donner Party: Hasting's Cutoff
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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77: Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker's Inspiration for "Dracula"
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Bonus 13: Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Annual Paranormal Investigation
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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76: Hales Bar Dam: History and Hauntings
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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75: Charlie Chaplin
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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74: Escape from Alcatraz
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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73: The Theft of the Mona Lisa
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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72: The Whydah and the Treasure of Black Sam Bellamy
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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71: The History of Homing Pigeons
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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70: Cassius Clay: The Lion of White Hall.
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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69: The History of Country Music
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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68: Howard Carter: The Man that Found King Tut
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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67: Lili'uokalani: Hawaii's Last Queen
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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66: Silver Springs State Park: Florida's First Theme Park
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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65: When Fruit Goes Bad: The History of Banana Republics
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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64: The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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63: Independence Day - The History of America's 4th of July
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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62:The Amazing Life of Sir Elton John
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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61: Alan Turing, WWII Hero and Mathematical Genius
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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60: Freddie Mercury: Life, Band, and Legacy.
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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59: Sally Ride, the First American Woman in Space
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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58: Amelia Earhart's Life and Disappearance
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May 30, 2024 |
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57: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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May 23, 2024 |
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56: John F. Kennedy Part 3: A Conspiracy?
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May 16, 2024 |
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55: John F. Kennedy Part 2: Finding Oswald, Officer Tippit's Murder, and the Warren Commission
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May 09, 2024 |
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One Year Anniversary Special: Bloopers and Outtakes
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May 04, 2024 |
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54: John F. Kennedy Part 1: Life, Presidency, and Assassination
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May 02, 2024 |
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53: Lewis and Clark Part 2
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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52: Lewis and Clark Part 1
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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51: Betty White: Thank You for Being a Friend
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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50: United States Road Trip
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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49: Cheng Shih, Pirate Queen
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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48: Woodstock 99
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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47: The Watergate Affair Part 2
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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46: The Watergate Affair Part 1
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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45: The Rarest Day of the Year
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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44: The Indomitable Wilma Rudolph
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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43: Fast and Left: The History of NASCAR (Featuring a Special Guest)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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42: History's Shortest War
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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41: The Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition: Endurance and Aurora
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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40: The Domestication of Animals
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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39: Board Games Are Older Than You Think
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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38: History of the Samurai
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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37: Why Do We Work Out?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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36: Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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35: Why Santa Claus Comes to Town
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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34: The History of Christmas
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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33: The Christmas Truce of 1914
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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32: The Stanford Prison Experiment
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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31: Thanksgiving: History and Traditions Explained
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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30: China’s Only Female Emperor
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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29: The Heist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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28: Robert Smalls and the Great Escape
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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27: Evolution from Samhain to Halloween and the Traditions that followed
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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26: Edinburgh Castle
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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25: History and Legends of the Oldest City in the United States
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Bonus 1: Investigation of the Bell Witch Cave
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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24: Ed & Lorraine Warren - Paranormal Investigators
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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23: The Great Emu War: Tactical Emus
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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22: The History and Hijinks of the Pepsi Corporation
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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21 : The King of the Wild Frontier
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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20: The Jacobite Rebellion
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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19: Baseball’s most Eccentric Player
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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18: The History of Chichén Itzá
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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17: Women’s Suffrage and Harry T. Burn
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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16: Hitler’s Hallucinazis
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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15: The Beginning of Brews
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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14: Anne Bonny & Mary Read
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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13: The Vasa: A Swedish Maritime Disaster
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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12: Mansa Musa
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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11: Battle of Athens: Part 2
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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10: Battle of Athens: Part 1
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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9: Hedy Lamarr
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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8: The Worst Roman Emperor
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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7: Jack Churchill
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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6: 1904 Olympic Marathon
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Episode 5: The Six Wives of Henry VIII Part 2
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May 26, 2023 |
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4: The Six Wives of Henry VIII Part 1
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May 18, 2023 |
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3: Miss Unsinkable
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May 11, 2023 |
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2: The History of Hinduism
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May 04, 2023 |
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1: Who Really Had the First Written Language?
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May 03, 2023 |