That's One for the History Books
By martin cohn
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Hosts Marty Cohn and Hugh Ryan profile Americans who made important contributions to our country, but who have been largely overlooked by our history books. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 157: Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 156: Gen. William HL Wallace, unsung hero of the Battle of Shiloh
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 155: William Carney, first African American Medal of Honor
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May 27, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 154: Grace Hooper, US Navy rear admiral and a computer science pioneer
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May 20, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 153: Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, a WW2 hero who was “Righteous Among the Nations”
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May 13, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 152: Gouverneur Morris, author of the Constitution’s Preamble
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May 06, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 151: Earle Dickson, Inventor of the Band-Aid
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 150: Francis Bellamy, author of the Pledge of Allegiance
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 149: Selma Burke, the woman behind the dime
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 148: Elizabeth Blackwell, first female M.D. in America
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 147: Herbert Smitherman, consumer products inventor
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 146: Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first practical pacemaker
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 145: Victor Brenner, Lincoln penny engraver
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 144: Robert Scot, first Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 143: Marthe Cohn, Jewish WW2 spy
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 142: Henry Kaiser, Pioneering WW2 shipbuilder
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 141: Consuelo Bailey, America’s first female lt. governor
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 140: Dr. Lucian Leape champion in the field of patient safety
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 139: Benjamin Banneker, surveyor of Washington, DC.
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 138: Raymond Trautman, the U.S. Army's Chief Librarian during World War II
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 137: James Spangler, inventor of the vacuum cleaner
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 136: Mary Gaillard, a pioneering theoretical physicist
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 135: Mary Walton – The Woman Who Silenced the Smokestacks
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 134: Deborah Sampson — a hero of the American Revolution
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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“That’s One for the History Books” ep. 133: Leo Gerstenzang, inventor of the Q-Tip
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 132: Peter Lax, Ph.D., applied mathematics to tasks from designing staples of our nuclear deterrent
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 131: Harriet Strong, Inventor of dam and reservoir construction and irrigation systems
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 130: Ed Smylie, NASA engineer who applied duct tape and ingenuity to rescue Apollo 13
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 129: Matthew Leonard, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 128: Roy Plunkett, Ph.D.: Inventor or Teflon
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 127: Hymen Lipman, inventor of the pencil eraser
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 126: Elmer McCollum, Ph.D.: Discoverer of Vitamins A and D
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 125: Thomas Jennings, inventor of dry cleaning
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 124: Mary Katharine Goddard, the woman who signed the Declaration of Independence
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 123: Senda Berenson Abbott, “Mother of Women’s Basketball”
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 122: Ernest Cuneo, America's First WWII Spy
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 121: Joseph Friedman, inventor of the straw
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 120: Willy Ley, “the prophet of the space age.”
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 119: Joe Ronnie Hooper, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 118: Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 117: William Lawrence, inventor of Cream Cheese
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 116: Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, Gettysburg Hero
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 115: Dr. Charles Kelman, revolutionized cataract surgery
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 114: Record Edmund Randolph, first U.S. Attorney General
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. Ep. 113: Walter Hunt, inventor of the safety pin
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. Ep. 112: Dr. Peter Safar, developer of CPR
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. Ep. 111: Richard Gridley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 110: Thomas Jenckes, creator of the US Dept of Justice
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 109: Louis Aronson, inventor of the Ronson Lighter
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 108: Rudolph Fisher, luminary of the Harlem Renaissance
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 107: Desmond Doss, Medal of Honor recipient
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 106: Iris Cummings Critchell, aviator in the WWII WASPs
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 105: Margaret E. Knight, inventor of flat-bottom paper bags
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 104: Loretta Ford, founder of the nurse practitioner program
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 103: James Armistead Lafayette, George Washington’s spy
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May 28, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 102: Charles Bonaparte, founder of the FBI
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May 21, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 101: Vivian Thomas, a pioneer in surgery
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May 14, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 100: Victor Hugo Green, author of the Green Book
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May 07, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 99: Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American rights advocate
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 98: Henry Alsberg, head of the WPA Federal Writers Program, and Holger Cahill, head of the WPA Federal Artists Program
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 97: York, American explorer
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 96: Admiral William Leahy, WW2 Chief of Staff
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 95: Marie van Brittan Brown, inventor of home security systems
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 94: Alvan Earle Bovay, founder of the Republican Party
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 93: Sarah “Tabitha” Babbitt, inventor of the circular saw
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 92: Phillip Anderson, inventor an electronic anti-theft system
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 91: Ida Forbes, inventor of electric hot water heater
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 90: Dr. Raymond Damadian, inventor of the MRI
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 89: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, inventor of the sanitary belt
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 88: John Glover, George Washington’s ferryman
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 87: Omar Knedlik, inventor of the Slushee
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 86: Elizabeth Freeman, first slave to successfully sue for her freedom under the Massachusetts state constitution
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 85: Morris Frank, a trailblazer in the world of guide dogs for the blind
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 84: Charlie Moss, creator of “I LOVE NY” tourism campaign
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 83: Garrett Morgan, African American inventor
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 82: Betty Prashker, trail blazing editor and publisher
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 81: Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, first African American MASH Chief of Surgery
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 80: Frances Glessner Lee, founder of modern forensic science
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 79: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, performed the first successful open-heart surgery
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 78: Curt Flood, MLB star, legal activist & civil rights advocate
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 77: Josephine Rodgers Miller Slyder, “the Baker of Gettysburg”
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 76: Sybil Ludington, "the female Paul Revere”
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 75: Nancy Green
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 75: Nancy Green
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 74: Edwin Drake
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 73: Sylvan N. Goldman
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 72: Julius Arthur Nieuwland
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 71: Sam Born
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 70: John Pass and John Stow
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books podcast ep 69: David Yuengling
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 68: Robert Fechner
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 67: Josephine Cochrane
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 66: Christopher Sholes
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 65: Tom Wiggins
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 64: Harriet Jacobs
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 63: Judith Resnik
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep62: Claude Shannon
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 61: Yuri Kochiyama
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 60: Carl Schurz
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 59: Mary Anderson
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 58: Jules Stein
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 57: Alfred James Reach
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 56: Jay Cooke
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 55: Henrietta Lacks
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 54: Peter Cooper
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 53: Mary Golda Ross
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 52: Katharine Burr Blodgett
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep51: Marie Mason Potts
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 50: Henry Morris, hero on the Weekapaug Breachway
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May 29, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep49: Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser
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May 22, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 48: Bradford Parkinson
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May 15, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 47: Jacob Estey
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May 08, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 46: Dr. George Nicholas Papanicolaou
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May 01, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 45: Dr. Ben Salomon
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep.44: Ottmar Mergenthaler
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 43: Mordechei Sheffall
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 42: Dr. William Camac
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 41: Roy Allen
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 40: Stephanie Louise Kwolek
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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“That’s One for the History Books” ep 39: Dr. Phillip Moses Russell
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 38: Dr. Frederick Mohs
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep37: Vesta Stoudt
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 36: Annie Jump Cannon
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 35: James Forten
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 34: John A. Roebling
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 33: Frederick McKinley Jones
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 32: Samuel Alderson
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 31: Fritz Pollard
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 30: Agnes Meyer Driscoll
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 29: Frank Epperson
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 28: Howard Aiken
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 27: Alice Coachman
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 26: John Philip Holland
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books Ep 25: Victoria Woodhull
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 24: G. Robert Blakey
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 23: Lyda Conley
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 22: Dr. Frances Kelsey
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 21: Dr. Charles Drew
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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That' One for the History Books ep 20: Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep. 19: Malcolm McLean
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep. 18: Danny Cohen
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep. 17: Billy Ingram
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 16: Paul Brodeur
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 15: Mary Bowser
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 14: Candido Jacuzzi
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 13: Virginia Hall
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 12: Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 11: William Rosenberg
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 10: Russell Sugarmon
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 9: George Crum
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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That’s One for the History Books ep 8: Joseph Glidden
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books Ep 7: Sergeant-Major Abraham Cohn
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 6: Kate Warne
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books ep 5: Haym Salomon
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books Ep 4: Mabel Walker Willebrandt
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books Ep. 3: William Stetson Kennedy
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books, Ep. 2: Maxwell Rabb
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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That's One for the History Books, Ep. 1 - US Senator Winston Prouty
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Jun 21, 2023 |