HISTORY This Week
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This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history. A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episode will give you a new perspective on how history is written. Stay up-to-date at historythisweekpodcast.com and to get in touch, email us at historythisweek@hi...
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Episodes (633)
Operation Mincemeat Revisited | Episode + Bonus Interview with Natasha Hodgson
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Superman Takes Flight
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The Colosseum Becomes a Wonder | A Conversation with Barry Strauss & Alison Futr...
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The Forgotten Mentor Who Inspired Louis Armstrong
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The Mutiny of Henry Hudson
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"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
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Jumping Off a High Dive on a Horse (While Blind)
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Inside the Nazis’ Supernatural Obsession | A Conversation with Historian Eric Ku...
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How the Whitman Murders Redefined the American West
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A Vicious Beating on the Senate Floor
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A Teenage Girl Saves France
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McDonald’s Before McDonald’s
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Cinco de Mayo’s Civil War Connection
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America’s Cold War Obsession with Greenland
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Trailer: America's Cold War Obsession with Greenland
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A Concubine Rises to Rule China
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Introducing: What We Spend
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"Houston We’ve Had a Problem” (feat. Captain Jim Lovell)
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The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage
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148 Tornadoes in 18 Hours
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Was Ethel Rosenberg A Spy?
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Revenge of the Ronin
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Six Men, Two Bombs, One Grave Injustice
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Introducing: Campus Files
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Freud & Jung: The Original Dream Team
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Hitler Stands Trial
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Tesla Electrifies the World
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America’s Restaurants Meet the Michelin Man
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When America Almost Had Universal Healthcare
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Anatomy of a Campus Heist
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Could the Challenger Disaster Have Been Prevented?
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MLK Bonus: The Civil Rights Children's Crusade
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The Hit Song that Gave Us MLK Day
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How to Stop an Avalanche? Blow Up a Mountain
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Declaring War on Poverty (feat. Doris Kearns Goodwin)
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A New Year, A New Cuba
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The Surprising History of Christmas Gifts (HTW Classic)
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Nosferatu Rises Again (feat. Robert Eggers)
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The President and the King
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Bill W.'s Last Drink and the Birth of Alcoholics Anonymous
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How the Vietnam War Broke Our Trust in Government
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A Toxic Turkey Day
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Thanksgiving Reconsidered
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New York Takes Out the Trash
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Alexander the Great Finds His Destiny
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Japan’s First MLB Player Gets Pulled from the Game
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Breaking the Mars Curse
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The Last Regular Day in Pompeii
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Presenting Gone South Season 4
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Cats Go From Pest to Pet
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