Not Past It
Ever wonder why the world is the way it is? Like, 1000s of years of humanity and this is the version of the world we came up with. This one? Same. Each Wednesday on Not Past It host Simone Polanen will pick a moment from that very same week in history -- and tell you how it shaped our lives today.
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Episodes (200)
‘The Beatles of Prank Calls’
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Pirates of the Metric System
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A UFO in the Southwestern Sky
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#OscarsSoWhat?
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300 Years of the American Tween
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Who Let the Underdogs Out?
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F*** Your Slave Laws
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We Found Love In A Historical Place
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Balto Wasn't the (Only) Hero
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Real Housewives, Real History!
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The Saloon Smasher
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Big Tobacco's Minty Rebrand
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We're Off To See The Wiz
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The Glow Down of the Green M&M
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Undercover at the Debutante Ball
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Santa Snafu
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Where Are My Background Singers?
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Wax Heads Will Roll
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Sabotaging the 'History' of Thanksgiving
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Oklahoma Is Not O.K.
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There's No Girls in Baseball
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King Tut Died for Tourism
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Frankenstein's Teen Mom
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When Josephine Baker Had Enough
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Lizzie Borden Took an Axe
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The Witch of Delray
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From Corsets to Climate Change
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Past Perfect: Simone's New Trivia Podcast!
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Mary Kay and the Rise of the Pink MLM
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Are You Smarter Than a Podcast Host?
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Your Beanie Babies Are Worthless
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The Enron Whistleblower
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Woodstock 69: A Peaceful Disaster
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Science Vs: Behind the Scenes of Oppenheimer
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Reefer Racism
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The First 'Test Tube' Baby
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Bitch, I'm an Astrophysicist
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Live Aid Rocks the World
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Beefcakes and Bulges: Playgirl Magazine
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Rate PG-13 for Sex and Violence
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Nazi Battle to Pop Musical?
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It's In A Book
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The LSD No-No
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Tour de Pride
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Never Goodbye, Always See Ya Later
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Guillotines to Hollywood Dreams
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Where the Child Stars Are
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AI’s Ultimate Checkmate
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She Got Game
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History Lessons from Hollywood
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