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)
Japanese Americans Report Behind Barbed Wire
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The Great Big Butter Battle
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‘The Beatles of Prank Calls’
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Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty
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The Price of Blood
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‘Come On Barbie, Let’s Go Party’
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#OscarsSoWhat?
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Who Let The Underdogs Out
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F*** Your Slave Laws
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Conviction: Who’s 40 Grand Not Tempting To?
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TV’s Hail Mary Pass
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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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American Terror: The Farm
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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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Election Trivia Smackdown
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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 Ax’
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#13 Kenny from 'Heavyweight'
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From Corsets to Climate Change
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Remember TGIF?
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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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Colonists, Criminals, and Nic Cage
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Tricky Dick Saves the Beach
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On Wednesdays We Buy Companies
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Every Little Thing: Behind the Pom Poms
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Reefer Racism
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The First ‘Test Tube’ Baby
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Operation Ice Pick
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Live Aid Rocks the World
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Beefcakes and Bulges: Playgirl Magazine
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'You Are Killing Women'
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Tour de Pride
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The Gay History of Camels
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The Boys Are Back!
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Still No HIV Vax
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The Scopes ’Monkey Trial'
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What A Difference A Year Makes
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The Nazi Hunter 2: The Capture
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No More Cinco de Drinko
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