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)
When Ukraine Fought Back
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The "Crying Indian" Ad
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The Secret Abortion Conference
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The LSD No-No
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How The Joker Came To Be
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Pirates of the Metric System
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A UFO in the Southwestern Sky
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A Notorious Life After Death
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300 Years of the American Tween
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Korea’s Olympic Dream
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The Nazi Hunter
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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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The Last Queen of Hawaii
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A New Sheriff in Town
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The Sweet, but Deadly, Disaster
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The Kings of Drag
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, Guilty As Charged
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The Beanie Baby Craze
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World’s Most Famous Virgins
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Where Are My Background Singers?
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How To Invent A Holiday
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Sabotaging Thanksgiving
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This Is Not Past It
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Murder in Ogoniland
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Ma Barker’s True Crime
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King Tut Died for Tourism
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Houdini: The OG Ghostbuster
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What’s Haunting The Lake ?
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Hooked on Black Horror
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The Witch of Delray
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How The Green M&M Got Sexy
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💩🌠The Birth of Emojis 😂🤰🏾
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Zsa Zsa Slaps a Cop
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9/11 Makes Me Uncomfortable
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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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Secret Billboard Chart Topper from Crime Show
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The Olympic GOAT Gets Snubbed
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The Notorious Ma Barker
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Bitch, I’m an Astrophysicist
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Small Town Secession
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United States of Illuminati
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Rated PG-13 for Sex and Violence
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Nazi Battle to Pop Musical?
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The Paris Hilton Sex Tape
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The LSD No-Hitter
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The Vax That Got Axed
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A Race for a Better Breakfast
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