How the South Won the Civil War
Dr. Heather Cox Richardson explains the historical issues that have underpinned oligarchy,...
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Family Names Changed at Ellis Island
Did your great granny tell you that your family name was Americanized at Ellis Island? Well,...
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Nixon's 1960 Southern Strategy
Historian Timothy Galsworthy explains the details and complications of the famous Republican...
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Winston Churchill, Alexander Fleming, and Penicillin
One of the absolute best stories flying around the web is the one where a young Scottish farmer...
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The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism
Dr. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox tells us how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for...
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Mussolini Didn't Make the Trains Run on Time
"At least Mussolini made the trains run on time" is one of history's biggest myths. More...
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"History Disrupted" by Social Media and the Web
Jason Steinhauer joins us to talk over the brilliant ideas and analyses in his new book, "History...
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J. Edgar Hoover – Crossdresser? Monday Myth to Start the Week!
The "fact" that J. Edgar Hoover (director of the FBI) was a cross-dresser is well-known and...
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Should old acquaintance be forgot? What? Should we forget old friends? What does Auld Lang Syne...
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The 12 Days of Christmas - a Secret Song?
Legend has is that there were special, secret meanings behind the lyrics in the famous Christmas...
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Christmas: Commercialism, FDR, the Nazis, and Beyond!
Professor Philip Nash explains the complexities of the celebration and commercialism of Christmas...
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Professor Phil Nash joins us to explain the myths and misconceptions about December 7th, 1941, as...
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1947 Radio Play - It's a Wonderful Life
I mentioned on the show the other day that "It's a Wonderful Life" was re-done as a radio play a...
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” Myths an
One of the most popular movies of all time, “It’s a Wonderful Life” (starring Jimmy Stewart and...
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Ben Franklin and the Turkey - Thanksgiving Myths!
One of the legendary stories that re-appear during Thanksgiving season is that no less a luminary...
08:49
American Thanksgiving - Encore!
The Pilgrims and Native Americans sat down on the fourth Thursday of November in 16-something and...
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Richard Tregaskis: Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
Historian Ray Boomhower, one of our most popular guests, tells us the story of war correspondent...
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Bonus! Original 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Drama
Buzzkillers have asked us to play the original 1938 radio drama, War of the Worlds, that...
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1938 "War of the Worlds" Panic
A 1938 radio play based on H.G. Wells' novel, The War of the Worlds, supposedly panicked America....
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Americans "Bailing Out" the French Myth
Did the United States really “bail the French out in two world wars,” or is it a blustering,...
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