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Civil War Spies: Mary-Elizabeth Bowser
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In the late 1600s, a financier tried to start a Scottish colony in Panama. Despite English...
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Belle Boyd got her start as a spy in Martinsburg, Virginia, at the age of 17. In 1862, the...
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Riots are a distressingly common part of human history, and the strangest events can trigger...
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Alan Turing, conceived of computers decades before anyone was building one. He also acted as a...
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Bushrangers, a type of bandit, troubled Australia until the late 1800s. Ned Kelly, the most...
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The Copper Kings and the Recluse Heiress
Recently deceased heiress Huguette Clark was reclusive -- she hadn't been photographed since...
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In 1850, James Strang was crowned king of Michigan's Beaver Island. He got the opportunity to...
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Cahokia: North America's First City?
Most people have heard of great South and Central American empires, but Mississippian...
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Princess Caraboo: Imposter from Javasu
When a mysterious woman sporting a turban showed up in England, people took her for a foreign...
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After covering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Deblina and Sarah return to the topic of...
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An Interview with David McCullough
In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough discusses his book "The Greater...
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Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim
Queen Victoria loved two men: Prince Albert, and after his death, her servant, John Brown. Late...
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Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
In the early 1900s, New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist factory was one of the largest blouse...
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It's the three-hundredth episode of your favorite history podcast, and what better way to...
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More Shipwreck Stories: Battleships!
In this all-listener-suggested episode, Deblina and Sarah take a look at why four different...
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Jimmy Winkfield: Derby Pioneer
Jimmy Winkfield won the Kentucky Derby twice, and he was also the last African-American jockey to...
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