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**Retropod**

Retropod is a show for history-lovers, featuring stories about the past, rediscovered. Host Mike Rosenwald introduces you to history’s most colorful characters – forgotten heroes, overlooked villains, dreamers, explorers, world changers.

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The day the nation's capital welcomed the KKK Aug 08, 2019

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In 1925, 30,000 Klansmen descended on Washington, D.C. The city cheered their arrival.

The man and the coconut that saved JFK Aug 07, 2019

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William Liebenow rescued John F. Kennedy from an island filled with coconuts.

The first daughters Aug 06, 2019

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Ivanka Trump might be the only first daughter in American history to score a West Wing office, but she’s not the first presidential daughter to wield power in the White House.

The time a senator won an Emmy for grilling witnesses at a hearing Aug 05, 2019

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In 1951, a televised Senate hearing caught America’s attention.

The fact and fiction of Prince Philip Aug 02, 2019

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The most recent British royal wedding puts all eyes on the Windsor family. But perhaps no royal is as controversial as Harry's grandfather, Prince Philip.

What Operation Pied Piper taught us about family separations Aug 01, 2019

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Millions of British children were evacuated from London and other cities to escape the horrors of war. But the family separations seemed to impart long-term trauma that was in many cases as severe as if they had stayed behind and faced the bombs.

The teen who tied a Virginia election Jul 31, 2019

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In 1971, Stephen Burns was 18 years old and a newly minted voter. He was so jazzed to be a part of the Democratic process.

The books the presidents read Jul 30, 2019

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People have long been fascinated by the books presidents choose to read. But how much do reading habits actually reveal about a president?

How God became part of the pledge Jul 29, 2019

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For over 50 years, the phrase “under God” was not a part of the Pledge of Allegiance. One sermon changed that.

How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating the military Jul 26, 2019

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When Harry Truman became president in 1945, Southern members of Congress were delighted. They thought he’d be sympathetic to segregationists. He proved them wrong.

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