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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 U.S. government recruited black men to watch them die Jul 25, 2019

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The Tuskegee syphilis experiment is a horrific piece of American history.

The femme fatale Jul 24, 2019

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For the past 100 years, Mata Hari has been revered as the quintessential glamorous spy. But the real Mata Hari was much more complicated.

The congressman who shot a waiter Jul 23, 2019

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A hungry congressman didn’t get the breakfast he ordered. So he shot the waiter.

The children's crusade Jul 22, 2019

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The movement organized by survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., is not the first time that kids have taken a stand. H

Introducing Moonrise Jul 19, 2019

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Host Lillian Cunningham's next podcast explores the real story of why we went to the moon -- a darker, but truer story than the one you've heard before. Listen to this trailer, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app or at washingtonpost.com/moonrise

The time Truman met with Stalin and it went well Jul 18, 2019

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Back in 1941, a get-together that should have been fraught with uneasiness didn't turn out that way, which is surprising given the participants: President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin.

Mrs. Graham Jul 17, 2019

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Katherine Graham's leadership in the decision to release the Pentagon Papers was the subject of the Stephen Spielberg film "The Post." But it was her leadership during the pressman's strike in 1975 that is perhaps the most gripping moment of her life.

The storied past of Alderson federal women's prison Jul 16, 2019

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The Alderson Federal Prison Camp has a history filled with powerful women. Some pushed for the prison to be built. Others served time there.

The deaf men who helped NASA send humans to space Jul 15, 2019

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In a largely forgotten experiment, a group of students from Gallaudet University spent years helping NASA understand the mechanisms of motion sickness and how to prevent it.

The first shark attacks Jul 12, 2019

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For most of American history, no one was scared of sharks. One week--and one shark--changed people's opinions of the marine creatures.

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