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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.

Latest Episodes:

The night America burned Mar 06, 2019

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The deadliest wildfire in U.S. history wasn’t in California.

Was Mary Todd Lincoln a leaker? Mar 05, 2019

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President Abraham Lincoln had to worry about the first lady being a leaker, and it was quite a scandal.

The forbidden question Mar 04, 2019

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If the order for a nuclear attack is issued, the soldiers operating the launch machine have no choice but to fire. Or do they?

The best birthday card ever Mar 01, 2019

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In 1926, the United States received a birthday card signed by 5.5 million Polish people.

The houses built by slaves Feb 28, 2019

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Buildings that stand as symbols of American democracy - the White House, Mount Vernon and Monticello, to name a few - were erected with the labor of those who were not free.

How are you, Grandmama? Feb 27, 2019

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A dog and a cadaver deserve credit for their contributions to the invention of the telephone.

The crooked picture Feb 26, 2019

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Jesse James, the most famous outlaw in history, was eventually foiled by a picture hanging crooked on a wall.

The Limping Lady Feb 25, 2019

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President Trump made history when he nominated a woman to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But while a woman leading the CIA was once unthinkable, female spies have made enormous, overlooked contributions in espionage.

And the winner is... Feb 22, 2019

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Oscars night is probably the one moment around the world when people become really interested in envelopes.

What hath God wrought? Feb 21, 2019

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The history of social media began in 1844, when Samuel F.B. Morse sent a message from Washington to Baltimore. It said, "What hath God wrought?"