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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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New York's mad bomber Oct 29, 2018

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In 1956, New York City’s bomb squad used criminal profiling to catch a terrorist known as “The Mad Bomber.”

The sword pulled from history Oct 26, 2018

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An 8-year-old found an ancient sword in a Swedish lake. Does that make her the queen?

A love supreme: Ruth Bader and Martin Ginsburg Oct 25, 2018

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She was short. He was tall. Her family wasn't well off. His was. She was a worrier. He had not a care in the world. If you looked up mismatch in the dictionary, Ruth Bader and Martin D. Ginsburg fit the definition perfectly.

The unstoppable Fannie Lou Hamer Oct 24, 2018

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Civil rights crusader Fannie Lou Hamer rivaled Martin Luther King Jr. in her command of audiences.

The Sultan of Swat wasn’t always known as a slugger Oct 23, 2018

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Before becoming a legendary big hitter, Babe Ruth was one of baseball’s best from the mound.

Big Bird and the genius inside Oct 22, 2018

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Caroll Spinney and his iconic character were inseparable for almost 50 years.

Woodrow Wilson's secret letters to another woman Oct 19, 2018

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Family and friends had known about the president’s intimate relationship with Mary Peck for years, but whispers about their involvement were growing.

The metamorphosis of Jackie O Oct 18, 2018

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As Jacqueline Kennedy transitioned from wife-in-chief to widow-in-mourning, there was tension between whom she had been and whom she was allowed to become.

The body of Emmett Till Oct 17, 2018

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Emmett Till’s mother opened his casket and sparked the civil rights movement.

The photographer and the busboy Oct 16, 2018

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Photographer Boris Yaro shot the photo of Bobby Kennedy lying fatally wounded in the arms of Juan Romero, a busboy. The photo would haunt both of them.

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