Retropod

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Education
**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:

John Brown's prophecy May 14, 2018

Show notes

Abolitionist John Brown wrote made a prophecy before he was executed.

She spent years fighting to create Mother's Day, then lost everything trying to protect it May 11, 2018

Show notes

Anna Jarvis would absolutely hate what Mother's Day has become.

The Sullivan brothers May 10, 2018

Show notes

Five brothers fought and died together on the same ship during World War II. Their final resting place was discovered earlier this year.

Lee Harvey Oswald's final hours before killing Kennedy May 09, 2018

Show notes

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy devastated the nation. But the day before the shooting was just a normal day. It was particularly calm and uneventful for the gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald.

To ban a "Mockingbird" May 08, 2018

Show notes

Harper Lee's classic novel has been causing controversy for as long as its been in print. Here's a look at the history of banning "To Kill a Mockingbird."

The original Alcoholics Anonymous book was auctioned for millions, but its author was never paid May 07, 2018

Show notes

The original manuscript was auctioned off for $2.4 million this weekend to an NFL owner, after almost a year of legal wrangling.

May the Fourth be with you May 04, 2018

Show notes

Mark Hamill himself shares stories from Star Wars history. You can hear the full interview with Hamill on the Cape Up podcast with Jonathan Capehart.

The battle between Old Waddy and the press May 03, 2018

Show notes

Believe it or not, the relationship between politicians and the press has been worse. A lot worse.

Were the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler friends? May 02, 2018

Show notes

Was the duke a Nazi sympathizer? Did he plot to dethrone his brother, King George VI? Did he really suggest more German bombing of Britain might end World War II?

Need a job? Ask Ulysses S. Grant May 01, 2018

Show notes

Grant had an impressive resume on the battlefield, he was known to be a patsy when it came to helping job hunters. People used to walk right into the White House and ask the president to find them a job

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Retropod

Related Podcasts

1

2

3

4

5

6