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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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And the winner is... Mar 05, 2018

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

Special delivery! Mar 02, 2018

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There’s one thing that you can’t have delivered anymore that was totally normal to send by mail in the early 1900s.

The woman behind Lisa Ben Mar 01, 2018

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Edythe Eyde, also known by her pen name Lisa Ben, was a visionary who fought to make lesbians visible in pop culture decades before most others had the guts to do the same.

The houses built by slaves Feb 28, 2018

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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 the NRA began Feb 27, 2018

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When the NRA was founded in 1871, its primary concern was not gun rights or the Second Amendment.

The rise of supermarkets Feb 26, 2018

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If you’re like most Americans, you probably visit a grocery store once or twice a week. But you probably don’t know that one single grocery item is responsible for the rise of supermarkets as we know them.

The Green Book Feb 23, 2018

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In the 1930s, traveling the nation's highways while black was fraught with peril. One postal worker, Victor Green, wrote a guidebook for African Americans after he faced discrimination on a road trip.

The ice queen Feb 22, 2018

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Sonja Henie won three Olympic gold medals and 10 world championships, and turned her star power into as career as one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars. Meet figure skating's first megastar.

Mrs. Graham Feb 21, 2018

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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 electric rivalry Feb 20, 2018

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To understand the gruesome history of the death penalty, it is essential to comprehend how badly Thomas Edison wanted to zap George Westinghouse.