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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 Saturday Night Massacre Sep 20, 2019

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The one night that changed President Nixon’s fate has stuck with us as a reminder of the limits of presidential power.

How a solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famous Sep 19, 2019

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It may be hard to believe, but one single event rocketed Einstein to fame.

How a renovation made the Supreme Court a friendlier place Sep 18, 2019

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One simple change to how the Supreme Court bench was designed made a world of difference to how the justices communicated.

The heroine of Lime Rock Lighthouse Sep 17, 2019

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Ida Lewis saved as many as 25 people during her service at the lighthouse. But her deeds have largely been forgotten.

The assassin who wore braids and killed Nazis Sep 13, 2019

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Freddie Oversteegen was 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance.

Colonel Blood, the scoundrel who tried to steal Great Britain's crown jewels Sep 12, 2019

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Thomas Blood had somewhat of a shady past. According to Ireland’s History magazine, he had a reputation for espionage and conducting terrorist campaigns — though many of his plans were foiled just in time.

The rookie pilot who was ready to give her life on Sept. 11 Sep 11, 2019

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Heather Penney was among the first female combat pilots in the country. On Sept. 11, 2001, she got a mission: Bring down the fourth hijacked plane hurtling towards Washington.

Between Lincoln and Washington, only one was a great poet Sep 10, 2019

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Both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln wrote poetry. But only one had a way with words.

The Nazi stone Sep 09, 2019

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A mysterious stone memorial was found in 2006 in Washington, D.C. But who placed a memorial to Nazi spies on government property? And why?

Paul Jennings, the former slave who disputed a legend from history Sep 06, 2019

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According to James Madison’s Virginia mansion Montpelier, Paul Jennings’ account reveals, “how the racial and gender hierarchies of the time complicate the way we understand roles in historic events.”

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