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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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Winnie and Nelson Mandela's marriage survived prison but not freedom Sep 05, 2019

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Their 38-year marriage endured his incarceration and hers.

The dark history of the pill Sep 04, 2019

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A group of poor women in Puerto Rico were the first test subjects for the birth control pill. Were they guinea pigs or pioneers?

Were the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler friends? Sep 03, 2019

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

The day anti-Vietnam War protesters tried to levitate the Pentagon Sep 02, 2019

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In October 1967, antiwar protesters announced that they would march en masse to the front steps of the Pentagon. and levitate it. And then they would try to levitate it.

The worst presidents Aug 30, 2019

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Besides President Trump, whom do scholars scorn the most?

The surprise hurricane that devastated the Florida Keys Aug 29, 2019

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In 1935, the Florida Keys ignored the threat of a looming hurricane. When the Category 5 storm made landfall, it left a wake of death and destruction.

Being a maverick almost stopped John McCain from becoming a public servant Aug 28, 2019

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At the Naval Academy, McCain was in a group called the “Bad Bunch” as he rebelled against his father’s expectations.

LBJ's political bombshell Aug 27, 2019

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By 1968, things were going badly for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Morale around the Vietnam War was sinking, and in Washington, political sharks were circling.

The most romantic day Aug 26, 2019

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All over the country, couples rushed to Las Vegas to get married. The demand for quickie weddings was at a fever pitch. But it wasn't Cupid's arrow causing the frenzy. It was the Vietnam War.

The French aviators who almost beat Charles Lindbergh Aug 23, 2019

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In 1927, the world watched as two French aviators attempted the world’s first transatlantic flight.

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