🎙️ Podcasts

• 🏆Best Stories of 2020

  Explore the top HISTORY This Week podcast stories from 2020. Producers and researchers reveal favorite episodes and behind-the-scenes info.

• ⚖️Stealing the Presidency

  Chaos in the 1876 election! A candidate concedes defeat, but overnight maneuvers snatch the presidency from the apparent winner.

• ☣️Anthrax Attacks

  Explore the unsettling 2001 Anthrax attacks. A seemingly innocent letter unleashes terror in the U.S. Senate, igniting fear across the nation.

• 📜No Representation, No Peace

  Explore the 1765 Stamp Act Congress, where colonial delegates first unite against British taxes – a crucial early step toward independence.

• 🎧The Birth of Hip Hop

  Travel back to a legendary Bronx party on August 11, 1973, where DJ Kool Herc's innovative performance ignites the birth of hip hop culture.

• 📜Convert or Leave

  Go behind the scenes fact-checking The History Channel's 'Convert or Leave' podcast and explore the stark historical choices faced by communities.

• 🗳️Freedom Summer, 1964

  Freedom Summer, 1964, a pivotal turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Get insights from fact-checking a History Channel podcast episode.

• 🏴Captain Kidd and the Nazis

  Was Captain Kidd truly a pirate? Unravel his controversial execution and discover an unexpected connection involving the Nazis.

• 🧬The DNA Debate

  Dive into the DNA debate. Discover the untold story of Rosalind Franklin and the politics behind one of science's biggest breakthroughs.

• 🏆The Legacy of an Oscar

  Hattie McDaniel's groundbreaking 1940 Oscar win, its complicated legacy, and the fifty-year mystery surrounding the missing award.

• 🍎The Apple Ad That Changed the World

  Dive into the history of the Apple ad claimed to change the world, fact-checking garage myths and early company details for HISTORY This Week.