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⚡Tesla Electrifies the World
Nikola Tesla lit up Philadelphia, shooting sparks and lighting bulbs, offering a glimpse of the powered world to come.
🩺When America Almost Had Universal Healthcare
How universal healthcare was nearly enacted under FDR, only to face fierce opposition from the AMA.
🤔Could the Challenger Disaster Have Been Prevented?
On a freezing Florida morning, NASA launches Challenger despite engineer warnings. How did it happen, and what happened in the aftermath?
💥How to Stop an Avalanche? Blow Up a Mountain
Alta, Utah launches its first ski lift in 1939, sparking a need for extreme measures—including explosives—to control deadly avalanches.
🗣️In Order to Form a More Tongue-Tied Union
Transforming solemn political promises into a verbal obstacle course
🎈Cleveland Balloonfest ’86
Launching 1.5 million balloons ... what could go wrong?
⏳A Most Taxing Delay
Why, oh why, do we wait? Tax procrastination and its costly psychological underpinnings.
🎤Ma Rainey's Mic Drop
Blues legend Ma Rainey turns scandal into song, recording her defiant "Prove It On Me Blues" in 1928 after rumors swirl about a raided party.
🦕The Bone Wars
A bitter rivalry that unearthed dinosaurs and ignited a national obsession.
🕊️Bayard Rustin Marches Free
Pacifist Bayard Rustin marches free this week in 1946. Fresh from prison, his path leads to Gandhi and mentoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
🗳️Reconstruction IV - Voting Rights At Last
A century after the 15th Amendment, the Civil Rights movement challenges Congress to finally deliver on the promise of voting rights for all Americans.
✊🏾Reconstruction III - W.E.B. Du Bois' Black Reconstruction
Uncover W.E.B. Du Bois' revolutionary 1935 critique, *Black Reconstruction*, which reframed the post-Civil War era and challenged biased histories.
⚖️Reconstruction I - Secession on Trial
Jefferson Davis's capture ignites a crucial question — How do you put secession itself on trial?
⚖️Ethel Rosenberg's Day in Court
Courtroom drama as Ethel Rosenberg faces espionage charges, awaiting a verdict that seals her and her husband's fate.
✊Claudette Colvin Didn't Give Up Her Seat
The 15-year-old arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks' famous act.
⚾️Black Baseball Goes Pro
On Feb 13, 1920, Rube Foster led the charge against exclusion, gathering owners to forge a professional league exclusively for Black baseball players.
🤝‘Together in Our Differences’
New Pluralists are uniting activists, storytellers and funders to explore the paradox and promise of American diversity
😰How Lincoln Almost Lost it All
Union hopes hang on a risky bridge at Fredericksburg in December 1862. Discover how this desperate battle nearly costs Lincoln everything.
🤔Thanksgiving Reconsidered
Reconsider Thanksgiving's history by exploring the Wampanoag story and a crucial 1970 protest challenging the traditional narrative.
🙏The Strangest Gathering of Men
Explore the 1893 Parliament of World Religions where a Hindu monk holds a Chicago audience spellbound. A truly strange, historic gathering.
🌳The Road Less Traveled
Journey back to August 1915 as Robert Frost publishes "The Road Not Taken," forever changing American poetry with its famous diverging roads.
🥇Jesse Owens Takes Germany
Jesse Owens challenges Hitler's Nazi regime at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, running into history and defying racial hatred on the world stage.
🏳Two Fathers, One Fight
Two fathers challenge norms and win adoption rights for gay couples, celebrating their love with a groundbreaking Father’s Day wedding in 1998.
🏛️Watergate from the Inside
Step inside the Watergate break-in. Explore why Nixon's team thought they could succeed in this HISTORY podcast episode on the infamous scandal.
🧙Witches Among Us
Witness the grim 1692 execution of Bridget Bishop in Salem. Discover the chilling history behind the witch trials via the linked, fact-checked podcast.
🏚️The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street
The history of Tulsa's thriving Black Wall Street and the devastating 1921 race massacre that violently destroyed this community.
Sojourner's Truth
In 1851 Akron, Sojourner Truth delivers a powerful speech at the Women's Rights Convention, demanding true inclusion for *all* women.
🔍Not My Fingerprint
A single fingerprint nearly convicts an innocent man. HISTORY This Week revisits Brandon Mayfield's wrongful arrest for the Madrid train bombings.
🚂The Chinese Immigrants Who Built America
The heroes of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
🥀Mother's Day Mayhem
Discover the surprising story of Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis. See how her promise to honor her mother sparked a lifelong battle against the holiday itself.
✊Fighting for 504
Uncover the longest non-violent occupation of a US federal building, where disability activists demanded enforcement of Section 504 civil rights in 1977.
💵Killing the Gold Standard
It's 1933. FDR gathers advisors late at night. He's about to announce a plan that kills the gold standard and alters US economic history.
✊🏿Sitting In for Civil Rights
Explore the Greensboro sit-ins where four brave freshmen challenged segregation at Woolworth's. Hear the story via the HISTORY podcast I fact-checked.
⚖️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.
🗳️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.
🏆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.
🕊️What Counts As Religious Experience?
A new survey framework aims to give researchers better tools to compare extraordinary human experiences.
🏰The King and the Cathedral
Celebrating King Abdullah II’s call for Muslims — and others — to enact their love of God and neighbor
📢FIRE’s Speech, Outreach, Advocacy, and Research Project
Longtime free speech advocates are working to keep the First Amendment relevant — and robustly protected — on college campuses
🏛️Stanford Religious Liberty Clinic
Discover how Stanford Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic, in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, pioneers full-time legal education for defending and understanding religious freedoms.
🇺🇸Coalition of Freedom
Twenty-first-century tools are making the United States’ founding document easier than ever to explore and understand
📚Eight Things You Might Not Know about Booker T. Washington
For starters, he chose his own last name.
🚀What was the first animal in space?
Discover how fruit flies became the first astronauts, bravely soaring into space in 1947 to unlock secrets of cosmic rays.
🥧The History of Pumpkin Pie
Discover the rich history of pumpkin pie, a staple that dates back to 5,500 B.C. and symbolizes American tradition and celebration.
⚡Nine Things You May Not Know About Nikola Tesla
Discover nine surprising facets of Nikola Tesla's life, from mystical visions to fierce conflicts with Edison.
🍔Where Hamburgers Began—and How They Became an Iconic American Food
Discover the hamburger's journey from ancient Mesopotamia to American icon, tracing its roots through centuries of history and culture.