History You Didn't Ask For

History You Didn't Ask For

By Nikki Hensler GordonHistory
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History You Didn't Ask For episodes

  • Cha Cha: The Woman Who Built Drag Racing

    The NHRA spent years trying to keep Shirley Muldowney off the track. She spent those same years winning. This is the story of the first woman licensed to drive a Top Fuel dragster — what it took to get that license, what she did with it, and what the sport did to her legacy after they couldn't stop her anymore.

    11 min
  • I Still Got Americans Out There: The Paris Davis Story

    In 1965, an Army captain disobeyed a direct order in a Vietnamese rice paddy because he wouldn't leave his men behind. His commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor. The paperwork disappeared. Then it disappeared again. This is the story of Colonel Paris Davis and the fifty-eight years between what he did and when the country finally said so out loud.

    12 min

About History You Didn't Ask For

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History You Didn't Ask For is the show that tells the stories they left out of your textbooks. Every episode, one person who built something, broke something open, or changed everything — and…