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June 13, 2019 The unlikely start of the Boy Scout movement
The Boy Scout movement began 110 years ago on a tiny island just off the southern coast of England.
5 min
June 12, 2019 Eartha Kitt confronted the first lady and it nearly ruined her career
At a White House luncheon, actress Eartha Kitt would not let the president or the first lady avoid the issue of the Vietnam War. She paid a heavy price for her boldness.
6 min
June 11, 2019 The 'temporary insanity' legal defense started with an affair
If you love gossip, drama and D.C. politics -- this story is the gift that keeps on giving.
5 min
June 10, 2019 Eisenhower’s famous speech to U.S. troops the day before D-Day
On the day before D-Day, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a speech to the troops that totally masked how nervous he actually was.
5 min
June 07, 2019The painter who became the CIA’s master of disguise
The spy business is all about masking the truth. One CIA agent’s deceptions and sham identities were so enterprising that he earned the nickname “Master of Disguise."
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The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
11 min
June 06, 2019The ax that killed Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin wanted his political rival dead. When bullets didn’t do the job, his intelligence service tried something even more gruesome.
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10 min
June 05, 2019That time the CIA stole a Russian submarine
When a Russian sub sank at the height of the Cold War, the CIA got help from Howard Hughes and created a fictitious mining operation to snag the vessel at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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10 min
June 04, 2019The pistols that almost fell from the sky
During World War II, U.S. intelligence operatives devised a plan to airdrop one-shot handguns, nicknamed the Liberator pistol, to allies in Europe in hopes of ending the war quickly.
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6 min
June 03, 2019The rat that helped win the Cold War
In the first of a weeklong series of episodes about spies, subterfuge and intelligence, a look at how the CIA used dead rats to send secret messages in the former Soviet Union.
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8 min
May 31, 2019 The test that changed childbirth
In the 1950s, Dr. Virginia Apgar created a quick test that nurses have since performed on millions of babies just after birth. She is considered one of the most important figures in modern medicine — a world that almost pushed her away.
7 min

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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,…