Retropod

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Retropod episodes

April 03, 2019 Last Seen Ads
After the Civil War, formerly enslaved people placed notices in black-owned newspapers across the country to find their loved ones.
7 min
April 02, 2019 Earthrise
On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolizes hope and inspired environmentalism.
5 min
April 01, 2019 George Taliaferro, the first black player drafted to the NFL
He thought being drafted into the National Football League was so unlikely that he signed with an African American league team. Then, the NFL called.
6 min
March 29, 2019 The first 'Queen of the Air'
Four years before Amelia Earhart ever got into a plane, Ruth Law was already making a name for herself in the skies.
6 min
March 28, 2019 A spy in the Confederate White House
During the American Civil War, a former slave smuggled secrets from the Confederate President to help the North to victory. Her name was Mary Bowser.
7 min
March 27, 2019 The nurse who picked up a rifle
During World War I, British nurse Flora Sandes put down her nurses bag to fight with the Serbian Army.
5 min
March 26, 2019 The 'Night Witches'
During World War II, around 80 Russian women took to the skies and risked their lives to fight against the Germans.
5 min
March 25, 2019 The extraordinary life of Civil War veteran Albert Cashier
On August 6, 1862, a shy young man from Belvidere, Illinois, signed up to fight for the North in the Civil War. His name was Albert Cashier.
8 min
March 22, 2019 The first black senator and America’s brief biracial democracy
Hiram Rhodes Revels came to the Senate after the Civil War in a shining moment of triumph — a black man taking over the seat once held by Jefferson Davis. It didn’t last.
6 min
March 21, 2019 Why isn’t lynching illegal?
It is one of the worst expressions of racism in American history. And there’s no federal law to prevent it.
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,…