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Retropod episodes

January 23, 2019 A history of hats in the House
In the early days of the House, some congresspeople thought hats had no place atop the heads of representatives debating the great issues of the day. Hats, they argued, weren’t dignified.
6 min
January 22, 2019 The last person to set foot on the moon
When Eugene Cernan walked on the moon, he didn’t know he’d be the last astronaut to make the journey.
5 min
January 21, 2019 How Martin Luther King Jr. got his name
The name on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth certificate was not Martin. Nor did the document include the middle name Luther.
7 min
January 18, 2019 Tenure for life
When Alexander Hamilton argued in favor of lifetime tenures for Supreme Court justices, he probably didn’t foresee them living past their prime.
7 min
January 17, 2019 The hatchet wielding leader of the anti-alcohol movement
More than a century ago, Carry Amelia Nation — hatchet in hand — chopped the country toward temperance.
7 min
January 16, 2019 A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls
Once upon a time, people walked between the U.S. and Canada over a frozen Niagara Falls. But one day, that all changed forever.
6 min
January 15, 2019 The only person Hitler loved
Adolf Hitler's mother may be the only person he genuinely cared for.
5 min
January 14, 2019 A history of the U.S.-Mexico border
For decades, the boundary between Mexico and the United States was little more than an imaginary line in the sand.
7 min
January 11, 2019 A presidential emergency that didn't end well
When a steel industry strike threatened military production during the Korean War, and Congress couldn’t come to an agreement, President Truman had a solution — declare a national emergency.
7 min
January 10, 2019 How Lego took over the toy world
Lego started as a company that made wooden toys, and grew into an empire of plastic building blocks.
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,…