Retropod

By The Washington Post

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,... more

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The podcast currently has 488 episodes available.

Retropod episodes:

November 28, 2018 The trials and tribulations of being a cat
Cats have endured some really mean stuff throughout history. Dogs should be thankful.
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3min
November 27, 2018 Then they came for me
Martin Niemoller's simple and haunting words are often quoted in moments of intolerance. The story behind them is much more complicated.
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5min
November 26, 2018 A brief history of presidents visiting troops in combat
Presidents throughout history have visited battlefields to better grasp conditions, reverse public doubt and signal that the country took war efforts seriously.
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6min
November 21, 2018 Benjamin Franklin’s complicated relationship with turkeys
Benjamin Franklin, the most colorful of America's Founding Fathers, had a misunderstood, electrical and ultimately homicidal relationship with turkeys.
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6min
November 20, 2018 The Green Book
In the 1930s, traveling the nation's highways while black was fraught with peril. One postal worker, Victor Green, wrote a guidebook for African Americans after he faced discrimination on a road trip.
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6min
November 19, 2018 The origins of the Unknown Soldier
The story of how the anonymous soldier came to rest inside the famous tomb is almost as unknown as his identity.
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7min
November 16, 2018 Mark Twain's complicated relationship with the typewriter
Mark Twain first laid eyes on a “newfangled typing machine,” as he called it, sometime in the early 1870s.
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6min
November 15, 2018 Food stamps were born out of a surplus of food
The idea of food stamps was born out of a complicated paradox.
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7min
November 14, 2018 William Rehnquist's proposal to Sandra Day O'Connor
Rehnquist proposed. O'Connor said no.
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5min
November 13, 2018 The first lady who couldn’t get her memoir published
Julia Grant didn't a have particularly good experience in the world of publishing. In fact, her memoir wasn’t even published in her lifetime.
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6min

FAQs about Retropod:

How many episodes does Retropod have?

The podcast currently has 488 episodes available.