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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How many episodes does Retropod have?

The podcast currently has 488 episodes available.

Retropod episodes:

October 15, 2018 The Romanovs, Russia's 'odious' autocratic family
If you think your family is overrun with controlling lunatics, please meet the Romanovs.
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6min
October 12, 2018 The gory origins of the Waterloo teeth
More than 50,000 soldiers died during the Battle of Waterloo, but their teeth lived on.
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5min
October 11, 2018 How the teddy bear was born
In the fall of 1902, a year into his presidency, President Teddy Roosevelt set off to Mississippi for a bear-hunting vacation. It ended differently than planned.
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5min
October 10, 2018 The first black female White House reporter held the powerful accountable on civil rights
It was rare to be a woman or African American covering the White House in the 1940s. Alice Dunnigan was both.
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6min
October 09, 2018 The teenage girl who caught a Nazi monster
In the fall of 1957, as the world was moving on from World War II and the extermination of 6 million Jews, Sylvia Hermann knocked on the door of a modest home in Buenos Aires.
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7min
October 08, 2018 The complicated history of swimsuits and Miss America
The debate was always about more than swimsuits.
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6min
October 05, 2018 The assassin who wore braids and killed Nazis
Freddie Oversteegen was 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance, though with her long, dark hair in braids she looked at least two years younger.
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6min
October 04, 2018 The surprising history of the 25th Amendment
The 25th Amendment passed after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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7min
October 03, 2018 In the 1850s, navigating Ice Alley was deadly for ships
Despite warnings of icebergs, the John Rutledge set sail from Liverpool, England, to New York.
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6min
October 02, 2018 America’s forgotten Iranian hostage
Nine months before the Iran hostage crisis, Kenneth Kraus was held hostage in Iran for eight days.
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5min

FAQs about Retropod:

How many episodes does Retropod have?

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