Retropod

Retropod

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July 10, 2018 Oregon, America’s first and only state to begin as "whites-only"
Oregon’s original constitution banned black people from the state, and the law stayed in the constitution for well over 100 years.
5 min
July 09, 2018 How Eleanor Roosevelt invented the modern idea of a first lady
Eleanor Roosevelt held news conferences just for female reporters. The men were not impressed.
5 min
July 06, 2018 The time America invaded Britain
Spoiler: It did not go well.
5 min
July 05, 2018 The teen who tied a Virginia election
In 1971, Stephen Burns was 18 years old and a newly minted voter. He was so jazzed to be a part of the Democratic process.
4 min
July 04, 2018 Thomas Jefferson's last letter
Somehow, in the depths of his personal misery towards the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson had found his powerful way with words again.
4 min
July 03, 2018 The U.S. government recruited black men to watch them die
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment is a horrific piece of American history.
5 min
July 02, 2018 The deaf men who helped NASA send humans to space
In a largely forgotten experiment, a group of students from Gallaudet University spent years helping NASA understand the mechanisms of motion sickness, and how to prevent it.
4 min
June 29, 2018 That time we thought an asteroid might kill us all
In 1998, the world briefly panicked over an asteroid that seemed headed for a close call with Earth. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t.
4 min
June 28, 2018 The femme fatale
For the past 100 years, Mata Hari has been revered as the quintessential glamorous spy. But the real Mata Hari was much more complicated.
5 min
June 27, 2018 The first congresswoman’s vote
In April 1917, Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, faced an agonizing choice. Should she, or should she not, vote for the United States to enter World War I?
6 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,…

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