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Typhoid Mary | Destroying Angel
Season 84 Episode 2
After spending two years in forced isolation on a remote island in the East River, Mary Mallon fought back, insisting that she posed no danger to the…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, her devout parents…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Typhoid Mary | An Invisible Menace
Season 84 Episode 1
In the fall of 1906, a mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever struck a wealthy New York family vacationing in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Suspicion soon f…
11 months ago
History Daily: The First Woman In Space
Season 83
June 16, 1963. After months of rigorous training, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth for just…
11 months ago
The Progressive Era | In the Arena
Season 83 Episode 6
As president, Theodore Roosevelt pursued a progressive agenda. He worked to break up the monopolies of the Gilded Age, created a federal agency to in…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Progressive Era | Wilson's War on Tariffs
Season 83 Episode 5
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson entered the White House, ready to fulfill his promise of a “New Freedom.” It was a vision of domestic reform that aimed to wr…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds
Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can throw at you through gut-twisting true stories of surviva…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
History Daily: The Killing of Benno Ohnesorg
Season 83
June 2, 1967. Benno Ohnesorg, a West German student, is killed by a police officer while attending a protest in West Berlin.
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11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Progressive Era | A Bruising Fight
Season 83 Episode 4
In 1909, William Howard Taft entered the White House, pledging to preserve and expand the Progressive policies of his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt.…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Progressive Era | The Crisis
Season 83 Episode 3
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt discharged 167 soldiers of the all-Black 25th Infantry stationed in Brownsville, Texas. The men were accused of…
1 year ago