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Back to Search185: The Early Holocaust: From the “Jewish Question” to Kristallnacht
“Being a Jew is not a crime, I am not a dog.”
This is the story of the start of the Holocaust.
Serving as the scapegoat for everything from a disappearing child to the Black Plague, European Jews ar…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates
Professor Greg Jackson is touring the country with a live version of the podcast telling the story of The Unlikely Union of American states. Starting Sep 19, 2025 through July 4, 2026, you can hear t…
Published on 3 months ago
184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich
“There will be no more mercy now; anyone who stands in our way will be butchered.”
This is the story of Adolf Hitler and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.
A dropout. A failed applicant to Vienn…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy
“Italy, Gentlemen, wants peace, wants quiet, wants work, wants calm; we will give it with love, if that be possible, or with strength, if that be necessary.”
This is the story of Italy’s Benito Musso…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation
This is the story of interwar preparation–not that the United States realized it was preparing for World War II, new technologies, innovation, and a constant pushing of the limits in the 1930s did in…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes
“If he is lost it will be the most universally regretted single loss we ever had. But that kid ain’t going to fail.”
This is the story of the high-fliers in early twentieth-century American aviation.…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings
“If this is to be a skyscraper… why not make it scrape the sky.”
This is the story of the race for the tallest building in New York City—in the world.
Erstwhile partners-turned-bitter rivals, arc…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)
“Everybody says it can’t be done.”
This is the story of San Francisco’s two great bridges.
The bustling cities of Oakland and San Francisco are separated by less than ten miles of water, but for e…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)
“I felt no distress whatever…I was perspiring freely and was as limber and helpless as a wet rag. It was an exhilarating experience.... It was then and there that I first conceived the idea of the re…
Published on 6 months ago
Introducing: What We Spend
A new HTDS episode about The Hoover Dam debuts May 5th.
Meanwhile, we'd like to introduce a new show from our partners at Audacy: What We Spend. Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago