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Keith Conrad

History, headlines, and the experts who help make sense of both

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67 episodes

  1. What the Pope’s Surgery Can Teach the Rest of Us 10:38
  2. Where Does the Death Penalty Stand in the US? 26:40
  3. From the Wright Brothers to Chuck Yeager in Only 44 Years 11:51
  4. The Reality of Modern Deployments and Military Leadership 24:39
  5. The Great Chicago Fire: The Cow, the Comet, and the City That Burned 10:34
  6. What the Pope’s Surgery Can Teach the Rest of Us 10:38
  7. Fifteen Days to Leave a War 17:42
  8. The Man Who Single-Handedly Stopped World War III 8:41
  9. That Time Gene Roddenberry Survived a Plane Crash and Saved the Day 11:01
  10. Antietam: The Bloodiest Day in American History 9:31
  11. The Mold That Changed Medicine Forever 9:10
  12. The Day the Pope Deleted Ten Days From the Calendar 12:27
  13. The False Flag That Started World War II 10:35
  14. The First Person Ever Killed by a Car 8:52
  15. Why Everyone Is Suddenly Freaking Out About the Bond Market 12:53
  16. The Crossword That Almost Gave Away D-Day 9:58
  17. The Great Catapult Reversal 15:56
  18. The Night Japanese Soldiers Tried to Stop the Surrender 15:23
  19. The Night Berlin Was Divided 15:26
  20. The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs 13:56
  21. The Great Moon Hoax (No, Not That One) 7:40
  22. MTV Launches and Kills the Radio Star 8:48
  23. Have You Seen Jimmy Hoffa Anywhere? 7:50
  24. The Shot That Started a War 9:15
  25. The Bomb That Almost Changed Everything 19:23
  26. The Night the Sky Dropped Rocks on Arizona 13:16
  27. The Day the Atomic Age Began 9:20
  28. Disneyland's Opening Day Was a Complete Disaster 17:39
  29. How NASA Got from Orbit to the Moon in Nine Months 17:46
  30. Burr vs. Hamilton: When Politics Was Literally Deadly 16:46
  31. Why Aliens Almost Certainly Can't Find Us... Even If They're Looking 17:09
  32. What Actually Happened at Roswell (And Why It Doesn't Matter) 19:04
  33. Almost Everything You Picture About the Signing of the Declaration of Independence Is Wrong 16:35
  34. Amelia Earhart's Disappearance Isn't the Interesting Part 17:07
  35. Gettysburg: The Bloodiest Battle in American History 18:15
  36. Custer's Last Stand Wasn't a Last Stand. It Was a Defeat 16:54
  37. Galileo and the Vatican 20:04
  38. The Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Part Ten - Aftermath 17:58
  39. The Pig That Nearly Started a War 15:29
  40. Is It Possible to Own the Moon? 12:27
  41. The Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Part Nine - Carpathia and Californian 14:55
  42. The Lavish Funeral of a Pickled General 7:14
  43. Why You Can't Escape the Spam Call Epidemic 16:00
  44. The Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Part Eight - The Sinking 14:29
  45. NASA's Missions That Never Flew 14:51
  46. When Weather Became the Main Character 15:25
  47. The Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Part Seven - Iceberg Right Ahead 15:34
  48. The Year Without A Summer 8:40
  49. Operation Cornflakes 7:50
  50. The Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Part Six - Life At Sea 16:30