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Blindspot: The Road to 9/11
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While the devastating images of the 9/11 attacks are seared into our national collective memory, most of the events that led up to that day took place out of public view. Over eight episodes, Blindspot: The Road to 9/11, brings to light the decade-long “shadow struggle” that preceded the attacks.
History Impossible
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History: Impossible is exactly what it sounds like: impossible history. People, events, ideologies, STORIES–all that sound impossible. But all true.
Saga Thing
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Discover what Vikings did when they were at home in this fun medieval history and literature podcast about the Icelandic sagas. Hosted by two medieval literature professors with beards.
Philosophize This!
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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it.
History of graphical user interfaces
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This thread on Twitter goes through some of the major changes on graphical user interfaces since their beginning.
American Revolution Podcast
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A chronological history of the Revolutionary War era.
Life on the Line
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Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories.
Rex Factor
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Rex Factor is a fun podcast reviewing all the kings & queens of England & Scotland.
Calculating Empires
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Calculating Empires is a large-scale research visualization exploring how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries. The aim is to view the contemporary period in a longer trajectory of ideas, devices, infrastructures, and systems of power. It traces technological patterns of colonialism, militarization, automation, and enclosure since 1500 to show how these forces still subjugate and how they might be unwound.
A Few Bad Apples
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This podcast spotlights cases of police brutality that have occurred in America throughout the decades. In these turbulent times, the police continue to use excessive force against citizens, some resulting in deaths.
Revisionist History
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Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time.
Cold War Conversations
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Real stories of the Cold War told by those that were there. We're capturing the unknown stories of the Cold War before they are lost...
Top Shelf Reads
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A book podcast that discusses a wide variety of fiction including historical fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, etc. and the occasional non-fiction title as well--we are two book lovers re-discovering our passion for books in our adult life and we hope to provide a biweekly platform to share with other like minded readers