Podcast

History Shorts

Author: History Shorts Network
Feed episode count: 855
Official site: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com
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Summary

Dive into the past with award-winning historian Peter Zablocki in this captivating daily podcast! Uncover hidden stories you never knew existed. And don't miss Friday Conversations where Peter teams up with top experts for riveting, in-depth discussions that bring history to life.

Episodes

Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

The Forgotten Race to Map the Amazon's Last Wilderness

Duration seconds: 696
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

An American Adventurer Steals Nicaragua

Duration seconds: 685
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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

America's First Serial Killers & the Dark Side of the Revolution, w/ Katherine Grandjean

Duration seconds: 1945
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Jun 28, 2026 · not_requested

How the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Still Runs the World

Duration seconds: 816
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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Lights, Camera, Propaganda: Hollywood and the Cold War

Duration seconds: 836
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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

The Black Death - A Global History of Humanity's Deadliest Pandemic, w/ Thomas Asbridge

Duration seconds: 1774
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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

The Extraordinary History of SPAM

Duration seconds: 735
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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Rewrote Japan's Story

Duration seconds: 647
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

How the Bicycle Launched the Women's Rights Movement

Duration seconds: 815
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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Were the Founding Fathers Good Men? | The Historians with Joseph Ellis & Carol Berkin

Duration seconds: 3250
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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

The Killer Fog: London's Great Smog of 1952

Duration seconds: 819
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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

How a Teenage Chemist's Failed Experiment Launched a Modern Industry

Duration seconds: 907
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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays, w/ James Romm

Duration seconds: 1375
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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

The Man Who Stopped WWIII

Duration seconds: 884
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Philadelphia's Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Duration seconds: 715
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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

The Story Behind TR's Man in the Arena Speech

Duration seconds: 802
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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

France's SS and the Men Who Fought for Hitler

Duration seconds: 726
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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

How Roman Military Logistics Conquered the Ancient World

Duration seconds: 732
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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

How the Blizzard of 1888 Built the New York Subway

Duration seconds: 793
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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

A Day in the Life of a Gladiator, w/ Harry Sidebottom

Duration seconds: 1583
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

The 1897 Ghost Who Solved Her Own Murder

Duration seconds: 744
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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

The Complicated History of Miss America

Duration seconds: 704
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

How Medieval Guilds Invented Modern Commerce

Duration seconds: 754
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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Hitler on Trial: The Lawyer Who Put the Fuhrer on the Stand

Duration seconds: 776
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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

The Catnip Riot of 1909

Duration seconds: 741
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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

One Last Run: Billy the Kid's Great Escape

Duration seconds: 844
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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

The Two Ships that Divided America, w/ David S. Reynolds

Duration seconds: 1468
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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Alaska Triangle - America's Own Bermuda Triangle

Duration seconds: 891
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Rome's Forgotten Female Gladiators

Duration seconds: 688
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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

The Lost Tribes of Israel

Duration seconds: 815
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

When the Vikings 'Discovered' North America

Duration seconds: 772
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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

JFK's Missing Brain

Duration seconds: 842
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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

The Moon Rock Heist

Duration seconds: 747
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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

How Do You Repay Those Who Died for Your Freedom? w/ Robert M. Edsel

Duration seconds: 2321
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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

The Quest for the Holy Grail

Duration seconds: 827
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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Confederate Gold Mystery

Duration seconds: 734
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Saipan: D-Day in the Pacific

Duration seconds: 854
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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Naked and Unafraid: Did Celtic Warriors Really Fight in the Nude?

Duration seconds: 714
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May 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Maharaja Who Broke Rolls-Royce

Duration seconds: 715
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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

The Real Story of Ponce de Leon's Quest for the Fountain of Youth

Duration seconds: 684
Source: https://2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c.libsyn.com/the-real-story-of-ponce-de-leons-quest-for-the-fountain-of-youth

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

Truman's Real Decision on Dropping the Atomic Bomb, w/ Alex Wellerstein

Duration seconds: 2483
Source: https://2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c.libsyn.com/trumans-real-decision-on-dropping-the-atomic-bomb-w-alex-wellerstein

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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Patton and the Story of How a Latrine Pit Became a Hero

Duration seconds: 619
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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

How Medieval Monks Invented Food Safety

Duration seconds: 719
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

The Underwater Shipwreck Graves of the Great Lakes

Duration seconds: 829
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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

How Victorian Forensic Science Solved London's Poison Epidemics

Duration seconds: 866
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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

Vlad the Impaler and the Massacre of 1457

Duration seconds: 798
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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

John Muir: The Man Who Saved the Wild

Duration seconds: 655
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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Conversations: What can George Washington Still Teach America Today? w/ H.W. Brands

Duration seconds: 2064
Source: https://2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c.libsyn.com/conversations-why-there-is-still-more-to-discover-about-george-washington-w-hw-brands

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

CIA's Project Acoustic Kitty

Duration seconds: 671
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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Skull and Bones: A Pipeline to Power in America?

Duration seconds: 653
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Controversial Sokushinbutsu Monks of Japan

Duration seconds: 779
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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone

Duration seconds: 810
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