# History Shorts

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Official site: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com
Author: History Shorts Network
Episodes: 855

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [The Forgotten Race to Map the Amazon's Last Wilderness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazon-s-last-wilderness) — 2026-07-01T04:00:00+00:00
- [An American Adventurer Steals Nicaragua](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/an-american-adventurer-steals-nicaragua) — 2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00
- [America's First Serial Killers &  the Dark Side of the Revolution, w/ Katherine Grandjean](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/america-s-first-serial-killers-the-dark-side-of-the-revolution-w-katherine-grandjean) — 2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00
- [How the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Still Runs the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-the-1944-bretton-woods-conference-still-runs-the-world) — 2026-06-28T04:00:00+00:00
- [Lights, Camera, Propaganda: Hollywood and the Cold War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/lights-camera-propaganda-hollywood-and-the-cold-war) — 2026-06-27T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Black Death - A Global History of Humanity's Deadliest Pandemic, w/ Thomas Asbridge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-black-death-a-global-history-of-humanity-s-deadliest-pandemic-w-thomas-asbridge) — 2026-06-26T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Extraordinary History of SPAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-extraordinary-history-of-spam) — 2026-06-25T04:00:00+00:00
- [How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Rewrote Japan's Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-the-1964-tokyo-olympics-rewrote-japan-s-story) — 2026-06-24T04:01:00+00:00
- [How the Bicycle Launched the Women's Rights Movement](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-the-bicycle-launched-the-women-s-rights-movement) — 2026-06-23T04:01:00+00:00
- [Were the Founding Fathers Good Men? | The Historians with Joseph Ellis & Carol Berkin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/were-the-founding-fathers-good-men-the-historians-with-joseph-ellis-carol-berkin) — 2026-06-22T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Killer Fog: London's Great Smog of 1952](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-killer-fog-london-s-great-smog-of-1952) — 2026-06-21T04:00:00+00:00
- [How a Teenage Chemist's Failed Experiment Launched a Modern Industry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-a-teenage-chemist-s-failed-experiment-launched-a-modern-industry) — 2026-06-20T04:00:00+00:00
- [Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays, w/ James Romm](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/life-lessons-from-the-lost-greek-plays-w-james-romm) — 2026-06-19T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Man Who Stopped WWIII](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-man-who-stopped-wwiii) — 2026-06-18T04:00:00+00:00
- [Philadelphia's Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/philadelphia-s-yellow-fever-epidemic-of-1793) — 2026-06-17T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Story Behind TR's Man in the Arena Speech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-story-behind-tr-s-man-in-the-arena-speech) — 2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00
- [France's SS and the Men Who Fought for Hitler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/france-s-ss-and-the-men-who-fought-for-hitler) — 2026-06-15T04:00:00+00:00
- [How Roman Military Logistics Conquered the Ancient World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-roman-military-logistics-conquered-the-ancient-world) — 2026-06-14T04:00:00+00:00
- [How the Blizzard of 1888 Built the New York Subway](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-the-blizzard-of-1888-built-the-new-york-subway) — 2026-06-13T04:00:00+00:00
- [A Day in the Life of a Gladiator, w/ Harry Sidebottom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-gladiator-w-harry-sidebottom) — 2026-06-12T04:00:00+00:00
- [The 1897 Ghost Who Solved Her Own Murder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-1897-ghost-who-solved-her-own-murder) — 2026-06-11T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Complicated History of Miss America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-complicated-history-of-miss-america) — 2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00
- [How Medieval Guilds Invented Modern Commerce](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-medieval-guilds-invented-modern-commerce) — 2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00
- [Hitler on Trial: The Lawyer Who Put the Fuhrer on the Stand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/hitler-on-trial-the-lawyer-who-put-the-fuhrer-on-the-stand) — 2026-06-08T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Catnip Riot of 1909](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-catnip-riot-of-1909) — 2026-06-07T04:00:00+00:00
- [One Last Run: Billy the Kid's Great Escape](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/one-last-run-billy-the-kid-s-great-escape) — 2026-06-06T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Two Ships that Divided America, w/ David S. Reynolds](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-two-ships-that-divided-america-w-david-s-reynolds) — 2026-06-05T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Alaska Triangle - America's Own Bermuda Triangle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-alaska-triangle-america-s-own-bermuda-triangle) — 2026-06-04T04:00:00+00:00
- [Rome's Forgotten Female Gladiators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/rome-s-forgotten-female-gladiators) — 2026-06-03T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Lost Tribes of Israel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-lost-tribes-of-israel) — 2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00
- [When the Vikings 'Discovered' North America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/when-the-vikings-discovered-north-america) — 2026-06-01T04:00:00+00:00
- [JFK's Missing Brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/jfk-s-missing-brain) — 2026-05-31T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Moon Rock Heist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-moon-rock-heist) — 2026-05-30T04:00:00+00:00
- [How Do You Repay Those Who Died for Your Freedom? w/ Robert M. Edsel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-do-you-repay-those-who-died-for-your-freedom-w-robert-m-edsel) — 2026-05-29T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Quest for the Holy Grail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-quest-for-the-holy-grail) — 2026-05-28T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Confederate Gold Mystery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-confederate-gold-mystery) — 2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00
- [Saipan: D-Day in the Pacific](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/saipan-d-day-in-the-pacific) — 2026-05-26T04:00:00+00:00
- [Naked and Unafraid: Did Celtic Warriors Really Fight in the Nude?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/naked-and-unafraid-did-celtic-warriors-really-fight-in-the-nude) — 2026-05-25T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Maharaja Who Broke Rolls-Royce](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-maharaja-who-broke-rolls-royce) — 2026-05-24T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Real Story of Ponce de Leon's Quest for the Fountain of Youth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-real-story-of-ponce-de-leon-s-quest-for-the-fountain-of-youth) — 2026-05-23T04:00:00+00:00
- [Truman's Real Decision on Dropping the Atomic Bomb, w/ Alex Wellerstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/truman-s-real-decision-on-dropping-the-atomic-bomb-w-alex-wellerstein) — 2026-05-22T04:00:00+00:00
- [Patton and the Story of How a Latrine Pit Became a Hero](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/patton-and-the-story-of-how-a-latrine-pit-became-a-hero) — 2026-05-21T04:00:00+00:00
- [How Medieval Monks Invented Food Safety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-medieval-monks-invented-food-safety) — 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Underwater Shipwreck Graves of the Great Lakes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-underwater-shipwreck-graves-of-the-great-lakes) — 2026-05-19T04:00:00+00:00
- [How Victorian Forensic Science Solved London's Poison Epidemics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/how-victorian-forensic-science-solved-london-s-poison-epidemics) — 2026-05-18T04:00:00+00:00
- [Vlad the Impaler and the Massacre of 1457](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/vlad-the-impaler-and-the-massacre-of-1457) — 2026-05-17T04:00:00+00:00
- [John Muir: The Man Who Saved the Wild](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/john-muir-the-man-who-saved-the-wild) — 2026-05-16T04:00:00+00:00
- [Conversations: What can George Washington Still Teach America Today? w/ H.W. Brands](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/conversations-what-can-george-washington-still-teach-america-today-w-h-w-brands) — 2026-05-15T04:00:00+00:00
- [CIA's Project Acoustic Kitty](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/cia-s-project-acoustic-kitty) — 2026-05-14T08:25:00+00:00
- [Skull and Bones: A Pipeline to Power in America?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/skull-and-bones-a-pipeline-to-power-in-america) — 2026-05-13T04:00:00+00:00
- [The Controversial Sokushinbutsu Monks of Japan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-controversial-sokushinbutsu-monks-of-japan) — 2026-05-12T04:00:00+00:00
- [Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/napoleon-and-the-rosetta-stone) — 2026-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

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