{"podcast":{"title":"HISTORY This Week","slug":"history-this-week-186536","podcast_index_feed_id":186536,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/history-this-week","website_url":"http://www.historythisweekpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8382930.jpg","author":"The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios","episode_count":326,"summary":"This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history. A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episode will give you a new perspective on how history is written. Stay up-to-date at historythisweekpodcast.com and to get in touch, email us at historythisweek@history.com.HISTORY This Week is a production of Back Pocket Studios in partnership with the History Channel.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:20:34.640440+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-this-week-186536"},"episode":{"title":"Shut Out of the Majors, They Created Their Own","slug":"shut-out-of-the-majors-they-created-their-own","published_at":"2026-02-09T09:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-this-week-186536/shut-out-of-the-majors-they-created-their-own","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-this-week-186536","url":"http://historythisweekpodcast.com","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8247180/8247180_2026-04-14-051420.192.mp3?rssID=6398","summary":"Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the major leagues. So on this day in Kansas City, Rube Foster, a former pitcher and now a team owner, is trying to make his own league just for Black players. He has gathered owners of other Black baseball teams, who currently play each other in one-off matchups or face independent teams in random games around the country. But Foster wants them to get organized, and soon, the Negro National League would be born. But up to this point, how did Black baseball survive after segregation became the unofficial policy of the major leagues? And how did Black players, owners, and managers join together to create something that no baseball fan could ignore? Special thanks to our guests, Phil S. Dixon , author and Negro Leagues researcher; and Bob Kendrick , President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO. ** This episode originally aired Feb 7, 2022. Get in touch: historythisweek@history.com Follow on Instagram: @historythisweekpodcast Follow on Facebook: ⁠HISTORY This Week Podcast⁠ To stay updated: http://historythisweekpodcast.com","meta_description":"Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the major leagues. So on this day in Kansas City, Rube Foster, a forme…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1705,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-this-week-186536/episodes/shut-out-of-the-majors-they-created-their-own/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-this-week-186536/shut-out-of-the-majors-they-created-their-own.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}