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HISTORY This Week podcast

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HISTORY This Week

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  The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios  

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.

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.

 

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#238

Could the Challenger Disaster Have Been Prevented?

January 28, 1986. It's freezing in Central Florida, a historically cold day. That's bad ne... more

27 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:57

27 Jan 2025

#237

MLK Bonus: The Civil Rights Children's Crusade

To further celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're re-releasing our classic episod... more

23 Jan 2025

31 MINS

31:45

23 Jan 2025

#236

The Hit Song that Gave Us MLK Day

January 15, 1969. It's been less than a year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther ... more

20 Jan 2025

35 MINS

35:34

20 Jan 2025

#235

How to Stop an Avalanche? Blow Up a Mountain

January 15, 1939. It's finally working! After countless mechanical issues, the first opera... more

13 Jan 2025

32 MINS

32:23

13 Jan 2025

#234

Declaring War on Poverty (feat. Doris Kearns Goodwin)

January 8, 1964. In his State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson unveils his War on Pove... more

06 Jan 2025

40 MINS

40:33

06 Jan 2025

#233

A New Year, A New Cuba

New Year's Eve, 1958. Cuba's president, Fulgencio Batista, is throwing his annual New Year... more

30 Dec 2024

36 MINS

36:14

30 Dec 2024

#232

The Surprising History of Christmas Gifts (HTW Classic)

Christmas Eve, 1913. For months, newspapers have been trumpeting an urgent message: Do you... more

25 Dec 2024

36 MINS

36:44

25 Dec 2024

#231

Nosferatu Rises Again (feat. Robert Eggers)

**For this HTW special feature, Sally interviews director Robert Eggers about his new hist... more

23 Dec 2024

28 MINS

28:30

23 Dec 2024

#230

The President and the King

December 21, 1970. Elvis has entered the building. And today, that building is the White H... more

16 Dec 2024

29 MINS

29:16

16 Dec 2024

#229

Bill W.'s Last Drink and the Birth of Alcoholics Anonymous

December 11, 1934. Bill Wilson is on the subway, working his way through his third beer, h... more

09 Dec 2024

34 MINS

34:48

09 Dec 2024

#228

How the Vietnam War Broke Our Trust in Government

December 1, 1969. Millions across America are tuned in to the same TV broadcast. They see ... more

02 Dec 2024

30 MINS

30:56

02 Dec 2024

#227

A Toxic Turkey Day

For this Thanksgiving, we're re-airing an HTW classic. This episode originally premiered N... more

28 Nov 2024

29 MINS

29:40

28 Nov 2024

#226

Thanksgiving Reconsidered

November 26, 1970. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ a... more

25 Nov 2024

39 MINS

39:57

25 Nov 2024

#225

New York Takes Out the Trash

November 18, 2022. New York City is at war... with rats. And today, Mayor Eric Adams is se... more

18 Nov 2024

35 MINS

35:53

18 Nov 2024

#224

Alexander the Great Finds His Destiny

November 14, 332 BCE. Alexander the Great has conquered an unprecedented amount of territo... more

11 Nov 2024

36 MINS

36:16

11 Nov 2024

#223

Japan’s First MLB Player Gets Pulled from the Game

November 4, 2009. It's Game 6 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Phi... more

04 Nov 2024

39 MINS

39:02

04 Nov 2024

#222

Breaking the Mars Curse

Oct 27, 1972. The planet Mars has many victims. Specifically, spacecraft. There have been ... more

28 Oct 2024

32 MINS

32:54

28 Oct 2024

#221

The Last Regular Day in Pompeii

October 24, 79 CE. Pompeii is one of the crown jewels of the Roman Empire, a bustling city... more

21 Oct 2024

40 MINS

40:38

21 Oct 2024