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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.

#293

The Thalidomide Disaster and the Doctors Who Uncovered the Truth

December 18, 1970. Decades after the end of WWII, a Nazi doctor is on trial. Today is judg... more

08 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:57

08 Dec 2025

#292

How a Forgotten Explorer’s Secret Mission Unlocked the Pacific

December 1, 1564. Spanish vessels left a secret port in Mexico about two weeks ago. Their ... more

01 Dec 2025

35 MINS

35:05

01 Dec 2025

#291

A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges

November 30, 1954. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through ... more

24 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:23

24 Nov 2025

#290

Ken Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah Botstein

November 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears ... more

17 Nov 2025

38 MINS

38:45

17 Nov 2025

#289

The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote)

November 16, 1961. Fourteen college students from Iowa have driven nearly a thousand miles... more

10 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:56

10 Nov 2025

#288

The Forgotten Life & Tragic Death of President James Garfield | A Conversation with ‘Death by Lightn...

November 3, 1880. Congressman James Garfield wakes up on his quiet farm in Ohio to learn t... more

03 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:10

03 Nov 2025

#287

The Haunting Case of H.H. Holmes

October 28, 1895. It’s the first day of a murder trial in Philadelphia, and H.H. Holmes ha... more

27 Oct 2025

33 MINS

33:58

27 Oct 2025

#286

Land of the Free? The Real Story Behind the Star-Spangled Banner

October 19, 1814. An eager audience files into the Holliday Street Theater in Baltimore, a... more

23 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:15

23 Oct 2025

#285

They Saw What the United Nations Couldn’t

October 24, 1945. The Charter of the United Nations is signed, promising to “save succeedi... more

20 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:31

20 Oct 2025

#284

How LEGO Rebuilt the Toy Itself

October, 1955. In living rooms across Denmark, children tear open the box of a brand-new t... more

13 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:16

13 Oct 2025

#283

Stalin’s War on Genetics

October 11, 1955. Nearly three hundred of the Soviet Union’s top scientists sign a secret ... more

06 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:38

06 Oct 2025

#282

The Bone Wars

October 4, 1915. President Woodrow Wilson designates Dinosaur National Monument as a natio... more

29 Sep 2025

35 MINS

35:11

29 Sep 2025

#281

When Nintendo (and Mario) Rescued Video Games

September 27, 1986. You’re a kid in the mid-80s. You get home from school, flip on the TV,... more

22 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:15

22 Sep 2025

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