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HISTORY This Week

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The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

Visit htwpod.com for ad-free listening and bonus content!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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Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin

October 22, 1975. After traveling millions of miles through space, a Soviet spacecraft plu... more

19 Oct 2026

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19 Oct 2026

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Audubon’s Birds Come Home to Roost

October 12, 1820. John James Audubon—a failed shopkeeper, grist miller, and steamboat inve... more

12 Oct 2026

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12 Oct 2026

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The Freemasons Get Away With Murder (Probably)

October 7, 1827. A body washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario. A Rochester newspaperman n... more

05 Oct 2026

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05 Oct 2026

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Free preview: The Real Blackbeard (HTW+)

A 5-min sample of our full interview about who Blackbeard really was, and the truth behind... more

02 Oct 2026

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02 Oct 2026

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How Did Nixon Fumble the First TV Debate?

September 26, 1960. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon meet in a CBS studio in Chicago for ... more

28 Sep 2026

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28 Sep 2026

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From History's Greatest Mysteries: The Ark of the Covenant

Introducing History's Greatest Mysteries–a new History Channel podcast from Rewind Studios... more

25 Sep 2026

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25 Sep 2026

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The Man Who Taught America to Fear Fat

September 24, 1955. President Eisenhower is asleep in his bed at his in-laws’ house in Den... more

21 Sep 2026

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21 Sep 2026

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The Uprising: Why the Peasants Loved Their King (w/ Paul Greengrass and Dan Jones)

1381. In the English countryside, one peasant has had enough. His resistance leads tens of... more

17 Sep 2026

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17 Sep 2026

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Saladin at the Gates of Jerusalem

September 20, 1187. It’s daytime outside the walls of Jerusalem. Saladin, the Sultan of Eg... more

14 Sep 2026

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14 Sep 2026

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Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we're bringing you Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 – a collab... more

11 Sep 2026

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11 Sep 2026

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9/11: Rescue on the Water

September 11, 2001. On a clear and sunny day, Captain Richard Thornton is piloting his fer... more

07 Sep 2026

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07 Sep 2026

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The Radium Girls Fight Back

September 12, 1922. Twenty-four-year-old Mollie Maggia has a toothache. In less than a yea... more

31 Aug 2026

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31 Aug 2026

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Free preview: How Las Vegas Made America a Gambling Nation (HTW+)

A five-minute taste of our full interview on how Las Vegas became Las Vegas. Subscribe to ... more

28 Aug 2026

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28 Aug 2026

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Did Homer Write the Odyssey? (Was He Even Real?)

August, sometime in the 500s BCE. In Athens, the Great Panathenaia is in full swing: chari... more

24 Aug 2026

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