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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.

#313

William Parker’s War on Slave Catchers

April 3, 1851. A man who escaped slavery is grabbed off the streets of Boston and thrown i... more

30 Mar 2026

38 MINS

38:49

30 Mar 2026

#312

The First Robot

March 29th, 1923. A new play opens in Berlin, and quietly changes the future. Onstage are ... more

23 Mar 2026

32 MINS

32:40

23 Mar 2026

#311

HTW Live: Busting the Myths of Irish Immigration — Recorded at the Tenement Museum

March 18, 1879. A crowd gathers around an indoor track in Brooklyn, NY, as an Irish immigr... more

16 Mar 2026

40 MINS

40:56

16 Mar 2026

#310

From Radio Diaries: Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier

Why did Orson Welles take on a murder mystery? Listen for yourself. This week, we're shari... more

12 Mar 2026

11 MINS

11:05

12 Mar 2026

#309

Axis Sally’s Nazi Radio

March 10, 1949. Defendant Mildred Gillars arrives at a courthouse to hear her verdict. To ... more

09 Mar 2026

37 MINS

37:22

09 Mar 2026

#308

Stalin Is Dead! | Сталин мертв!

March 5, 1953. The Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, is on his deathbed, and he’... more

02 Mar 2026

36 MINS

36:52

02 Mar 2026

#307

Disneyland on a Deadline

March 1, 1951. Two Texas horse trainers sit down to lunch with Walt Disney. They assume he... more

23 Feb 2026

29 MINS

29:31

23 Feb 2026

#306

How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River

February 14, 1905. A stick of dynamite detonates under the Hudson River — and the ground a... more

16 Feb 2026

36 MINS

36:16

16 Feb 2026

#305

Trailer: HTW Season Premiere This Monday!

HISTORY This Week will return with new episodes this Monday, February 16th, with a story a... more

12 Feb 2026

02 MINS

02:03

12 Feb 2026

#304

Shut Out of the Majors, They Created Their Own

Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the ma... more

09 Feb 2026

31 MINS

31:25

09 Feb 2026

#303

The Great Comic Book Scare

February 4, 1955. In a New York courtroom, the Comics Czar takes the stand. He’s in charge... more

02 Feb 2026

31 MINS

31:13

02 Feb 2026

#302

The Dogs Who Saved Nome, Alaska

On January 5, 2026, Jirdes Winther Baxter passed away at 101 years old — the last known su... more

26 Jan 2026

37 MINS

37:21

26 Jan 2026

#301

From Hitler to Hippies: The Surprising Origins of the VW Beetle | Presenting Business History

How did the VW Beetle go from Hitler’s dream car to beloved hippie icon? Today, we’re shar... more

22 Jan 2026

38 MINS

38:26

22 Jan 2026

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