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Fred Tuttle Goes From Mockumentary to Senate Candidate (1998)
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2025-09-04
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Alaska vs. Ohio: Mt McKinley To Denali And Back Again (2015)
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2025-09-02
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The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-28
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The U.S. Gets A New Capitol - For One Day (1814) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-26
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Emergency Podcast: Smithsonian Showdown, Relitigating Slavery, More (2025)
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2025-08-24
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The First Battle Over The Smithsonian (1846) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-21
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The Dumbest, Most Perfect, Political Question Ever (2012) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-19
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Jefferson Gets An Anti-Slavery Appeal (1791) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-17
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Moral Panics, D&D, Steam Tunnels and More (1979) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-14
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Trump On Charlottesville: "Very Fine People" (2017) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-12
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1846) [Archive Favorite]
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2025-08-10
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and The Brutal Calculus of WWII (1945) w/ Garrett Graff
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2025-08-07
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WWII Internment: Latin Americans in Texas (1944)
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2025-08-05
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Texas Dems Flee To Stop Redistricting (Some Context) w/ Harry Enten
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2025-08-04
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Weird, Controversial, and Fake Historical Markers (Part 2)
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2025-07-31
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The History Of History Markers (Part 1) (1913)
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2025-07-29
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The Frick Near-Assassination (1892)
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2025-07-24
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John Dillinger Is Killed, The FBI Is Born (1934)
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2025-07-22
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Willis Carrier Invents Air Conditioning (1902)
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2025-07-17
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The Great Grain Robbery (1972)
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2025-07-15
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