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Concrete Decisions: When Race Determined Routes
What do Rondo, Hayti, Storyville, and Humboldt Park have in common? They were thriving minority communities – until the U.S. built highways through them. In this episode, we look at […]
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The Spirit Scam: Houdini’s Capitol Hill Showdown
Did the world’s greatest magician take on psychics in Congress? In 1926, Harry Houdini testified in Washington to outlaw spiritualist fraud. What he said—and what happened next—might surprise you. In […]
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Jailing Political Opponents: Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus – Rewind
Originally released Nov. 11, 2021. Abraham Lincoln is known as “The Great Emancipator.” But not many people know that during the Civil War, he jailed as many as 2,000 political […]
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Poisoned: 344 Meals and a Miracle
A luxury flight packed with Coca-Cola executives turns into a mid-air disaster when nearly 200 people fall violently ill — and it wasn’t a virus, or turbulence. It was breakfast. […]
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Orangutan, M.D.: Rakus and the First Wild Animal Wound Treatment
In the depths of the Sumatran rainforest, scientists witnessed something no one had ever seen before—and it might rewrite what we thought we knew about medicine. A wild orangutan got […]
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Orangutan, M.D.: Rakus and the First Wild Animal Wound Treatment
In the depths of the Sumatran rainforest, scientists witnessed something no one had ever seen before—and it might rewrite what we thought we knew about medicine. A wild orangutan got […]
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Battle of Blair Mountain: The War on American Workers
In 1921, over 10,000 coal miners marched through the mountains of West Virginia with rifles, pistols, and dynamite. They dug trenches, wore uniforms, and exchanged gunfire with machine-gun nests and […]
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Peter Conover Hains: From Fife and Drums to Planes and Tanks
Peter Conover Hains was born before the Civil War and still wore a U.S. Army uniform in World War I. He fired one of the Civil War’s first naval shots, […]
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Measuring Misfortune: The Pirate Who Stole America’s Metric System
In the late 18th century, America was THIS close to adopting the metric system. Washington wanted it. Jefferson wanted it. France was helping by sending a ship with official metric […]
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Malicious Compliance: The Car Company That Sabotaged the Nazis
Sometimes, the best resistance looks like obedience. During the Nazi occupation of France, the Citroën automobile factory seemed to be cooperating — manufacturing trucks for the German military like any […]
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