Retropod

by The Washington Post
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Retropod is a show for history-lovers, featuring stories about the past, rediscovered. Host Mike Rosenwald introduces you to history’s most colorful characters - forgotten heroes, overlooked villains, dreamers, explorers, world changers.

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Recent Episodes
  • The presidential inauguration that made everyone sick
    Jan 18, 2025 – 11:57
  • Earthrise
    Dec 31, 2019 – 05:21
  • Hair peace. Bed peace.
    Dec 30, 2019 – 05:54
  • The jazz queen who chose home over fame
    Dec 27, 2019 – 06:34
  • Clara Barton, America's most famous nurse, broke boundaries to treat Civil War victims
    Dec 26, 2019 – 07:08
  • The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number
    Dec 25, 2019 – 06:27
  • The 'Toy King' who never aspired to the throne.
    Dec 23, 2019 – 06:21
  • Last Seen Ads
    Dec 20, 2019 – 06:53
  • How 'Broadway Joe' redefined the NFL
    Dec 19, 2019 – 06:33
  • The game show contestant who cheated his way to fame
    Dec 18, 2019 – 06:48
  • How food found its way into the freezer
    Dec 17, 2019 – 06:22
  • The day before the Chernobyl disaster
    Dec 16, 2019 – 07:22
  • The most difficult job Robert Mueller ever had
    Dec 13, 2019 – 06:12
  • Queen Arawelo
    Dec 12, 2019 – 07:11
  • The nurse who picked up a rifle
    Dec 11, 2019 – 04:16
  • George Taliaferro, the first black player drafted to the NFL
    Dec 10, 2019 – 06:18
  • The summer men rebelled against their shirts
    Dec 9, 2019 – 05:29
  • America’s forgotten Iranian hostage
    Dec 6, 2019 – 05:17
  • A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls
    Dec 5, 2019 – 05:26
  • The Soviet officer who stopped World War III
    Dec 4, 2019 – 05:16
  • Why isn’t lynching illegal?
    Dec 3, 2019 – 06:35
  • A letter from home
    Dec 2, 2019 – 03:31
  • The test that changed childbirth
    Nov 29, 2019 – 06:41
  • A debate that went into extra innings: Can baseballs curve?
    Nov 28, 2019 – 07:14
  • Benjamin Franklin's complicated relationship with turkeys
    Nov 27, 2019 – 05:56
  • The cranberry crisis that changed how we see our food
    Nov 26, 2019 – 05:56
  • How Anita Hill’s testimony led to the "Year of the Woman"
    Nov 25, 2019 – 06:24
  • The man who filmed JFK's assassination
    Nov 22, 2019 – 03:48
  • The 'Night Witches'
    Nov 21, 2019 – 04:56
  • Robert Morris, the creator of the subpoena
    Nov 20, 2019 – 06:05
  • Lee Harvey Oswald's final hours before killing Kennedy
    Nov 19, 2019 – 03:54
  • Ketamine in the mainstream
    Nov 18, 2019 – 05:53
  • The first 'Queen of the Air'
    Nov 14, 2019 – 06:38
  • Judy Garland and the long history of 'Me Too' in Hollywood
    Nov 13, 2019 – 06:13
  • Jim Crow and the rise of blackface
    Nov 12, 2019 – 06:13
  • The policeman who arrested a president
    Nov 11, 2019 – 06:01
  • A history of the U.S.-Mexico border
    Nov 8, 2019 – 07:42
  • The godmother of the open office
    Nov 7, 2019 – 06:52
  • The Wicked Bible
    Nov 6, 2019 – 05:39
  • The Confederate spy who evaded capture
    Nov 5, 2019 – 08:00
  • Pinball’s sordid past
    Nov 4, 2019 – 06:46
  • The last person to step foot on the moon
    Nov 1, 2019 – 05:38
  • A history of hats in the House
    Oct 31, 2019 – 06:57
  • Tenure for life
    Oct 30, 2019 – 07:51
  • How Lego took over the toy world
    Oct 29, 2019 – 07:11
  • The researcher whose rats predicted the Internet
    Oct 28, 2019 – 07:28
  • A brief history of presidents visiting troops in combat
    Oct 25, 2019 – 06:51
  • William Howard Taft's housekeeper kept track of his weight
    Oct 24, 2019 – 04:39
  • In 1939, the 'American Hitler' took the stage at Madison Square Garden
    Oct 23, 2019 – 05:39
  • The astronomer who took gay rights to the Supreme Court
    Oct 22, 2019 – 05:42
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