Angry History Podcast
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McSorley’s Old Ale House, 1854
Many listeners have asked to know more about McSorley's Old ...
Many listeners have asked to know more about McSorley's Old Ale House, the inspiration for the conversations that make up the show. So one summer afternoon, your host pulled out a chair for you, Dear Listener,
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Alexandria, VA’s 265th Birthday
Alexandria , Virginia , just across the Potomac River from ...
Alexandria , Virginia , just across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. , has stood at the crossroads of history for three centuries. From the French-Indian War to the American Revolution, the War of 1812 to the Civil War and World Wars,
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New York City in the Gilded Age
Author Esther Crain of Ephemeral New York discusses her new ...
Author Esther Crain of Ephemeral New York discusses her new book, New York City in the Gilded Age, featuring photos compiled with the New York Historical Society and stories that bring them to life. There’s also a stereoscope for viewing 50 rare 3D ima...
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Voices of D-Day
Our Man in Normandy just marked the 70th Anniversary of ...
Our Man in Normandy just marked the 70th Anniversary of the Allied landings in France. As a prelude to debriefing him, we listen to the voices that speak to us from those blood-soaked sands, including those of beloved entertainers who did their bit to ...
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Hindenburg: “Oh, the Humanity!”
On May 6, 1937, the largest airship that's ever taken ...
On May 6, 1937, the largest airship that's ever taken to the air -- the German zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg -- burst into flames on landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36. What caused the fire that consumed the pride of Adol...
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Tuskegee Airman Col. McGee
- Col. Charles McGee holds the record for combat flights ...
- Col. Charles McGee holds the record for combat flights by an American pilot, yet he had to fight his own government just to get into the cockpit. By defying the strict segregation of WW2, Col. McGee and the Red Tails proved they had the right stuff.
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The Immortal Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was a humble guy who went from the ...
Babe Ruth was a humble guy who went from the halls of a reform school to the Baseball Hall of Fame. We visit with the Yankee legendary on radio shows, sending his best to our troops in WWII, and hunting game birds (with a clip that was stolen from the ...
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Harold Ramis (1944-2014)
If you were time-traveling from the distant future back to ...
If you were time-traveling from the distant future back to the 1980s, and needed to book some cultural references to fit in, you couldn't do better than watching the films of writer-director-producer Harold Ramis. Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack,
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Earliest Presidential Voices
You know the voices of our TV age presidents, but ...
You know the voices of our TV age presidents, but what did the earlier ones sound like in the days of wax cylinders and phonographs? For Presidents Day, Angry History rolls the earliest presidential voices from President Benjamin Harrison in 1889,
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Bletchley Park WW2 Codebreakers
Mark Cotton produces the Bletchley Park Podcast from "the home ...
Mark Cotton produces the Bletchley Park Podcast from "the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing." This super-secret complex cracked the Engima codes and helped win World War II. Mark interviews veterans who are only now free t...
