Angry History Podcast
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history clearly never listened to the Angry History Podcast.
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Extra: Happy New Year!
On New Year's Eve, your intrepid host was back in ...
On New Year's Eve, your intrepid host was back in Gotham's historic East Village. He had a steam at the Russian Baths (1892), tipped a few at McSorley's Old Ale House (1854), and felt sincerely humbled by the way you've helped this show grow.
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Extra: Merry Christmases Past
We climb into the Wayback Machine to bring you Yule ...
We climb into the Wayback Machine to bring you Yule Tide memories from Christmases past. Hear about A Charlie Brown Christmas shocking CBS, the Grinch, Apollo 8, and the origin of the mysterious Steve Martin/Paul Simon/Billy Joel bootleg performance of...
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65¢ in Dimes & Nickels
December 16, 1960, two passenger planes collide over New York ...
December 16, 1960, two passenger planes collide over New York City. One crashes on Staten Island. The other rips open the heart of Brooklyn’s Park Slope, destroying homes, lives and a neighborhood’s sense of peace.
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JFK Assassination at 50
Fifty years ago, Americans experienced a black swan event – ...
Fifty years ago, Americans experienced a black swan event – a shot that literally came out of nowhere and changed the nation's course. With a generous helping of archival audio, Angry History shares how pioneers in the young medium of television covere...
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Gettysburg Address 150 Years
The sick, achy Abraham Lincoln visited the dedication of Gettysburg ...
The sick, achy Abraham Lincoln visited the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery. Some panned his remarks, and he faced grim prospects: More dead, losing the Civil War, and being thrown out of office. We look back on that 272-word speech -- featur...
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Greece’s “No!” to Hitler, Mussolini
Oct. 28, 1940. In an effort to outdo ally Adolf ...
Oct. 28, 1940. In an effort to outdo ally Adolf Hitler, Italian fascist Benito Mussolini demanded Greece's Ioannis Metaxas surrender ports and other strategic areas or face war. Metaxas responded with a single word, "Oxi!" No!
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Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther ...
To mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington, the Angry History Show digs deep into the man before he was the legend. Hear the Nobel Peace Prize winner joke on the Tonight Show, share his story with Merv,
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Extra: Star Trek, World War Z
In this Angry History Extra, your host discusses two movies ...
In this Angry History Extra, your host discusses two movies just released for home viewing: Star Trek Into Darkness and World War Z. The show dives into the follow up to the 2009 Trek reboot, and the Brad Pitt film that shares only a title with the epi...
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Fiery Death of the Gen. Slocum
New York City, June 1904. When flames consumed the paddleboat ...
New York City, June 1904. When flames consumed the paddleboat General Slocum, it claimed over 1,000 lives, mostly mothers and children – the city's largest loss of life until 9/11. Join us in McSorley's Old Ale House,
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Pearl: America’s Angriest Day
Dec. 7, 1941. In the hours after the Japanese betrayal ...
Dec. 7, 1941. In the hours after the Japanese betrayal at Pearl Harbor, a handful of teams deployed to cities around the nation to interview the average person-on-the-street about the attacks and the new normal: America at War. Seventy-two years later,
