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A Daily Slice of History

My name is Sean Kavanagh, and welcome to our podcast/radio show, A Daily Slice of History. Along with my co-host Therese Shimkus, our goal is to deliver a daily entertaining tidbit about something that happened in history on that day! It doesn’t matter when it happened either; we’ll discuss anything from the American Revolution to the moon landing! This show also airs live on 99.5 WUSR in the local NEPA area on weekdays at 10 am and 4 pm.

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    A Daily Slice of History - May 1st, 2026

    The history of soda and hamburgers

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    A Daily Slice of History - April 24th, 2026

    The history of ketchup and mustard

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    A Daily Slice of History - April 22nd, 2026

    The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

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    A Daily Slice of History - March 13th, 2026

    The history of daylights savings

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    A Daily Slice of History - February 27th, 2026

    The history of football continued

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    A Daily Slice of History - February 20th, 2026

    The life and works of Immanuel Kant

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    A Daily Slice of History - November 14th, 2025

    The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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    A Daily Slice of History - May 9th, 2025

    The history of the Trojan War

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    A Daily Slice of History - May 2nd, 2025

    The history of the University of Scranton

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    A Daily Slice of History - April 4th, 2025

    The 30,000 pounds of bananas incident

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    A Daily Slice of History - March 28th, 2025

    Part two of our Voltaire series

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    A Daily Slice of History - March 14th, 2025

    The life of French philosopher Voltaire

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    A Daily Slice of History - November 22nd, 2024

    History of the rise of universities

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    A Daily Slice of History - October 25th, 2024

    History of Presidential Elections

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    A Daily Slice of History - October 18th, 2024

    The history of George Washington's war tent

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    A Daily Slice of History - May 10th, 2024

    The life of William Shakespeare

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    A Daily Slice of History - May 3rd, 2024

    The life of Niccolo Machiavelli

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    A Daily Slice of History - April 26th, 2024

    The history of personality typing

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

My name is Sean Kavanagh, and welcome to our podcast/radio show, A Daily Slice of History. Along with my co-host Therese Shimkus, our goal is to deliver a daily entertaining tidbit about something that happened in history on that day! It doesn’t matter when it happened either; we’ll discuss anything from the American Revolution to the moon landing! This show also airs live on 99.5 WUSR in the local NEPA area on weekdays at 10 am and 4 pm.

HOSTED BY

Sean Kavanagh and Therese Shimkus

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How many episodes does A Daily Slice of History have?

A Daily Slice of History currently has 50 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is A Daily Slice of History about?

My name is Sean Kavanagh, and welcome to our podcast/radio show, A Daily Slice of History. Along with my co-host Therese Shimkus, our goal is to deliver a daily entertaining tidbit about something that happened in history on that day! It doesn’t matter when it happened either; we’ll discuss...

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A Daily Slice of History is created and hosted by Sean Kavanagh and Therese Shimkus.
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