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History Class: After Hours
by Starrs Mill History Club
Things your history teacher didn't have time to teach you.
Episodes
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The Wackiest Political Candidates
Join us today as we continue our election series with the most unique presidential candidates in US history.
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The Craziest Elections in US History
Join us today for election season as we talk about some of the wildest and most influential elections of all time.
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The Hindenburg Disaster
You may know the of the Hindenburg, but how much do you really know about it? Join us today as we take a deep dive into the event that ended blimp travel.
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The Y2K Crisis
Join us for a special new years episode as we discuss the time when everyone thought the world was going to end on new years.
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The Eggnog Riot
Join us today as we talk about a revolt at America’s 2nd best military academy that all happened over some eggnog and a bit of alcohol.
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The Glass King
Join us today as we discuss Charles VI of France and how he ended up giving the country to England (plus some amazing medieval names)
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Haunted Gettysburg
Join is today as we talk about the haunting of America’s bloodiest battlefield
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The Haunted Capital
Join us today as we discuss one of the most haunted capitals in the world… Washington DC
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The Haunted Places of Savannah
Join us today as we give you a tour of one of America’s most haunted cities.
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The History of Halloween
Join us today as I finally get the upload schedule back to normal and we kick off the History Class: After Hours Halloween month, where we start off by discussing the history of one of the greatest holidays of all time.
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The Tale of the Batavia
Join us today as we talk about another boat (yay) and how it shipwrecked on Western Australia
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The Emu War
Join us today as we talk about birds and how the Australian government lost a war to them.
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John Wilkes Booth - Did He Really Die?
Join us today as we get on the crazier side while we discuss a conspiracy about Lincoln’s killer.
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The Lincoln Saga - The Final Part
Join us as we finish our discussion of the Lincoln Family.
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Join us today as we discuss the first Presidential assassination in the United States
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The First First Lady (technically)
Join us today as we discuss Mary Todd Lincoln, the first presidential wife to hold the title of First Lady.
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Famous Marathon Cheaters
Join us today as we discuss a form of cheating that just seems way too easy to do.
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The US Nuclear Program
Join us today for the first episode of season 4 where we piggyback the success of Oppenheimer and talk about nukes.
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The Season Three Finale: William The Conqueror
Join us today for the final episode of season three as we discuss the greatest conqueror of all time and how he influenced the English language and all of Britain
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John (Quincy) Adams
Join us today as we discuss the lesser known President Adams and his role in the United States. I also apologize for the late release.
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The Most Powerful Earthquake East of the Rockies
Join us today as Tyler teaches about the New Madrid Earthquakes.
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The President Born in the Wrong Era
Join us today as we talk about a president that would have done pretty well if he was president literally any other time.
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The Most Famous Road in the US: Route 66
Join us today as we talk about one of the most influential roads of all time and how you pronounce the word “route” (the correct answer is that it depends on the number).
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Mythical Animals of the United States
Join us today as we talk about some animals that probably don’t exist, but they might. That’s up to you and Bigfoot to decide.
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The Chinese Civil War
Join us today as Wes breaks down another civil war for us.
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Billy The Kid
Join us today as we discuss one of the legends of the old west
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The Lincoln County Wars (with sheep robbers)
Join us today as we discuss one of the main conflict of the wild west featuring Billy The Kid
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The Balloon Man - Part 2
Join us today as we discuss the failed voyage of the balloon man in the arctic.
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The Balloon Man - Part 1
Join us today as we talk about a man who loved flying in balloons, with his only problem being he has no idea how they work. And I almost forgot to mention, he’s a complete idiot. This should be fun.
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Dairy Tales
Join us today as we talk about dairy… yeah I’m not really sure either.
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The Presidential Assassin You’ve Never Hear Of
Join us today as we talk about a man who goes on a journey of greed, insanity, and utter chaos.
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The Greatest Mob Nicknames of All Time
Join us today as we continue talking about the Mafia, create mob nicknames for each other, and find out who killed Frankie Yale
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The Fall of Al Capone
Join us today as we discuss the ending days of the snorkiest and most powerful gangster from Chicago.
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The Most Infamous Mobster of the 20th Century - Part 1
Join us today as we discuss a snorky individual who ended up becoming one of the most feared and notorious monsters ever.
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The Most Eccentric Baseball Players
Join us today for a special opening day episode where we talk about weird superstitions and traditions among some weird baseball players
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The Kim Dynasty - Part 2
Join us today as we discuss the craziest member of the Kim family so far: Kim Jong Un
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The Kim Dynasty - Part 1
Join us today as we discuss the beginnings and middle of the most notorious and absolute rulers of all time.
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The Entire Space Race in 28 Minutes
Join us today as we discuss the successes, follies, and overall crazy stories of the era of space programs.
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The Korean War - Part 5: The End (Kind of)
Join us today as we finally finish discussing the Korean War and talk about hills named after porkchops
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The Korean War - Part 4: A New War
Join us today as we continue making fun of MacArthur and discuss the events leading to the end.
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The Korean War - Part 3: North to the Yalu
Join us today as we discuss the UN’s push to the Yalu river and the idiot in charge known as General Douglas MacArthur
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The Korean War - Part 2: Attack of the North
Join us today as we discuss how the Korean War began and the defense of Pusan.
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The Korean War - Part 1: The Background
Join us today as we do what we did with Ben Franklin to the Korean War and discuss the events leading up to it.
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The World’s Most Dangerous Borders
Join us today as we blame the British for all global conflicts.
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The Countries That Aren’t Really Countries - Micronations
Join us today as we discuss some unrecognized nations in various parts of the world
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Charlemagne - The Father of Western Europe (and poorly named countries)
Join us today as we discuss the first ruler of the Unholy Roman-Wannabe Nonimperial State and the founder of basically all of Western Europe
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An Update on the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict - Part 2
Join us today as we continue our discussion from last week and put ourselves in danger of being hunted down by the Russian Government
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An Update on the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict - Part 1
Join us today as we give an update on what’s been happening since our first episode on this conflict.
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The History of Santa Claus
Join us today as we discuss the interesting and surprisingly dark past of everyone’s favorite red suit wearing jolly fat man
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Things your history teacher didn't have time to teach you.
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