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History You Didn't Ask For
by Nikki Hensler Gordon
History You Didn't Ask For is the show that tells the stories they left out of your textbooks. Every episode, one person who built something, broke something open, or changed everything — and somehow didn't make it into the official record. Hosted by Nikki Hensler Gordon.
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I Still Got Americans Out There: The Paris Davis Story
In 1965, an Army captain disobeyed a direct order in a Vietnamese rice paddy because he wouldn't leave his men behind. His commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor. The paperwork disappeared. Then it disappeared again. This is the story of Colonel Paris Davis and the fifty-eight years between what he did and when the country finally said so out loud.
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Cha Cha: The Woman Who Built Drag Racing
The NHRA spent years trying to keep Shirley Muldowney off the track. She spent those same years winning. This is the story of the first woman licensed to drive a Top Fuel dragster — what it took to get that license, what she did with it, and what the sport did to her legacy after they couldn't stop her anymore.
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The Widow Spy: Marti Peterson and the CIA's Most Dangerous Street
In 1975, the CIA sent a woman to run agents on the streets of Moscow for the first time in history. The KGB wasn't watching her. They didn't think they needed to. This is the story of Marti Peterson — and what happened when they figured out they were wrong.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
History You Didn't Ask For is the show that tells the stories they left out of your textbooks. Every episode, one person who built something, broke something open, or changed everything — and somehow didn't make it into the official record. Hosted by Nikki Hensler Gordon.
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History You Didn't Ask For is the show that tells the stories they left out of your textbooks. Every episode, one person who built something, broke something open, or changed everything — and somehow didn't make it into the official record. Hosted by Nikki Hensler Gordon.
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History You Didn't Ask For is created and hosted by Nikki Hensler Gordon.
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