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The Knowledge from the Couch Podcast

**Have you ever wanted to hear history from a regular midwestern dude who happened to get himself a history degree from a major university? He's a nurse now, but he'll always be a historian and he's here to try and teach you a little something about a little bit of everything. Enjoy the musings of Kyle, a Nebraskan history geek with dulcet tones to match.**

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    Season 4 BONUS Episode 1 Aaron and Kyle Mashup

    Aaron Hogg rejoins the show, but more appropriately, KYLE rejoins Aaron on HIS show. This is the audio version of that videocast. Go check it out, and enjoy!

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    Episode 54 Edith Wilson

    OH HI! We're back again with an all new season of the show! Enjoy it and tell all your friends who love history to give it a listen.

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    Episode 53 The Hindenburg

    Some more juicy juicy content that you're all craving after a brief hiatus, enjoy talking about all the humanity of the Hindenburg disaster. Enjoy.

  4. 68

    Talking with Kyle -- December 2018

    Hey, not a real episode. Just 20 minutes of talking with Kyle. Enjoy.

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    Episode 52 The Mashup feat. Aaron Hogg

    The boys are back! Enjoy Kyle and Aaron mashing their shows together and talking about Bob Ross and comics and movies and space and everything else you never wanted to hear. Enjoy!

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    Episode 51 Johannes Gutenberg (feat. Mike Bettendorf)

    Join Kyle this week where he welcomes guest Michael Bettendorf to the show to talk about Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press as well as a lot of other random stuff! Enjoy!

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    Episode 50 Guglielmo Marconi (feat. Aaron Hogg)

    Aaron Hogg of the All Things Action Videocast joins Kyle today to talk about the father of radio. It's a rad episode, I hope you enjoy it.

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    Episode 49 Agnes of Dunbar (feat. Amber Steinhauser)

    The time has finally come and things are getting out of hand, now there are TWO of the them! Enjoy my sister and I shooting the shit and talking history all at the same time.

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    Episode 48 Voting in the United States

    This week's episode focuses on voting in the United States. A right that basically every citizen has (although unfortunately, not all) that everyone should exercise. Listen to Kyle plead for an hour on how you should do so. Enjoy!

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    Episode 47 Popular Sovereignty and Bleeding Kansas

    When your Missouri compromise goes wrong, this is what happens. Enjoy and check the patreon page to contribute. Thanks for listening!

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    Episode 46 The Missouri Compromise

    Take a journey down the civics hole as Kyle talks about one of the more important pieces of legislation during the early 1820s, the Missouri Compromise that formed a barrier at which free and slave states could be admitted to the Union. YAY CIVICS!

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    Episode 45 Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

    Today's episode talks about the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and how it's much like a lot of other sovereignty movements. In perhaps the most political episode yet, enjoy being angry like Kyle!

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    Episode 44 The Kingdom of Hawaii and Overthrow

    This week's episode of the show details the newly formed Kingdom of Hawai'i and runs through it's 100 year existence culiminating with the overthrow of Hawai'i. Enjoy!

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    Episode 43 James Cook

    Oh HELLO there. Here is your SEASON 3 PREMIERE episode, this one covering sailor James Cook. Enjoy it and tell people about the show!

  15. 57

    Season 3 Prequel Episode

    What up guys? Welcome to your season three run up episode. I talk about changes for season 3 and my new patreon page! Ok cool!

  16. 56

    [REPLAY] Episode 7 Simo Häyhä

    Welcome to the END of the countdown! The White Death, otherwise known as Simo Häyhä was a small Finnish made with big guns and big attitude. Re-live this story TODAY!

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    [REPLAY] Episode 17 Jack Churchill

    Oh hey guys, here's your number 2 episode of the past year, Jack Churchill the insane British man. Enjoy this.

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    [REPLAY] Episode 15 Malala Yousafzai

    Welcome to our number 3 most downloaded episode of last year! This episode was in the back half of season 1 and deals with the young Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, an amazing young woman and activist. Hear her story again this week on the KCP! Enjoy it!

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    [REPLAY] Harlem Hellfighters (Episode 21)

    Guys welcome back to the show. As I take a quick August yatus, enjoy the countdown on a weekly basis of our best and most downloaded episodes! This week, the Harlem Hellfighters episode comes in at number 4. It was a fun one to do, I hope you enjoy it all over again!

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    Prequel to August 2018

    You guys, sorry for the absence. Here is your August preview and all that nonsense, mostly nonsensical ramblings! Enjoy!

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    Episode 42 The American Revolution Part 3

    Hello all, thanks for listening to the final part of the American Revolution series. This week we delve into the last parts of the war and the consequences of said war on all the nations that participated. Remember to subscribe and tell your friends about the show!

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    Episode 41 The American Revolution Part 2

    Welcome to Part 2 of the American Revolution podcast. In this episode, we cover the American's bumbling start to the war, the crossing of the Delaware River, and the entrance of foreign powers into this war. Enjoy!

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    Episode 40 The American Revolution Part 1

    Welcome to our July series on the couch, this month we talk about the American Revolution. Part 1 is the lead up and beginning of colonial unrest before full blown war breaks out between the United States and Great Britain. Enjoy!

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    Prequel to July 2018

    What up guys. This month's prequel episode we dive into what we will be doing AND exciting news for the future of the show. It's amazing, take a listen and let me know what you think!! Rate the show, subscribe to the show, and don't be no scrube now.

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    Episode 39 Unit 731

    Hey guys, this last episode of the month of June is not for the faint of heart. Unit 731 was one of the most terrible parts of the Japanese occupation of China during World War 2. You have to hear it to believe it. Remember to rate and subscribe to the show!

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    Episode 38 The South African Aversion Project

    In this weeks podcast excellence series, KCP covers the Aversion project in South Africa wherein gay military members were forced to undergo "therapy" that would convert them from gay to straight. Of course this is nonsense and did not work and ended poorly for all involved. Thanks for listening and remember to subscribe and rate the show!

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    Episode 37 The Tuskegee Experiment

    This week's episode of the pcast blast covers the infamous US Public Health Service's terrible experiment on the unfortunate subjects of Macon county, Alabama. The Tuskegee experiment. Have fun listening to this sad story as I yell about how much bullshit this is.

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    Episode 36 The Stanford Prison Experiment

    This week's episode is over the Stanford Prison Experiment from August of 1971. Learn how terrible human beings can be! Remember to rate and subscribe!

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    Prequel to June 2018

    Hey guys, just your regular prequel epsiode for the upcoming month of June. Listen and enjoy! Remember to rate and subscribe!

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    Episode 35 Project Apollo

    The culmination of space month on the knowledge from the couch podcast, today we talk about the Apollo program which took men to the moon and launched earth and mankind into a new era. Remember to rate and subscribe to the podcast! Thanks!

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    Episode 34 Project Gemini

    On this week's episode of the KCP, Kyle talks about the oft forgotten about portion of the US space program, Project Gemini. One of the most successful forays into space with the biggest leap forward in technology and accomplishments, project Gemini has an interesting history all it's own. Remember to RATE THE SHOW AND SUBSCRIBE!

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    Episode 33 Project Mercury

    We begin the May series of KCP episodes talking about the U.S. space program from the very beginning with Project Mercury. We didn't know how space would affect a person or how to even really effectively get someone above earth to orbit it for any amount of time. Learn how the U.S. started their journey to the moon in this week's episode of the show. Thanks for your support, hit the links to find the artists that contribute music to the show, and SUBSCRIBE AND RATE!

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    Prequel to May 2018

    In this extrememly long-winded prequel episode (Kyle feels bad for not doing a real episode for the first week of May so he lengthened this one ), Kyle talks about how he feels, how it is doing the show on a weekly basis, and the future of the show including May which is space month. Let us know how you think the show is going and thanks so much for listening!

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    Season 2 Episode 12 Marie Cure (32)

    Marie Curie is one of the most driven and intelligent women who has ever existed on earth and is responsible not only for the discovery of two new elements but is equally responsible for the usage of radiology in a medical sense. She's amazing, get all of that and more on this weeks KCP. Thanks for the support and thanks for listening.

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    Episode 31 Amelia Earhart

    On this week's edition of the KCP, Kyle talks about Amelia Earhart, her life, her disappearance, and what may have happened to here when she left. Thanks for listening and remember to subscribe!

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    Season 2 Episode 10 The Night Witches (30)

    On the 10 episode of the second season of KCP, Kyle ventures across the iron curtain to talk about a group of ladies called the Night Witches. These brave Soviet women bombed some nazis like it was nothing for years and represent everything amazing about women on ladies' month on KCP. Thanks for listening, remember to subscribe, leave a review and rate the show. Also, tell your friends!

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    Season 2 Episode 9 Grace O'Malley (29)

    Grace O'Malley is a fun story about a 16th century woman becoming a powerful pirate lass of the emerald isle. Remember to rate and subscribe and leave a review of the show!

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    Prequel Episode to April 2018

    It's ladies' month in April on the KCP, as Kyle talks about what's in store for the show in the month of April as well as what's going on in his life. Listen to discover! Remember to rate and subscribe for everything you could ever need!

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    Season 2 Episode 8 The Anglo-Zanzibar War (28)

    Welcome back to another amazing week of talking about historical stuff on the KCP. This week, Kyle delves very briefly into the Anglo-Zanzibar war that lasted a grand total of 38 minutes. This podcast is nearly as long as that entire war. Enjoy, and don't forget to rate and subscribe!

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    Season 2 Episode 7 The First Barbary War (27)

    Welcome back, one and all, to ANOTHER edition of KCP where today, we will be discussing America's first big boy war engagement as a new nation with a bunch of god damn pirates in the Mediterranean. It's a fun one full of historical facts and random offshoots to other parts of history! Enjoy, rate, subscribe, do all that and thanks for listening!

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    Season 2 Episode 6 The Cod Wars (26)

    On this exciting (not really) episode of the KCP, Kyle talks about a series of wars about fish. Cool, right? Remember to rate, subscribe, and leavea review! Thanks for listening. PS Check me out on the All Things Action videocast this week and next week!

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    Season 2 Episode 5 The Falklands War (25)

    Today on KCP, Kyle begins his series on odd and silly wars and covers one of the more odd and silly ones, the war in the Falkand Islands. Go on a useless journey to a pair of islands nobody really wanted to fight over today! Remember to RATE AND SUBSCRIBE! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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    Prequel Episode March 2018

    Hey guys, here's a preview of what's coming up in March of 2018. I also talk at length about my love for history and how I think it's important. Thanks for listening, tell your friends about the show!

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    Season 2 Episode 4 The Murder of Emmett Till (24)

    In the last episode on our series on Black History Month, we talk about the injustice and murder of Emmett Till in 1950s Mississippi. It's a heartwrenching story fit for true crime. Remember to rate us, subscribe, and leave a review!

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    Season 2 Episode 3 Onesimus and Smallpox (23)

    Greetings fans of knowledge and welcome BACK to another week of the KCP. This week, following on in our Black History Month series of shows, we talk about Smallpox and the man who helped bring America to a more modern sense of treating the disease, a man named Onesimus. Thank you so much for your continued support! Hit the links to go to the soundcloud pages of the artists I use for my music. THANK YOU!

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    Season 2 Episode 2 Bessie Coleman (Episode 22)

    Continuing our theme for black history month, Kyle talks about Bessie Coleman, an aviator who happens, also, to be the first African-American pilot ever. She has a cool story and is a cool woman. Please take a listen and consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show! Thank you for your continued support!

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    Season 2 Episode 1 Harlem Hellfighters (Episode 21)

    In the season 2 premiere, Kyle talks about a regiment of first world war soldiers that made up the Harlem Hellfighters. Their bravery in combat is almost completely unheard of. Take this story and add it to your list of interesting stories in the realm of black history. This month's theme is interesting and important figures of black history. Please remember to rate the podcast and subscribe and tell your friends about it AND leave me a review, I'll read it on air! Thank you so much!

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    Episode 20 Robert Gould Shaw

    In the season 1 finale of the KCP, Kyle talks about a man who hold's a dear spot in his heart, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachussets regiment. His exploits were detailed in the movie Glory, take a listen to the show and maybe learn a thing or two you didn't know about Colonel Shaw. Thanks for listening, remember to rate and subscribe and LEAVE A REVIEW!

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    Episode 19 The Spanish Flu

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Kyle talks at length (our first episode over an hour) about the 1918 H1N1 influenza A virus more commonly known as the Spanish Flu. It was extremely deadly and killed millions upon millions of people worldwide. Remember to rate and subscribe to the show and leave a review while you're there, I'll read it on the next show! Check out Dj Quads and Joakim Karud's respective soundcloud pages in the links to hear their music like the stuff I used for today's episode.

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    Episode 18.5 Michael Malloy

    Michael Malloy was a hard up homeless Irish man that 5 guys, nicknamed the "Murder Trust", wanted to murder and take out a life insurance policy. Turns out, it's tougher to kill a person than one might imagine. Thanks for listening! Music Credit Intro: Wowa -- Just Cool Segue: Dj Quads -- Missing Someone Outro: Dj Quads -- Fun Time

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

**Have you ever wanted to hear history from a regular midwestern dude who happened to get himself a history degree from a major university? He's a nurse now, but he'll always be a historian and he's here to try and teach you a little something about a little bit of everything. Enjoy the musings of Kyle, a Nebraskan history geek with dulcet tones to match.**

HOSTED BY

Kyle Steinhauser

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