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History Nerds United — 206 episodes

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A Mysterious London Death with Patrick Radden Keefe

2

The British Crown and Slavery with Brooke Newman

3

Books I Don't Want You To Miss for March 2026

4

The Seven Daughters of Maria Theresa with Veronica Buckley

5

The Pursuit of Professional Wrestling Glory with Alison Lyn Miller and Hollywood Hunter James

6

Hawai'i, Family, and Legacy with Sara Kehaulani Goo

7

Larry Bird at Indiana State University with Keith O'Brien

8

Books I Don't Want You To Miss for February 2026

9

Ruby Ridge with Chris Jennings

10

The Most Prolific Female Serial Killer in History, Elizabeth Bathory, with Shelley Puhak

11

The Bernie Goetz Case with Elliot Williams

12

American Sports Gambling With Danny Funt

13

Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors with Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

14

Books I Don't Want You To Miss for January 2026

15

The Search for a Sunken Spanish Galleon with Julian Sancton

16

Thomas Paine and the American Revolution with Jack Kelly

17

Charlotte Brontë's Legacy With Graham Watson

18

St. Joan of Arc with Helen Castor

19

The History of Whiskey with Noah Rothbaum

20

James VI and I with Gareth Russell

21

The History and Future of the Wind with Simon Winchester

22

The Life of Joan Crawford with Scott Eyman

23

NASA's Gemini Space Program With Jeffrey Kluger

24

Elizabeth I, James I, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty With Tracy Borman

25

Teddy Roosevelt with Bret Baier

26

The Exoneration Fight of Leo Schofield With Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King

27

The Zorg, The Slave Ship That Ignited Abolition with Siddharth Kara

28

The Trial of Al Qaeda Terrorist Spin Ghul with Jake Tapper

29

The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with John Bacon

30

Deadwood with Peter Cozzens

31

The Special Counsel Cases of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Biden, and Trump with Elie Honig

32

1999 with Ross Benes

33

"Pirate" Captain William Kidd with Samuel Marquis

34

The World War II Women of the Italian Resistance with Suzanne Cope

35

Catholic Saints and Canonization with Kate Sidley

36

Saint Thomas More with Joanne Paul

37

The Iranian Revolution with Scott Anderson

38

Argentina's Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Who Fought to Find Their Lost Grandchildren with Haley Cohen Gilliland

39

Amelia Earhart and Her Husband George Putnam with Laurie Gwen Shapiro

40

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the People Overlooked in Civil War History with Scott Ellsworth

41

The Murders of the London Blitz with Amy Helen Bell and Roosevelt to Roosevelt with Stan Haynes

42

The Roosevelt Brothers' Search for the Elusive Giant Panda with Nathalia Holt

43

The Viking Age and the Lives of Everyday Norsemen with Eleanor Barraclough

44

The Greatest Monsters of History Including Vampires, Rougarou, Dragons, and Even Godzilla with Nick Jubber

45

Ted Bundy, the Rise of Serial Killers, Pacific Northwest Life, and the Lead Crime Hypothesis with Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Fraser

46

English Kings, Their Favorites, and the Upheaval of the 14th Century with Helen Carr

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The Battle of the Atlantic and the Heist of a German U-Boat with Alexander Rose

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Midway Island and the World War II Battle That Changed the Pacific Theater with Martin Dugard

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World War II Art Spy Rose Valland with Michelle Young

50

WWII Era Serial Killer Reg Christie and (Maybe?) the Execution of an Innocent Man with Kate Summerscale

51

The Publishing World and How to Be More Grateful About the Little Things with Todd Doughty

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When Women Took Over the American Fashion on Fifth Avenue in 1900s New York City with Julie Satow

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How New Amsterdam Became New York with Russell Shorto

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The True Crime Case of Dr. Crippen with Hallie Rubenhold

55

Life in Video Games with Mike Drucker

56

Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and the Deadliest Accident in American Professional Sports with Eric Vickrey

57

World War II Nazi POWs in America with William Geroux

58

China and its People with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng

59

San Francisco's Turbulent History and an Unbelievable Gilded-Age Murder with Gary Krist

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The History of Ancient Rome with Gareth Harney

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Rebel Empresses Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France with Nancy Goldstone

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The First Airshow in American History with Richard Goodrich

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Japan, Writing Biographies, Personal Loss, Family, and How the Little Things are What You Remember with Pulitzer Prize Winner Megan Mashall

64

New York City Place Names and How They Got Them Like Major Deegan, Outerbridge, and Hutchinson with Rebecca Bratspies

65

Airships in the Arctic, Roald Amundsen, and a Rescue at the Top of the World with Buddy Levy

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Burma, The Wa State, and the DEA vs. the CIA with Patrick Winn

67

The Wars of Russian History, Putin's Historical Inaccuracy, and the Charm of The Great with Mark Galeotti

68

The Return of American Revolution Hero the Marquis de Lafayette with Elizabeth Reese

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Raised By A Serial Killer, Edward Wayne Edwards, with April Balascio

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The True Crime Story of Barbara "Bloody Babs" Graham and the OJ Simpson Trial with Marcia Clark

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The FBI's War Against American Gangsters Like John Dillinger, Babyface Nelson, and Bonnie and Clyde with John Oller

72

Gladiators, Spartacus, and the Glory of Rome with Gladiator Historian Alexander Mariotti

73

The Untold Story of the Life of the Infamous Nathan Leopold of the Leopold and Loeb Murder with Erik Rebain

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Shakespeare, Richard II, Henry IV, and the Rebellion That Had to Happen with Helen Castor

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The History of Cunning Folk, Magic, and Why They Aren't Witches with Tabitha Stanmore

76

The Greatest Nobodies of History Including Leonardo da Vinci's Ferret, Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool, and Many More with YouTube Star Adrian Bliss

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The Story of Serial Killer Shawn Grate with Retired Homicide Detective Kim Mager

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The Greatest Warrior King in English History Henry V with Dan Jones

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The Battle for American Isolationism Before World War II Between Charles Lindbergh and the America First Movement vs. President Franklin Roosevelt with H.W. Brands

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The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut with Jack Carr and James Scott

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A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II with Abbott Kahler

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The 1980 Iranian Embassy Hostage Crisis in London and the SAS Operation to Save Them with Ben Macintyre

83

Alexander the Great with Rachel Kousser

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The Heroic British Pilots of the Battle of Britain in World War II with Martin Dugard

85

The Murdaugh Murders of South Carolina With The Wall Street Journal's Valerie Bauerlein

86

The Million Dollar McDonald's Scam with James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte

87

The Historical Accuracy of the Red Dead Redemption Video Games Series with Tore Olsson

88

The Life of Brazilian Trialblazer and Explorer Cândido Rondon with Larry Rohter

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A Love Story of Auschwitz During World War II with Keren Blankfeld

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Cold War Conversations Host Ian Sanders

91

How China's Treasures Were Saved During World War II With Adam Brookes

92

1800s New York City Criminal Mastermind Marm Mandelbaum with Margalit Fox

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Jazz Age Jewel Thief Arthur Barry With Dean Jobb

94

The History of Reality TV with Pulitzer Prize Winner Emily Nussbaum

95

Greek Life and a Fraternity Drug Ring at the College of Charleston with Max Marshall

96

The Name of the Catfish Who Conned Her With Anna Akbari (Part 2: SPOILERS ABOUND)

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Caught Up With An Infamous Catfish Fraud With Anna Akbari (Part 1: NO SPOILERS)

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The Quest for El Dorado and the Fall of Sir Walter Raleigh with Keith Thomson

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Early 1900s Terrorism in New York City and the Anarchy Movement with Steven Johnson

100

NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster with Adam Higginbotham

101

The Battles for the British Kingdom from 1000-1066 with Don Hollway

102

The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt with Charlotte Gray

103

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World with Bettany Hughes

104

The Final Voyage of Legendary British Explorer Captain James Cook with Hampton Sides

105

Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland with Henry Hemming

106

The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre in Georgia With Earl Swift

107

Stéphane Bréitwieser the Most Prolific Art Thief of All Time With Michael Finkel

108

The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose With Keith O'Brien

109

NASA, Asteroids, and the OSIRIS-REx Mission With Dante Lauretta

110

The Abdication of Edward VIII With Jane Tippett

111

North Korea and Kim Jong Un's Dangerous Sister Kim Yo Jong With Sung-Yoon Lee

112

The Life and Death of Snowboarding Pioneer and Legend Craig Kelly With Eric Blehm

113

The Battle of Agincourt with Michael Livingston

114

The American Glider Pilots of World War II With Scott McGaugh

115

The Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis With Maria Smilios

116

The Casablanca Conference of World War II With James Conroy

117

The Rise of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky With Time Magazine Correspondent Simon Shuster

118

The Music of the 90s With The Ringer's Rob Harvilla

119

The Polly Klaas Kidnapping With Kim Cross

120

John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood's Rediscovery of the Maya With William Carlsen

121

How George Washington Kept the Army Together During the American Revolution With Seanegan Sculley

122

The Lost Battalion of World War I With Ed Lengel

123

George Kennan's Epic Journey Through Russia's Siberia With Gregory Wallance

124

Life as a Watchmaker and the History of Keeping Time With Rebecca Struthers

125

The Race to Save Russia's Jewish People Before World War I With Steven Ujifusa

126

The Women Who Fought to Bring Their POW Husbands Home From Vietnam With Taylor Baldwin Kiland and Judy Silverstein Gray

127

Podcaster Jessica Cale from Dirty Sexy History

128

Charlie Chaplin's Battle with the American Government With Scott Eyman

129

The Legacy of Siskel and Ebert With Screencrush's Matt Singer

130

The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 With Matthew Davenport

131

The Only IRA Hit on American Soil With Mark Bulik

132

American Revolution Road Trip With Bob Thompson

133

The Newspaper Wars of New York Over Robert Peary and Frederick Cook's Race for the North Pole With Darrell Hartman

134

Thomas Smallwood and His Amazing Exploits Helping Slaves Escape With Pulitzer Prize Winner Scott Shane

135

Journalism With Former AP Bureau Chief for Mexico and Central America Katherine Corcoran

136

Her Father's Defence of Two Canadian Murderers and How It Affected Her Family With Amy Bell

137

New York City's History With Chance Kelly

138

The Search for Three Missing Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail With Andrea Lankford

139

The Intertwined Lives of Catherine de Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary Queen of Scots With Leah Redmond Chang

140

The American Servicewomen of World War II With Lena Andrews

141

The Deep Ocean and the Oceangate Disaster With Susan Casey

142

World War II Akimel O'odham Warrior and Hero Ira Hayes With Tom Holm

143

Great White Sharks With Shark Expert Greg Skomal and co-author Ret Talbot

144

Life as a War Journalist With Jane Ferguson

145

Rosa Parks and the O Street Museum With H.H. Leonards

146

1910's Halley's Comet Panic With Richard Goodrich

147

Edgar Allan Poe With Mark Dawidziak

148

How to Fix the Hollywood System With Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan

149

George Washington's Descendants With Cassandra Good

150

Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Schemes With Emily Lynn Paulson

151

The Jazz Age Rivalry of Senator Burton Wheeler and Attorney General Harry Daugherty With Lost L.A. Host Nathan Masters

152

The Battles for the Rzhev Salient 1942-43 in World War II With Prit Buttar

153

The History of Knowledge With Simon Winchester

154

The 1998 New York Yankees With Jack Curry

155

The Shipwreck and Survival Story of the Wager With David Grann

156

The Texas Rangers and Their Leader Leander McNelly With Tom Clavin

157

David Koresh and Waco with Stephan Talty

158

Arctic Explorer Peter Freuchen With Reid Mitenbuler

159

Denver DA Philip Van Cise and His War on Corruption and the Klan With Alan Prendergast

160

The Horrors of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphange in Vermont With Christine Kenneally

161

The Greatest Poets of Northern Ireland With Alexander Poots

162

Russia, Putin, and the Future of the Ukraine War With Mark Galeotti

163

Archaeologist Christiane Desroches-Nobelcourt With Lynne Olson

164

World War II Political Fixer Anna Rosenberg With Christopher Gorham

165

South Dakota's Most Infamous Cold Case With Lou Raguse

166

The German View From Dunkirk in World War II With Robert Kershaw

167

World War II U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew With Steve Kemper

168

The 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the Heroism of Bob Bartlett With Buddy Levy

169

Spain With Giles Tremlett

170

The Murder Cases That Still Haunt Retired Toronto Homicide Detective Steve Ryan

171

Season 1 Wrap Up

172

The Civil War Battle Waged to Build a Confederate Navy With Alexander Rose

173

The Germans Trying to Bring Down Hitler in World War II With Tom Dunkel

174

Benedict Arnold With James Kirby Martin

175

The Red Widow of Paris Margeurite Steinheil With Sarah Horowitz

176

Samuel Adams With Pulitzer Prize Winner Stacy Schiff

177

The Murder of Mexican Journalist Regina Martinez With Katherine Corcoran

178

History, Weed, and Sister Podcasting With Laurel from High Tales of History

179

Gilded Age Serial Killer Edward Rulloff With Kate Winkler Dawson

180

Her Father's Life Growing Up in the Jim Crow South With Nita Whitaker

181

Bootleg King George Remus and a Jazz Age Murder With Abbott Kahler

182

Pope Pius XII and the Vatican During World War II With Pulitzer Prize Winner David Kertzer

183

Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb in World War II With James M. Scott

184

The Great Stewardess Rebellion With Nell McShane Wulfhart

185

The Rise and Fall of Retail Kingpin Crazy Eddie Antar With Gary Weiss

186

The (Kinda) Paranormal Escape of Two World War I Prisoners With Margalit Fox

187

The Scandals of Alexander Hamilton's Decendants With Bill Shaffer

188

The Assault of a New York City Sewing Girl in 1793 With John Wood Sweet

189

Japan and Her Favorite History With TK from For the Love of History Podcast

190

The Immortal Chaplains of World War II With Steven T. Collis

191

The History of Organ Transplants and Crackpot Science With Paul Craddock

192

Fairy Tales and Their Sometimes Very Weird Origins With Nicholas Jubber

193

Privateers, Pirates, Whaling, Hurricanes, and Lighthouses With Eric Jay Dolin

194

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs With Paleontologist Riley Black

195

The Pirates Who Raided the South Seas and Rescued a Princess With Keith Thomson

196

The Deadly Rivalry of Medieval Queens Brunhild and Fredegund With Shelley Puhak

197

New York City Jazz Age Madam Polly Adler With Pulitzer Prize Winner Debby Applegate

198

The Invasion Ukraine and the Similarities to World War II With James Kirby Martin

199

The Yalta Conference of World War II and the Daughters of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Harriman With Catherine Grace Katz

200

Dostoevsky and His True Crime Inspiration for Crime and Punishment With Kevin Birmingham

201

The Dresden Bombings of World War II With James Kirby Martin

202

The Kidnapping of Daniel Boone's Daughter Jemima and Early Colonial Justice With Tobey & Matthew Pearl

203

The Battle of Manila in World War II With James M. Scott

204

The Army/Navy Prank War With Prankmaster General Mike Nemeth

205

Arctic Exploration, Conquistadors, and Exploring the Amazon With Buddy Levy

206

The Radium Girls and The Woman They Could Not Silence With Kate Moore