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It's a History Podcast — 95 episodes

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093: The Boston Tea Party Part 2: Increasing Tensions, The Act of Rebellion, and the Intolerable Acts

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092: The Boston Tea Party Part 1: The East India Company, The British Government, and Taxes

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091: Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir: A Conversation With Evelyn Grossman

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090: The History of Quilting

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089: The Sinking of The USS Narcissus: A Collaboration With Rich Napoltano From Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

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088: Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress: A Conversation with Dr. Maya Kornberg

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087: Skyway Bridge Collapse: Cause and Aftermath

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086: The Pacific Theater and WWII: A Conversation With Jenny Chan From Pacific Atrocities Education

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085: Why Washington D.C. is our Capital City

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It's A History Podcast Update

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084: Bianca's Cure: A Conversation with Gigi Berardi

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083: Beneath the Lightless Sky: Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of Lvov: A Conversation With Doron Keren About His Families Story of Survival

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082: The Declaration of Independence: How the Document has Faired Over Time

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081: The History of Billboards: How Roadside Advertisements Became What They Are Today

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080: Attack on The Philippines: What Happened Hours After The Attack on Pearl Harbor

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079: RERUN: 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair

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078: Pearl Harbor: What Led up to the Attack, FDR's Speech, And the Aftermath

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077: The Doctor of Auschwitz: A Conversation With Kit Sergeant

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076: Black Friday: Gold Market Crash, Army Versus Navy Football Game, and Retailer Moniker

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075: A Biography Of A Mountain: A conversation with Matthew Davis

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074: The History of Federal Holidays

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073: McNamara at War: A Conversation With William Taubman

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072: Candy Corn and Penny Candy: A Fall Favorite and The Nostalgic Candy Bins

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071: Memento Mori: From Ancient Greece to Modern Day: How We Acknowledge Death Through Art

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070: Heinrich Schleimann: From Business Man to Controversial Amateur Archeologist

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069: The History of Corn Mazes: Labyrinths, Hedge Mazes, and A Dinosaur Named Cornelius

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068: A Brief History of Honeymoons: Bridal Tours, Niagara Falls, and Modern Day

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067: The Wedding Dress: Victorian Beginnings, Hollywood Influence, and Modern Day

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066: The History of Marriage and Weddings: The Transfer of Wealth and Property, The Introduction of Love, and Modern Day

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065: A Brief History of Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties

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064: The History of Crochet: Ambiguous Beginnings, Tambour Embroidery, and Irish Lace

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063: Knitting History: 10th Century Finds, Knitting Guilds, And Modern Day Knitting

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062: With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Own Stories; A Conversation with Nicole Nehrig

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061: Victorian Era Laundry: How Laundry Was Washed, The Soap Used to Clean It, The Various Ways to Bleach Fabric, And Personal Hygiene in The Victorian Era

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060: Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt Part 3: Life after Separation, Involvement in the Women's Suffrage Movement, A Marriage Annulment, and A Lasting Legacy

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059: Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt Part 2: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough, Learning the Ins and Outs of English Society, and The Downfall of a Loveless Marriage

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058: Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt Part 1: Social Climbing, Scandalous Divorce, and Arranged Marriage; The Complicated Story of One of the Most Notorious Mother Daughter Pairs of the Gilded Age

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057: Gilded Age Hobbies: A Tour Through Gilded Age Activities and How Leisure Time Was Spent

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056: The Bicycle Craze of the Gilded Age: The Short Lived Craze That Transformed Women Fashion and Led To Better Road Improvements

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055: It's a History Podcast's One Year Birthday: Thank You to All Who Listen, What is the Most Popular Episode, and Some Sneak Peaks Into What This Year Has to Bring

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054: Jennie Jerome Churchill Part 4: Jennies Life After Randolph, Her Many Accomplishments, and Her Two Young Husbands

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053: Jennie Jerome Churchill Part 3: The Rise and Fall of Jennie and Randolphs Involvement in Politics, Their Complicated Marriage, and Randolphs Downfall Due to His Syphilis

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052: Jennie Jerome Churchill Part 2: From Three Day's of Courtship to Marriage, The Saga of How The Jerome and Churchill Families Worked Out Jennie and Randolphs Marriage

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051: Jennie Jerome Churchill Part 1: Her Early Years, Time in France, and Meeting Lord Randolph Churchill

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050: Vikings in the East: A Conversation with Martyn Whittock about Vikings in Modern Day Ukraine and Russia and How This Link Contributes to the Current Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine

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049: Anna Murphy: The Gilded Age Heiress Who Married Charles Wolseley and Maintained Control Of Her Family Money

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048: Marietta Stevens: A Gilded Age Mother Who Did Whatever Necessary To Climb The Social Ladder

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047: The Gilded Age: The Social Season, The Other London, And Living In The Country

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046: The Gilded Age: Mrs. Astor and Her 400, Social Etiquette, and What Makes an American Dollar Princess

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045: Secrets of The Killing State: A Conversation With Corinna Barrett Lain

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044: Easter Eggs: Why We Have Them, Why We Dye Them, and Why a Bunny Delivers Them

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043: The History of Audiobooks: From Vinyl, to Cassette, to CD, to Digital

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042: Frederick Douglas: The Face of Many Men: How Frederick Douglas's Image Came to Represent Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner

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041: The History of the Sewing Machine: From Clunky to Functional: How the Early Sewing Machines Evolved

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040: The Happy Birthday Song: From Origins to Copyright Controversies

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039: The History of Arsenic Green and Poisonous Books

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038: The Legacy of Denmark Vesey Part 3: The Rebellion, the Betrayal, and the Aftermath

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037: The Legacy of Denmark Vesey Part 2: Life After Freedom, Charleston Class Structure, and Religion

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036: The Legacy of Denmark Vesey Part 1: Early Life and Revolutionary Influence

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035: The Complex History of Romance Novels: What is a Romance Novel, Their Criticism, and Their Popularity

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034: The First Super Bowl: How the NFL Came to Be and the Championship Game that Joined Two Rival Leagues

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033: Franklin's Trees: A conversation With AJ Schenkman About FDR and his love for Trees

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032: American Vikings: A Conversation With Martyn Whittock on American Vikings, the Evidence They Were Here, and Popculture

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031: Mary Shelley Part 3: A Tragic Accident, Literary Achievements, and Money Problems Galore: Oh My!

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030: Mary Shelley Part 2: The Birth of Frankenstein and Never-Ending Tragedy

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029: Mary Shelley Part 1: The Early life of Mary Shelley, Meeting Percy Shelley, and Arrival in Geneva

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028: The History of the Mall Santa: How Santa Got His Home in the Mall and Why We Take Pictures With Him

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027: The Rockefeller Christmas Tree: From Humble Beginnings to Extravagant Fanfare; How the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Became a Yearly Tradition

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026: The Ferris Wheel: From the Showcase Piece of the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair to American Icon

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025: The 1893 Chicago World's Fair: How a Fair Goes From Concept to Reality in Just Three Years

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024: The Eagle and The Turkey: Two Birds; One a National Symbol and One a Thanksgiving Staple

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023: The Irish Potato Famine Part 3: Irish Emigration from Ireland, Famine Ships, and Coffin Ships

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022: The Irish Potato Famine Part 2: A Look at how the Famine Started, The English Response, and Effects of Famine on the Irish Population

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021: The Irish Potato Famine Part 1: A look at the English Takeover of Ireland, the State of Agriculture, and the Dependence on the Potato

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020: Jack O' Lanterns and Samhain: A look at How Folk Lore and Tradition Have Shaped Our Halloween Tradtions

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019: H.H. Holmes: The Story of a Manipulative Conman in the Backdrop of the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair

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018: Witches: The Basque Trails, The Malleus Maleficarum, The Salem Witch Trails, and Modern Day Salem

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017: The History of Haunted Houses and Ghost Tours

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016: The Louisiana Purchase Part 2: The Haitian Revolution, The Purchase Negotiation, and Incorporating Louisiana Into the United States

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015: The Louisiana Purchase Part 1: A look at the Louisiana Territory and the French and Spanish Claims to the Territory

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014: The History of Voting Age: A Look at how Voting Has Changed Over the Years and It's Impact on Our Lives

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013: BONUS Hannah Mather Crocker: A Special Episode with "Revolutionary Women", Host Emily Nemec

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012: The Molasses Flood of 1919: Featuring "Revolutionary Women" Host Emily Nemec

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011: The History of Presidential Debates: From Abraham Lincoln to Present Day

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010: American Dollar Princesses and Social Debuts: A look at Mary Leiter Curzon and Jenny Jerome Churchill

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009: The Washingtons and Slavery: A Look at Mount Vernon, the Custis Estate, and the Lives of the Enslaved People Held by the Washingtons

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008: Why Was George Washington Our First President?

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007: The Electoral College: What is it and how does it work?

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006: The History of Iced Coffee

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005: Margaret Sanger

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004: May Alcott Nieriker

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003: No Irish Need Apply (NINA)

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002: Tenement Houses

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001: The Dressmakers of Auschwitz and Fashion During WWII

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000: It's a History Podcast Introduction