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Unknown History with Giles Milton — 116 episodes

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A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

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Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

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The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

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Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution

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The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade

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To Save a City

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Launching the Airlift

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The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

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The Strangling of Berlin

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A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

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Churchill's Iron Curtain

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The Great Berlin Power Struggle

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Russia's Secret Revolutionaries

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Sleeping with the Enemy

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The Americans Arrive in Berlin

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Berlin Turns Red

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The Colonel Who Went to War

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Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

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The True Story of A Band of Female Resistance Fighters in WWII

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The Legacy of the West Point Class of 1966

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Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

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91- A User's Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Shaped History

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90 - A User's Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government

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89 - A User's Guide to Getting Involved in Democracy—Petitions and Protest

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88 - A User's Guide to U.S. Elections

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23 S2 - How an Outsider Became President of the United States

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BONUS: Introducing The History of England

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87 S3 - D-DAY: When the Tides Turned on Omaha Beach

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86 S3 - D-DAY: The German Opposition

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85 S3 - D-DAY: Bagpipes and Snipers

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84 S3 - D-DAY: American Rangers Who Terrified the Germans

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83 S3 - D-Day: The Tale of Two Brothers

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82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

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81 S3 - D-DAY: The Utah Beach Landings

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80 S3 - D-DAY: The Battle for Merville

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79 S3 - D-DAY: One of the Most Dangerous Missions of D-Day

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78 S3 - D-DAY: The Mission You've Never Heard Of

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77 S3 - D-DAY: What Happened on the Eve of D-Day?

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76 S3 - D-DAY: What Was Operation Tarbrush X?

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75 Wild Bill - Friendship in the American Frontier: Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill

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74 Wild Bill - The Softer Side of Wild Bill Hickok

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73 Wild Bill - The Life and Death of Wild Bill Hickok

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72 Valley Forge - Who Was Baron von Steuben? An Unknown Revolutionary War Hero

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71 Valley Forge - George Washington’s Surrogate Sons

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70 Valley Forge - George Washington's Heroism at Valley Forge

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69 Labor Special - The 1894 Pullman Strike

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68 Labor Special - The Rise of Labor Unions

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67 Labor Special - Who Was George Pullman?

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66 Labor Special - Industrialization on American Democracy

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65 Labor Special - The Gilded Age Financial Gap

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64 Hitler's American Friends - Charles Lindbergh and 'America First'

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63 Hitler’s American Friends - Henry Ford and American Business

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62 Hitler’s American Friends - Charles Coughlin and Radio’s Religious Right

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BONUS: Introducing 'History Unplugged'

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61 Hitler’s American Friends - William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion

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60 Hitler’s American Friends - Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund

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59 FDR Special - How WWII United FDR and Al Smith

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58 FDR Special - How FDR Became Governor of New York in 1928

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57 FDR Special - How FDR Became a Star in the 1924 Presidential Convention

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56 FDR Special - Frank and Al: The Loss That Created FDR

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55 FDR Special - The Unlikely Friendship Between FDR and Al Smith

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BONUS: Introducing 'Case Closed'

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54 Poison Special - The Gross Reality of Royal Life

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53 Poison Special - Poisonous Cosmetics in Medieval Times

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52 Poison Special - Dangerous Medicines of Centuries Past

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51 Poison Special - The Arsenic Poisoning of Napoleon Bonaparte

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50 Poison Special - A History of Russian Poisonings

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49 Dodge City Special - Wyatt Earp's Relationship with Women Was...Complicated

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48 Dodge City Special - The Glory Days of Wild West Outlaws

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47 Dodge City Special - The Life and Death of Ed Masterson in Dodge City

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46 Dodge City Special - Famous Outlaws of the Wild West

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45 Dodge City Special - The Rise and Fall of Bat Masterson

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44 Dodge City Special - The Takeover of Wyatt Earp

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43 Dodge City Special - Introducing The Wickedest Town in the American West

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42 S2 - The Men Who Deprived Hitler of the Atomic Bomb

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41 S2 - George Rheam and Industrial Sabotage

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40 S2 - Churchill's Extraordinary Killing School

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39 S2 - Millis Jefferis: Expert of Destruction

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38 S2 - Collin Gubbins and the Birth of Guerrilla Warfare

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37 S2 - Cecil Clarke: Churchill's Unlikely Weapons Mastermind

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22 S2 - What Happened When One Lawyer Went Up Against Hitler? (Reissue)

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36 S2 - Discovering Guy Burgess: Cambridge's Most Infamous Spy

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31 S2 - The Real Queen Victoria: A Conversation with Author Daisy Goodwin

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34 S2 - When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep

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11 S1 - Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder Trial You'll Never Forget

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33 S2 - How Did a Stranger Break into the Queen's Bedroom?

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32 S2 - When Stalin Robbed a Bank

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30 S2 - Attack of the Killer Whale

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29 S2 - What Was Operation Pastorius?

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28 S2 - How an American Ship Was Captured by North Korea

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27 S2 - The Secret Nazi Prisoners of Virginia

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26 S2 - How One Boy Survived the Hindenburg Crash

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25 S2 - What Happened to the Children Bred for the Hitler Regime?

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24 S2 - What Happened When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?

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21 S2 - Why Did Two Robbers Steal Charlie Chaplin's Coffin?

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20 S2 - How Did One D-Day Rehearsal Go Terribly Wrong?

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19 S1 - Emperor of the United States?

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18 S1 - The Story of Japan's Deadly Balloon Bomb

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17 S1 - God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal

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16 S1 - Who Was the Last Eunuch of China?

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15 S1 -The Dog Who Barked for Victory

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14 S1 - Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Wouldn't Surrender

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13 S1 - Jeremiah G. Hamilton: Wall Street's 'Prince of Darkness'

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12 S1 - Who Was William Hitler?

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10 S1 - Insurance Fraud on The Good Ship Zong

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9 S1 - The First Celebrity Kidnapping: Baby Charles Lindbergh

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8 S1 - The Secret Fate of Lenin's Brain

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7 S1 - How Did Three Men Escape from Alcatraz?

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6 S1 - Who Really Killed Rasputin?

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5 S1 - Sergeant Stubby: How Did One Dog Become a Decorated War Hero?

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4 S1 - How Dorothy Lawrence Disguised Herself as a Man to Fight in WWI

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1 S1 - The Surprising Truth About Hitler's Drug Use

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2 S1 - How to Survive the Sinking of the Titanic

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3 S1 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie