Angry History Podcast
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created one of the most recognizable ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created one of the most recognizable characters of all times, Sherlock Holmes. But the author felt he had much more to offer, and grew so frustrated with the detective that he ultimately threw him off a waterfall. This week,
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They Came By Night: L.A. Air Raid Scare of 1942
February 25, 1942. Los Angeles gets itself on a war ...
February 25, 1942. Los Angeles gets itself on a war footing. Days after FDR’s Executive Order 9066 okays the round-up of American citizens, war jitters explode over the City of Angels. This epic Angry History episode explores The Battle of Los Angeles ...
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Goodbye, Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
On February 27, 2015, the world lost Leonard Simon Nimoy. ...
On February 27, 2015, the world lost Leonard Simon Nimoy. Actor, photographer, poet, soldier, singer, role model, friend to hundreds of millions he never met -- and millions as yet unborn. He was much more than Star Trek's Spock,
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The White House in Flames
They call it, the Second War of Independence. In 1814, ...
They call it, the Second War of Independence. In 1814, a British Army routed American defenders at Bladensburg, Maryland, and marched south on the still-unfinished capital, putting President James Madison to flight and crowning their achievement by set...
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America’s First Air Raid Drill
As war clouds gathered in May 1938, the U.S. Army ...
As war clouds gathered in May 1938, the U.S. Army Air Corps staged four days of war games on Long Island, and "bombed" a war factory in Farmingdale. Their goals: Prepare the civilian population to comply with blackout orders in the event of an attack,
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Alice Ramsey’s Historic Road Trip
On June 9, 1909, before paved highways or power steering, ...
On June 9, 1909, before paved highways or power steering, gas stations or GPS, a 22-year-old Hackensack, N.J., housewife set off from Broadway to boldly go where no woman had gone before: A drive across the U.S. After two months, a dozen flat tires,
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Happy Thanksgiving 2014
In 1621, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people celebrated the first ...
In 1621, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people celebrated the first Thanksgiving. we look at how the tribe feels about the holiday today, plus '70s memories of Charlie Brown's depressing special, WOR Channel 9's Thanksgiving Day monster marathons,
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The Sounds of Space
NASA just published dozens of audio clips from space, letting ...
NASA just published dozens of audio clips from space, letting us hear galactic events like the lightning storms of Jupiter for the first time. Episode #30 looks back at humanity's baby steps into the final frontier,
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The Straw Hat Riots of 1922
In the early 20th Century, a gentleman was naked without ...
In the early 20th Century, a gentleman was naked without his hat, and tradition held that he switched from straw hats to felt ones on September 15th. If he wore "the taboo headgear" after that date, hooligans were free to smash it to bits.
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Goodbye, Robin Williams
Robin Williams entered our consciousness about as alive as a ...
Robin Williams entered our consciousness about as alive as a person can be; reflecting his great energy onto us and back into him, it seemed. Which may be part of why his death pulls so roughly at so many of us.
