Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.

Rank #1:The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Rank #2:The 2000 Election

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Rank #3:The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

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Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.

Rank #1:The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

1hr 1min

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Rank #2:The 2000 Election

1hr 12mins

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Rank #3:The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

1hr 10mins

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In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.

Rank #1:Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

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Rank #2:Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

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Rank #3:Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

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In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.

Rank #1:Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

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Rank #2:Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

4hr 53mins

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Rank #3:Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

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Lore is a bi-weekly podcast (now also a TV show and book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.

Rank #1:Episode 119: Evolution

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Rank #2:Episode 6: Echoes

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Rank #3:Episode 133: Proof Positive

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Lore is a bi-weekly podcast (now also a TV show and book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.

Rank #1:Episode 119: Evolution

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Rank #2:Episode 6: Echoes

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Rank #3:Episode 133: Proof Positive

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Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Rank #1:SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson

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Rank #2:SYMHC Classics: Alice Roosevelt

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Rank #3:Chien-Shiung Wu, First Lady of Physics

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Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Rank #1:SYMHC Classics: Plessy v Ferguson

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Rank #2:SYMHC Classics: Alice Roosevelt

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Rank #3:Chien-Shiung Wu, First Lady of Physics

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

Rank #1:The Red Paint on Leopold II

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Rank #2:The Swan King Went Mad

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Rank #3:The Neck and the Necklace

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

Rank #1:The Red Paint on Leopold II

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Rank #2:The Swan King Went Mad

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Rank #3:The Neck and the Necklace

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The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.Subscribe to Throughline+. You'll be supporting the history-reframing, perspective-shifting, time-warping stories you can't get enough of - and you'll unlock access to our sponsor-free feed of the show. Learn more at plus.npr.org/throughline

Rank #1:Reframing History: Mass Incarceration

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Rank #2:Outside/In: Everybody Knows Somebody

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Rank #3:There Will Be Bananas

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The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.Subscribe to Throughline+. You'll be supporting the history-reframing, perspective-shifting, time-warping stories you can't get enough of - and you'll unlock access to our sponsor-free feed of the show. Learn more at plus.npr.org/throughline

Rank #1:Reframing History: Mass Incarceration

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Rank #2:Outside/In: Everybody Knows Somebody

59mins

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Rank #3:There Will Be Bananas

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Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

Rank #1:EP5 Nightmares of Indianapolis

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Rank #2:EP6 On The Vietnam War with Sir Max

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Rank #3:EP3 A Four-Star Conversation

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Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

Rank #1:EP5 Nightmares of Indianapolis

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Rank #2:EP6 On The Vietnam War with Sir Max

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Rank #3:EP3 A Four-Star Conversation

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The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.

Rank #1:Josephine Baker

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Rank #2:LGBTQ History

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Rank #3:The Ancient Babylonians

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The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.

Rank #1:Josephine Baker

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Rank #2:LGBTQ History

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Rank #3:The Ancient Babylonians

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.

Rank #1:The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 2

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Rank #2:The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2

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Rank #3:The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.

Rank #1:The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 2

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Rank #2:The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2

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Rank #3:The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols

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HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out on Facebook and Instagram: @Historythatdoesntsuck; on Twitter: @HTDSpod; or online at htdspodcast.com. Support the podcast at patreon.com/historythatdoesntsuck.

Rank #1:53: A Civil War Christmas with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Rank #2:2: Patrick Henry and Boston Get Pissed about Taxes

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Rank #3:30: The Oregon Trail (“You Have Died of Dysentery”)

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HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out on Facebook and Instagram: @Historythatdoesntsuck; on Twitter: @HTDSpod; or online at htdspodcast.com. Support the podcast at patreon.com/historythatdoesntsuck.

Rank #1:53: A Civil War Christmas with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Rank #2:2: Patrick Henry and Boston Get Pissed about Taxes

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Rank #3:30: The Oregon Trail (“You Have Died of Dysentery”)

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