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Sinopse
Weekly history podcast on unusual, unknown, or misunderstood episodes of history
Episódios
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Elizabeth Magie and the History of Monopoly
05/12/2019 Duração: 39minThe forgotten inventor of the board game Monopoly--a tale of forgotten women and capitalist greed.
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Victoria Woodhull Part II
12/11/2019 Duração: 39minPart II on the life of Victoria Woodhull: her run for presidency, her jail arrest for "indecency," her time in England, and her death.
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Victoria Woodhull Part I
12/11/2019 Duração: 40minPart I: Early life and upbringing of Victoria Woodhull, feminist icon and known for being the first woman to ever run for the US Presidency.
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Helen Keller
19/06/2019 Duração: 29minHelen Keller was more than a passive figurehead that simply overcame her deafness and blindness--she spent her life fighting on behalf of the disabled, and when she realized the ties between poverty, bad working conditions, and disabilities, she fought hard and unpopular battles to improve working conditions and fight against socioeconomic inequality.
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Al Ma'arri
07/06/2019 Duração: 32minAl Ma'arri was an Arabic poet and philosopher at the turn of the first millennium, and the first recorded vegan in human history.
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Lewis Carroll
11/03/2019 Duração: 22minLewis Carroll (1832-1898) was more than the author of Alice in Wonderland. In fact, his real name was Charles Dodgson, and he was a professor of mathematics by day, as well as an accomplished photographer.
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Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike
20/02/2019 Duração: 34minMemphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike by Mian
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