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History That Doesn't Suck

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 htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @Historythatdoesntsuck; on Twitter/X: @HTDSpod. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.

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105: “A Splendid Little War:” The Spanish-American War and Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

Feb 14, 2022
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104: The Road to the Spanish-American War

Jan 31, 2022
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103: A Gilded Age Christmas: Joseph Pulitzer’s Christmas Tree Fund

Dec 20, 2021
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102: Epilogue to the Gilded Age

Nov 22, 2021
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101: The New South, Jim Crow (Plessy v. Ferguson), & the Death of Frederick Douglass

Nov 8, 2021
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100: Halloween Special! Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, & The Raven

Oct 25, 2021
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99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now

Oct 11, 2021
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98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley

Sep 27, 2021
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97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie

Sep 13, 2021
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96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)

Aug 30, 2021