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Visit htwpod.com for ad-free listening and bonus content! This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history. A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episod... more

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August 17, 1858. New York City wakes to a hundred-gun salute. Church bells ring, flags fly from public buildings, and by nightfall, fireworks light up the sky. The city is celebrating a telegram from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan. Not what it ... more

August 10, 1792. At midnight, a single church bell begins to ring in Paris. Then another. And another. It's not a call to mass… it's a call to arms. For three years, King Louis XVI and his family have been living as prisoners in a palace, under virtu... more

August 7, 1889. In Liverpool's St. George's Hall, an American woman named Florence Maybrick stands behind iron bars, dressed in mourning black… for the husband she's accused of murdering. The evidence against her is thin: James Maybrick was a longtim... more

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Recent Guests

David Andress
Professor of Modern History, University of Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Episode: The French Monarchy Falls in a Day
Marisa Linton
Professor Emerita of History, Kingston University; prize-winning novelist
Kingston University
Episode: The French Monarchy Falls in a Day
Rick Hutto
Attorney and author of A Poisoned Life, Florence Chandler Maybrick
Attorney and author
Episode: Arsenic, Adultery, and an American on Trial
Dan Piazza
Chief Curator at the Postal Museum
Postal Museum
Episode: Ben Franklin Gets Fired
Lynn Heidelbaugh
Curator at the National Postal Museum
National Postal Museum
Episode: Ben Franklin Gets Fired
Steve Kochersperger
USPS Historian and former Postmaster General for Philadelphia
USPS / Postal Museum
Episode: Ben Franklin Gets Fired
Ned Blackhawk
Western Shoshone historian, Yale professor
Yale University / Western Shoshone
Episode: From First America: "Merciless Indian Savages"
Bern Nagengast
Technology historian and author
Episode: The Forgotten Father of Air Conditioning
Linda Thompson
Docent at Raney House Museum in Apalachicola, Florida
Raney House Museum
Episode: The Forgotten Father of Air Conditioning

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Sally Helm
Host of HISTORY This Week with a primary affiliation to History Channel / Back Pocket Studios.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 6.2k ratings
  • Great, not perfect

    The narrator is great and the content is interesting, but there’s so many ads!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tequila Mockingbird707
    United Statesa month ago
  • So left leaning.. I stopped listening

    No, NewsJunkie611.. why don’t you try looking at real history of the United States maybe you should’ve paid attention in school & if you’ve gotten an education here in the last 20 years, it’s junk

    Apple Podcasts
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    Sony '74
    United Statesa month ago
  • I really enjoy this podcast. One suggestion I have for multiple part episodes maybe mark them Part 1 of 2, Part 1 of 3, etc. I like being able to listen to all the parts one after another.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    GraduateMom
    2 months ago
  • To much

    1% history,99% advertisement s

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    G man!!!!!
    United States2 months ago
  • Lots of lengthy ads

    Great content but the ads are frequent and abnormally long. For example, the episode I just listened to was over 14 minutes of ads and only 18 minutes of content. That’s unreasonable yet unfortunately not uncommon for this podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Charter's Worth
    United States2 months ago

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Ads can be distracting but content generally holds strong.
Overall high production quality and engaging storytelling.
Numerous guests bring deep expertise and credible perspectives.
Listeners appreciate rigorous historical context and clear narratives.

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From First America: "Merciless Indian Savages"
Q: Can you please introduce yourself?
I'm Ned Blackhawk, a Western Shoshone historian at Yale, and I'm here to help tell the indigenous history that's been missing from the standard story of the American Revolution.
Malcolm Gladwell on Reconstruction’s Unfinished Questions
Q: Tell us that story about the Compromise of 1877 and how it ends Reconstruction.
The hosts explain the Wormley Hotel deal that allowed Rutherford Hayes to win the presidency in exchange for removing Northern troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction and paving the way for decades of Jim Crow, while the guests stress this was a calculated political bet that had long-term consequences for racial justice.
Malcolm Gladwell on Reconstruction’s Unfinished Questions
Q: Did working on this material make you rethink the Obama era and what came after in any way? How did your thinking change as you thought about this history?
The discussion suggests the Obama era reinforces a broader pattern of backlash in American politics; yet Gladwell and Obama's readings push toward seeing Reconstruction as an ongoing process, not a locked chapter, with the idea that backlashes can coexist with progress and constitutional gains.
Malcolm Gladwell on Reconstruction’s Unfinished Questions
Q: What was that like for you? Anything strike you about the way that he approached this material or answered your questions?
Gladwell describes the process as allowing a deep, sometimes messy exploration of Reconstruction, focusing on how leaders like Johnson misjudged the political calculations and how Schurz offered a brutally honest account that challenged the administration, ultimately shaping a more nuanced understanding of the era.
A Mob Boss Starts A Movement
Q: How did Joe Colombo turn himself into a public figure and civil rights advocate while being tied to organized crime?
He leveraged media access, popular support, and alliances with unions and politicians to push for a public, reformist image, while quietly orchestrating loyalty and power within the mafia; his public stance created a clash between civil rights activism and criminal networks that made him a polarizing figure.

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