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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 episode... more

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November 11, 1926. The country’s state highway officials meet to give America’s roads numbers, and a patchwork of dirt, gravel and wooden planks running from Chicago to Los Angeles becomes Route 66. Two years later, promoter C.C. Pyle sends 199 runne... more

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November 8, 1864. Election Day. Abraham Lincoln watches from a White House window, convinced he might lose. Three thousand miles away in Los Angeles, a Confederate hotbed in a so-called free state, Biddy Mason has more riding on the result than almos... more

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Happy Halloween! Today, we're bringing back a particularly spooky episode from the archives...

June 10, 1692. Bridget Bishop is loaded into a two-wheeled cart and brought from her Salem jail cell to a pasture on a hill, where a rope is hanging from ... more

October 28, 1065. The king’s council meets in Oxford and throws a man out of England. His name is Tostig Godwinson, and the north of England already hates him. His own brother Harold, the most powerful earl in the realm and the likely next king, refu... more

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Recent Guests

Keith Austin
Historic consultant for Cherokee Nation Business
Cherokee Nation Business
Episode: Route 66 Goes on the Run
Chuck Kastner
Author of Race Across America: Eddie Gardner and the Great Bunion Derbies
Episode: Route 66 Goes on the Run
Kevin Waite
Professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas and author of The Boundless Biddy Mason
University of Texas at Dallas
Episode: How Biddy Mason Found Her Freedom in Los Angeles
Jackie Broxton
President and founder of the Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
Episode: How Biddy Mason Found Her Freedom in Los Angeles
Marilynne Roach
Author of The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege
Episode: Salem’s First Witch Trial
Greg Jenner
Historian and host of the BBC podcast You're Dead to Me
BBC
Episode: 1066: The Brother Who Broke England (w/ Greg Jenner)
Eliza Helm
Sally Helm's twin sister
Episode: Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin
David Grinspoon
Astrobiologist and planetary scientist, author of Venus Revealed
Episode: Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin
Robert Francis
Bird historian and author of the upcoming book Republic of Feathers.
Episode: Audubon’s Birds Come Home to Roost

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Sally Helm
Host of HISTORY This Week

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 6.3k ratings
  • A partisan echo chamber

    This podcast in my opinion, is characterized by ideological framing, selective omissions, confirmation bias, and a lack of meaningful engagement with opposing perspectives… in other words, progressive historiography

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    cunctator
    United Statesa month ago
  • What’s will all the anti-abortion ads?

    What’s will all the anti-abortion ads?

    Apple Podcasts
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    JoeLouis915
    United States3 months ago
  • Great, not perfect

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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tequila Mockingbird707
    United States4 months 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
    1
    Sony '74
    United States4 months 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
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    GraduateMom
    4 months ago

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Ads are frequently mentioned and can be lengthy.
Guests offer deep scholarly context across episodes.
Overall high-quality historical storytelling with occasional bias critiques.
The show is well-researched and engaging with strong host delivery.

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Route 66 Goes on the Run
Q: How do you even do something like that, especially when these kind of ultramarathons aren't a thing yet?
The runners were making up the playbook as they went, learning to pace themselves through daily stages that averaged about 40 miles.
Route 66 Goes on the Run
Q: How did a foot race from one end of the United States to the other turn a road on a map into an icon?
C.C. Pyle's Bunion Derby drew national attention to Route 66, while the runners' stories and the race's spectacle helped make the road a symbol of opportunity.
Salem’s First Witch Trial
Q: And what can we learn from the story of 19 supposed witches condemned to death?
Roach says people should pause to consider whether a suspected problem is really what they think it is and whether their suspicions about those blamed are justified. Widespread fear makes it especially difficult to voice doubts.
Salem’s First Witch Trial
Q: What happened that summer to cause a witch hunt?
Roach describes a community unsettled by disease fears, political uncertainty, attacks on settlements, local conflicts and Puritan beliefs. The girls' afflictions and the use of folk magic led people to search for someone to blame, while spectral evidence and neighborhood gossip helped accusations spread.
How Biddy Mason Found Her Freedom in Los Angeles
Q: Can you describe that photograph to me and what you see in Biddy?
Jackie Broxton sees a somber, observant woman whose expression conveys sadness and wisdom shaped by what she experienced.

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This series leans into deep historical storytelling, often centering scholarly debate, archival evidence, and expert context to illuminate moments from ancient myths to modern revolutions. Episodes frequently feature historians, authors, curators, and documentary-makers who unpack how events unfolded, who shaped them, and how interpretations have evolved over time. A standout pattern is the blend of rigorous research with narrative storytelling, making complex histories accessible through vivid case studies and big-picture themes like authorship, memory, governance, and technology. The program occasionally stirs controversy by addressing bias, national narratives, and the role of media in shaping public understanding, which can be both a st... more

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