The Weird History Podcast

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196 Iran-Contra Part Two: The Boland Amendments

Posted May 10, 2019 • 00:17:17

In the early 1980s the Reagan administration changed how the U.S. engaged with Communism abroad. Instead of following a policy of containment, the U.S....

195 Iran-Contra, Part One: Revolution in Nicaragua

Posted May 3, 2019 • 00:16:23

The Cold War defined geopolitics for much of the 20th century, often turning local conflicts and regional politics into large, proxy battles between...

194 Shakespeare Was Shakespeare

Posted April 26, 2019 • 00:29:28

Since the late 1800s numerous figures such as Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and Malcolm X have expressed doubt about the authorship of Shakespeare’s...

193 The Many Lives of Notre Dame

Posted April 19, 2019 • 00:18:05

Notre Dame Cathedral, the world’s best-known example of Gothic architecture, was partially destroyed in a fire. The church requires extensive restoration,...

192 False Alarm

Posted April 11, 2019 • 00:14:41

In 1983 a Soviet satellite system erroneously detected five incoming American nuclear missiles. Stanislav Petrov, the man tasked with reporting the...