The Weird History Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: North Korea

Posted September 24, 2019 • 00:17:58

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205 Live at Rose City Comic Con: Roy Lichtenstein, Comics Stealer

Posted September 22, 2019 • 00:33:19

Roy Lichtenstein was one of the most successful American artists of the 20th century, and the figure most associated with pop art after Andy Warhol....

204 The Life and Lies of George Psalmanazar

Posted September 9, 2019 • 00:20:25

In the first decade of the 1700s a visitor to London claimed to be from a far-off land: Formosa. He described it as being an idyllic paradise, albeit...

203 Iran-Contra Part, Four: Fallout

Posted August 25, 2019 • 00:34:01

The Iran-Contra affair was a failure. It didn’t topple the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, nor did it improve U.S. relations with Iran. And yet, the...

202 The Solitude of Michael Collins

Posted July 20, 2019 • 00:14:57

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Most people remember Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, but fewer remember Michael Collins,...