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"...one thing Kai is fantastic at is keeping his cool and finding intelligent ways push his guests..."
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"...its high-profile casting matching the grandiosity of the script. Mixing high stakes with farce –..."
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"This podcast features very entertaining, well-researched biographies of change makers in history...."
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"By blending conversation between the hosts, interviews, and other audio these professors of history..."
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"(Season 5) It is baffling and enraging to look back on the Reagan administration’s blinkered..."
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"...pretty remarkable given his podcast started nearly ten years ago...Nowadays, it’s a bit slick,..."
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"It’s a niche sub-genre I didn’t know existed, and a defunct podcast I didn’t know I needed. So I’m..."
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"The five-part series is led and hosted by the journalist Collier Meyerson, who brings a personal..."
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"That Davis has earned the trust of his sometimes breathtakingly forthcoming interviewees is clear,..."
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"I always tell people to email me when they have an episode about Disney, Jesus, the Donner Party,..."
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"This is supposed to be a story about the women who were murdered by Jack the Ripper. Even though I..."
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"Knowledgeable cohosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley talk to experts and serve up a feast of..."
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"The podcast is a tribute to the many things Chalino paved the way for, from his music and style to..."
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"You’re Dead to Me is an entertaining and digestible whizz through an interesting topic from the..."
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"You will be fascinated to hear about the influence she had in LBJ’s political decisions. In Plain..."
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"...everyone has the chance to gain some perspective and rescue some real history. Into The Depths..."
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"This story, along with so many others in the podcast, was astonishing to listen to. 12 Years That..."
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"You don’t have to get too far into conspiracy land before you’re mired in some quite boring stuff —..."
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"The first few episodes she (Aminatou) is talking with various Black women from across the world..."
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"The beginning of this series is entertaining and light despite the density. Do you know how hard it..."
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"...probably the only podcast I am properly addicted to and every day between Christmas and new year..."
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"It’s hard to pick which aspect of The Experiment makes it more enjoyable to listen to: the show’s..."
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"Episode Ragnarok and Loki is a must for any Marvel fan to get a refresher on the actual Greek..."
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"...this podcast goes deep into the humor, heart, and historical importance of the planet’s most..."
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"(Season 2) In her husky, measured, and authoritative voice, Trufelman delivers a podcast that is..."
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"I got this rec from Podcast Critic Nick Quah's last article that the US Postal Office has a..."
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"...brings a fresh eye to favourite museum pieces...touching and exceptionally interesting. There is..."
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"Sarian brings all that personality and humor that made her a vlogging hit to Dark History, which..."
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"With the interesting facts and their engaging talking style, they will hold your attention for all..."
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"As a woman of colour, I was deeply, deeply moved by the episode on Sarah Baartman. If the White..."
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"With dialogue this brainless, it makes you wonder how they’re ever going to outwit Nazi Germany’s..."
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"(Season 6) Slate’s flagship audio-documentary series continues apace. Slow Burn’s general method is..."
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"...it’s hosts Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden’s ability to link these specific cases with the..."
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"Horn interrogates our comfortable assumptions while making us laugh in the process."
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"...the history-loving hosts of the boozy podcast “Spirits” have a cocktail shaker full of knowledge..."
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"I secretly rage with jealousy at how good they are and how perhaps my one-day dream of being a..."
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"In Our Time is gloriously minimal, with no heavy usage of whizz-bang sound effects that betrays a..."
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"She Will Rock You has a great balance of heart, content, and growth throughout their seasons. They..."
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"British Scandal’s real secret sauce is the co-hosting duo, Matt Forde and Alice Levine – the latter..."
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"Across six episodes, "Summer of Gold" celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics and the..."
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"Son of a Hitman is one of the best true crime podcasts you can listen to. Its questions are..."
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"In charting out his remarkable story, the Real Dictators podcast feeds your mind’s eye with rich..."
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"Hearing some of these moments as they unfolded is chilling, particularly if you were around to hear..."
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"What’s great about this podcast is its nuance. Lothian-McLean, a clever and engaging presenter,..."
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"The opening episode, about the Yugoslav wars, had the clever, interested Deborah Frances-White..."
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"The details of what took place in Tulsa are horrifying, but equally unsettling is how KalaLea draws..."
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"Another tense narrative podcast from Irish national broadcaster RTÉ...There is much detail for the..."
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"It is an excellent choice of a podcast to commemorate Memorial Day and the 77th anniversary of..."
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"Went for a couple of hours long hike and binged on the three episodes of this mini-series. While I..."
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"Arablouei and Abdelfatah are contagiously curious in their conversations with knowledgeable guests..."
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"...fiercely told, relentlessly researched podcast on the history of country music. It’s Coe’s..."
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"The Good Assassins is similar to a good spy novel or movie. Good Assassins is masterfully done. The..."
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"The American Revolution Podcast provides a thorough analysis of the Battles of Lexington and..."
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"Kaplan reads the lessons, as it were, helped out by occasional snatches of archive audio where..."
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"Powerful storytelling that kept me hooked episode after episode. This podcast retraces the..."
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"The duo (well equipped for the project as an American studies researcher and historian, and an..."
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"From 1619, I learned about aspects of the history of slavery, and past and present discrimination..."
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"This podcast dives deep into Nicole's story. The hosts make a point about how we know so much about..."
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"Atomic Hobo is in the finest tradition of the sort of independent podcasting that thrived before..."
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"What better way to portray oral history than through audio? The show is a moving and valuable..."
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"But in our universe the BBC went cold on posh, nepotistically advanced middle-aged white men and..."
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"The whole thing is on Spotify and is a masterpiece of old-school broadcasting. MacGregor, a genial,..."
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"The greatest joy of this podcast is the access it grants us to the archives of the public..."
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"Tracing the rise and fall of musicians has become a staple in film and TV, but here the host Taraji..."
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"Dan Carlin’s low American growl is one of the world’s best voices... I have no interest in military..."
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"Amended tells stories of women who have largely been written out of history, but whose efforts..."
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"Imagine a blend of The Witcher with Indian myths, legends, and histories into one beautiful audio..."
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"It’s an interesting piece all the way until the last line, which put me on my knees. Let that be a..."
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"As an Irish person living in England, this podcast is like a dispatch from a totally different..."
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"Lore’s staying power comes from the combination Mahnke’s meticulous research and addictively creepy..."
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"...what makes Family Ghosts so unique as a podcast is their full exploration of storytelling as a..."
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"Two Minutes Past Nine' shows how the failure to take this threat seriously in the past has led to..."
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"Last year, to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the BBC released a ten-part..."
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"Sistory Untold is a unique podcast hosted by sisters Marva, 26, and Sabrina, 23, which looks at..."
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"The Bomb is well told, satisfyingly paced, nicely scripted. As you get older, you understand that..."
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"This story feels like Narcos-meets-Sons of Anarchy—as directed by the Coen Brothers. Which is..."
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"From Rodney King to George Stinney, Jr.’s sister to Reverend Earl Neil, a Black Panther who..."
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"With each episode clocking in at around 10-20 minutes, Black History Buff is an elegant and..."
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"Featuring interviews with experts, Black History Year provides crisp historical storytelling and..."
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"Though the production is simple—no music, slick editing, or sound effects—it speaks to the strength..."
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"A deft storyteller with a sonorous voice, Fowler’s passion for his material is palpable as he..."
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"Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and..."
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"There are also any number of one-on-one interview episodes with noted historians and experts in a..."
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"Ambitious, expansive and elegantly produced, the podcast certainly yields surprises. If the aim is..."
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"...a comprehensive and compelling look at Agnew and the cash for contracts scheme he was executing,..."
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"If you’re a historian at heart, you’ll love this creative way to learn about people and events from..."