History Fix
In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.
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Podcasting since 2023 • 107 episodes
History Fix
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Ep. 98 Cannabis: How Racism Led to the Demonization of a Rather Useful Plant
This week I'll explore the social history of the cannabis plant including its use since ancient times as a fiber, medicine, and for its psychoactive properties both ritualistically and recreationally. I'll explore how cannabis first made its wa...
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Ep. 97 Thomas Edison: Who Was Edison Really, Genius Inventor or Villainous Fraud?
Thomas Alva Edison has always been portrayed as the greatest, most prolific by far American inventor. The man obtained over a thousand patents in his lifetime and is credited with inventing or improving upon devices that changed our world, our ...
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Ep. 96 Hanover: How a German Family Helped Define What It Means to Be British
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Ep. 95 Taured: How a Fraudster Was Transformed Into an Interdimensional Man of Mystery
Check out zipOns from befree Adaptive Clothing here! In the 1950s a mysterious...
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Ep. 94 Dyatlov Pass: How Disney's "Frozen" Shed Light on a Decades Old Mystery
This week, we'll get lost in the mind boggling mystery that is the Dyatlov Pass case, when 9 experienced hikers died under suspicious and unexplainable circumstances while traversing Russia's Ural Mountains in 1959. When a group of ski/hikers l...
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