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 • 102 episodes
History Fix
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Ep. 93 Rudolph: How Underdog Robert L. May Created a Christmas Icon
I'm back this week with yet another inspiring underdog story... but make it Christmas! This week, I'll trace the origins of one of the most beloved Christmas characters, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, all the way back to his roots on the desk ...
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Ep. 92 First Flight: How the Wright Brothers Changed the World Forever
Just in time for the 121st anniversary on Tuesday, I bring to you the story of two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, who changed the world forever with their groundbreaking first flight on December 17th, 1903. Though it lasted just...
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Ep. 91 Révolution Part 2: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
I'll pick up where I left off last week, with the storming of the Bastille and the fall of the "ancien regime." We'll explore how, over the next few years, this new France will become more of a hellscape than a paradise. As a radical group, the...
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Ep. 90 Révolution Part 1: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
This week I discuss the events leading up to the outbreak of the French Revolution during the summer of 1789. You'll learn how Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette came to find themselves on the French throne at a time when the system, that had worke...
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Ep. 89 John Billington: How "America's First Murderer" Attended the First Thanksgiving
On November 11, 1620, forty-one men aboard the ship the Mayflower signed a document of great importance. With their signatures they vowed to create fair and just laws and to work together for the good of the Plymouth colony. This document, the ...
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