Retropod

History

Retropod is a show for history-lovers, featuring stories about the past, rediscovered. Host Mike Rosenwald introduces you to history’s most colorful characters - forgotten heroes, overlooked villains, dreamers, explorers, world changers.

Episodes

The presidential inauguration that made everyone sick

Earthrise

Hair peace. Bed peace.

The jazz queen who chose home over fame

Clara Barton, America's most famous nurse, broke boundaries to treat Civil War victims

The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number

The 'Toy King' who never aspired to the throne.

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How 'Broadway Joe' redefined the NFL

The game show contestant who cheated his way to fame

How food found its way into the freezer

The day before the Chernobyl disaster

The most difficult job Robert Mueller ever had

Queen Arawelo

The nurse who picked up a rifle

George Taliaferro, the first black player drafted to the NFL

The summer men rebelled against their shirts

America’s forgotten Iranian hostage

A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls

The Soviet officer who stopped World War III