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History Shorts

Podcast History Shorts
History Shorts
Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you proba...

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  • Mussolini vs. the Mafia
    The morality of this story is very complicated, as there is nobody here to root for. Still, in 1924, Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist prime minister and a personal hero of another to-be dictator, Adolf Hitler, launched a campaign to destroy the Sicilian Mafia.  SUPPORT THE SHOW ON https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast LEARN MORE AT www.historyshortspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Gulf War Syndrome
    “We’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome,” pronounced the then-president, George Bush. Yet, within a few years, the Persian Gulf War would give its name to a whole other syndrome - one which, to this day, is not entirely explained: the Gulf War Syndrome. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON Patreon LEARN MORE AT www.historyshortspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The Cleveland Headache
    LIMITED SERIES 7 - Famous Americans You Never Knew Existed: The story of Cassie Chadwick, “The Cleveland Headache,” is one you might not believe happened unless you knew it to be true. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON Patreon LEARN MORE AT www.historyshortspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • TODAY IN CONTEXT: Who is Roland L. Bragg?
    TODAY IN CONTEXT: For decades, Fort Bragg in North Carolina bore the name of Confederate General Braxton Bragg, a controversial figure in American history. In 2025, as part of a broader movement to honor more deserving individuals, the base was renamed in honor of Roland Leon Bragg - a man many have never heard of. Let's change that! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast LEARN MORE: www.historyshortspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Conversations: Cody Cassidy
    Peter speaks with author Cody Cassidy about his latest book, How to Survive History, a somewhat of a guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW AT www.historyshortspodcast.com BUY CODY'S BOOKS ON AMAZON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you probably never heard of. All in the little time you probably do not have.
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