History Fix

97 Episodes

1. Ep. 49 Buffalo Soldiers: How America Forced Desperate Men to Do Its Dirty Work

   Published: 2/18/2024
2. Ep 48 Valentine's Day: How No One Really Knows Where This Holiday Even Came From

   Published: 2/11/2024
3. Ep. 47 Marie Laveau: How the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans helped to forge the city as we know it

   Published: 2/4/2024
4. Ep. 46 Eugenics: How the Eugenics Movement Led to the Murder of 6 Million People

   Published: 1/28/2024
5. Ep. 45 Rats: How Underrated Rodents Took Over the World

   Published: 1/21/2024
6. Ep. 44 Drowned Towns: How the US Has Strategically Flooded Historically Black Towns

   Published: 1/14/2024
7. Ep. 43 Mona Lisa: How a Boring Portrait of an Unknown Woman Became the Most Famous Painting In the World

   Published: 1/7/2024
8. Ep. 42 Y2K with Peter de Jager: How an Actual Threat Was Twisted Into a Comical "Hoax"

   Published: 12/31/2023
9. Ep. 41 Christmas: How a Specific Religious Event Exploded Into a Worldwide Phenomenon

   Published: 12/24/2023
10. Ep. 40 Iditarod: How Heroic Sled Dogs Saved the Children of Nome, Alaska

    Published: 12/17/2023
11. Ep. 39 Mayanism: How the 2012 Doomsday Debacle Stemmed From Centuries Old Racism

    Published: 12/10/2023
12. Ep. 38 Agatha Christie: How the "Queen of Crime" Became the Subject of a Real Life Murder Mystery

    Published: 12/3/2023
13. Ep. 37 Rum: How Rum’s Oppressive History Sowed the Seeds of Resistance and Freedom

    Published: 11/26/2023
14. Ep. 36 Thanksgiving: How a Story of Genocidal Conquest Was Twisted Into a Feel Good Holiday

    Published: 11/19/2023
15. Mini Fix #8: Agnes Sorel

    Published: 11/15/2023
16. Ep. 35 Diamonds: How the Diamond Industry Tricked Us Into the Greatest Marketing Scam of All Time

    Published: 11/12/2023
17. Ep. 34 Child Migrants: Why Australia's Abusive Child Migrant Program Should Still Terrify You Today

    Published: 11/5/2023
18. Ep. 33 Halloween: How Americans Spend $6 Billion a Year on a Holiday They Don’t Understand

    Published: 10/29/2023
19. Mini Fix #7: A Chat with Historical Fiction Author Sara Swann-Barnard

    Published: 10/25/2023
20. Ep. 32 Body Snatchers: How the Need for Medical Cadavers Led to a Black Market of Stolen Bodies

    Published: 10/22/2023