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History Fix

by Shea LaFountaine

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.Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historyfix or Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine. Your donations make it possible for me to continue creating great episodes. Plus, I'll love you forever! Find more at historyfixpodcast.com

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Ep. 154 Women in STEM Pt. 1: How 12 Courageous Women Shattered Gender Norms to Revolutionize Math and Science Fields
43:28 Mar 15, 2026
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Ep. 153 Baroness de Pontalba: How the Wealthiest Woman in New Orleans "Got Her Money Back"
32:33 Mar 8, 2026
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Ep. 152 Female Enslavers: How White Women in the American South Played a Much More Active Role In Slavery Than We Thought
29:34 Mar 1, 2026
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Ep. 151 Harriet Jacobs: How the Unbelievable Fugitive Slave Story of Harriet Jacobs Went Unbelieved for Over a Century
41:58 Feb 22, 2026
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Ep. 150 Dangerfield Newby: How the Real "Django Unchained" Fought for Love, Not Spite
32:58 Feb 15, 2026
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Ep. 149 Freedom House: How Black "Unemployables" From the Hood Revolutionized Emergency Medicine
34:11 Feb 8, 2026
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Ep. 148 Writing: How the Written Word Quietly Shaped Civilization
57:08 Feb 1, 2026
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Ep. 147 Nineveh: How a Rediscovered Biblical City Provided a Wealth of Knowledge About the Ancient World
38:33 Jan 25, 2026
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Ep. 146 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: How Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Somehow All of Those Things
46:16 Jan 18, 2026
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Ep 145 Circumcision: Why Roughly Half of Americans Perform This Ancient Ritual Without a Clear Reason
32:34 Jan 11, 2026
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Ep. 144 The Manhattan Project: How the US Became the "Destroyer of Worlds" With the WWII Atomic Bombings of Japan
39:20 Jan 4, 2026
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Happy New Year from History Fix!
2:28 Dec 28, 2025
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Mini Fix #26: The Christmas Truce
23:11 Dec 21, 2025
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Ep. 143 Internment: How the US Government Forced Japanese Americans Into Its Own Version of Concentration Camps
33:52 Dec 14, 2025
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Ep. 142 Pearl Harbor: Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor, Seemingly Out of Left Field, and Involved Itself in World War II
48:26 Dec 7, 2025
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Ep. 141 Still Here Part 2: Setting the Record Straight With Chief Marilyn Berry Morrison of the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe
35:14 Nov 30, 2025
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Ep. 140 Still Here Part 1: Fixing the Narrative With Gray Parsons of the Secotan Alliance
44:04 Nov 23, 2025
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Ep. 139 Cahokia: Why We Misunderstand the Scale of Indigenous Civilizations in North America
42:51 Nov 16, 2025
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Ep. 138 The Hope Diamond: How the Dark History of the Most Famous Diamond in the World Led to Legends of a Curse
39:33 Nov 9, 2025
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Ep. 137 Louvre Jewel Heist: The Historical Side of the $102 Million Worth of Jewels Stolen From the Louvre
48:17 Nov 2, 2025
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Ep. 136 "Ghost Ship" Mary Celeste: How the Discovery of This Abandoned Ship Became a Mystery We Have Yet to Solve
46:07 Oct 26, 2025
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Ep. 135 Gilles de Rais: How Joan of Arc’s Co-Champion Became One of the Most Shocking Serial Killers of All Time
45:25 Oct 19, 2025
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Ep. 134 the Witch of Pungo: How Grace Sherwood Became the Only Convicted Witch In Virginia and What Her Story Has to Teach Us Now
46:04 Oct 12, 2025
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Ep. 133 Axeman of New Orleans: How a Serial Killer Terrorizing New Orleans Acquired a Reputation as a Jazz Enthusiast
50:56 Oct 5, 2025
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Ep. 132 Lost Cities Part 2: How Ancient Metropolises Have Been Forgotten to Some and Rediscovered
41:23 Sep 28, 2025
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Ep. 131 Lost Cities Part 1: How Ancient Metropolises Have Been Forgotten to Some and Rediscovered
47:05 Sep 21, 2025
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Ep. 130 Shakespeare: How An Uneducated Nobody Penned the Greatest Collection of Literary Works Ever Written... or Did He?
45:16 Sep 14, 2025
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Ep. 129 Richard III: How the “Parking Lot King” Rose, Reigned, Fell, and Was Rediscovered Over 500 Years Later
42:44 Sep 7, 2025
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Ep. 128 War of the Roses: How the Real Life Game of Thrones Ended With An Unexpected Victor
44:58 Aug 31, 2025
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Ep. 127 Education: Why Our Failing Education System Has Missed the Mark for 12,000 Years
46:51 Aug 24, 2025
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Ep. 126 Shackleton: How Endurance Expedition Leader Ernest Shackleton Pulled Off the Most Successful Failure
54:29 Aug 17, 2025
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Ep. 125 LSD: How This “Wonder Drug” Cycled Its Way Through Medical, Government, and Counterculture Communities
39:00 Aug 10, 2025
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Ep. 124 Frances Grey: How the Vilified Mother of Lady Jane Grey May Not Have Deserved Her Reputation
53:43 Aug 3, 2025
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Ep. 123 Joan of Arc: How a Teenage Peasant Girl Helped Turn the Tide of the Hundred Years War
37:04 Jul 27, 2025
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Ep. 122 Salt: How the Cheapest Thing at the Grocery Store Was Once Worth Its Weight In Gold
33:35 Jul 20, 2025
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Special Release Mini Fix #10: Varina Davis
21:34 Jul 13, 2025
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Ep. 121 Thomas Jefferson: How America's Golden Boy Refused to Practice What He Preached
46:47 Jul 6, 2025
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Ep. 120 Great Flood: What the Story of Noah's Great Flood Says About Our Collective Human Experience
35:02 Jun 29, 2025
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Ep. 119 Magellan: How Ferdinand Magellan Claimed the Credit Without Actually Circumnavigating the Earth
38:44 Jun 22, 2025
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Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
44:02 Jun 15, 2025
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Ep. 117 Shipwrecks Part 1: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
48:10 Jun 8, 2025
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Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt
45:58 May 31, 2025
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Ep. 115 Vietnam: War Through the Lens of a Conscientious Objector with Bruce Wasser
1:03:15 May 25, 2025
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Ep. 114 The Found Colony of Roanoke?: How New Evidence Uncovered on Hatteras Island May Put the “Lost Colony” Myth to Bed Once and For All
57:21 May 18, 2025
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Ep. 113 Infant Feeding: How Breastfeeding Has Been a Challenge and a Controversy Throughout Time
48:11 May 11, 2025
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Ep. 112 Adolf Hitler Part 2: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
35:35 May 4, 2025
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Ep. 111 Adolf Hitler Part 1: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
31:45 Apr 27, 2025
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Ep. 110 Easter Island: How the Remote Pacific Island of Rapa Nui Became An Unnecessary Mystery
49:44 Apr 20, 2025
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Ep. 109 The Philadelphia Experiment: How Tales of an Invisible Teleporting Naval Ship Found Their Way Into History
41:07 Apr 13, 2025
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Ep. 108 April Fool's Day: How No One Even Knows What This Holiday Really Is
35:10 Apr 6, 2025
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