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History Analyzed

Mark Palmer

History Analyzed is a podcast which investigates both history's biggest moments and best kept secrets. Your host, Mark Palmer, draws upon a history degree from the University of Notre Dame and literal decades of informal study. He explains not only what happened, but also why and how historical events occurred. At times, he examines how these events have shaped the present and continue to affect us today.

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74 episodes

  1. The Strange Life of Charles Lindbergh 53:35
  2. Joseph Stalin – Repression and Terror 57:08
  3. The Oklahoma City Bombing – Domestic Terrorism 46:30
  4. How 1850s Presidents Helped Cause the Civil War 1:06:14
  5. World War II in Europe – a summary 1:06:02
  6. Amelia Earhart – Achievements and Disappearance 1:06:35
  7. The Contradictions of Thomas Jefferson 1:05:21
  8. Crossover Episode with History Daily: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 18:03
  9. The Electoral College – the Peculiar Way the U.S. Selects a President 1:06:37
  10. The Hindenburg 1:05:52
  11. The Spanish-American War 1:06:37
  12. D.B. Cooper and the Golden Age of Skyjacking 54:06
  13. Johannes Gutenberg's Printing Press Created the First Information Age 59:09
  14. Anne Frank, the Wannsee Conference, and the Holocaust 1:07:35
  15. The Assassinations of Presidents Garfield and McKinley 1:05:26
  16. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1:05:09
  17. The Cuban Missile Crisis – Armageddon Narrowly Avoided 1:04:51
  18. The Fall of France 1940 59:21
  19. The Titanic – Myths vs. Facts 1:09:24
  20. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States 1:08:03
  21. The Louisiana Purchase 1:05:11
  22. Caesar Augustus 1:06:16
  23. Unconditional Surrender was the Correct Policy in World War II 1:04:07
  24. Bonnie and Clyde 1:00:10
  25. Immigration, Citizenship, and Eugenics in the U.S. 1:05:37
  26. The Scramble For Africa 1:01:22
  27. Adolf Hitler was the most consequential (and horrible) person of the last 500 years 1:09:03
  28. Gettysburg — the Pivotal Battle of the American Civil War 1:12:21
  29. Galileo Galilei vs. the Church 54:48
  30. The Arsenal of Democracy — U.S. Industry Was the Biggest Factor in World War II 1:02:48
  31. Polio — Jonas Salk and Franklin Roosevelt 54:16
  32. The Vietnam War: 1964-1973 1:13:12
  33. How America Stumbled into Vietnam 1:11:47
  34. Vikings! 47:24
  35. McCarthyism — Political Witch-hunts and the Red Scare 59:58
  36. Pompeii — the World's Greatest Time Capsule 55:43
  37. Lincoln was the #1 Reason the Union Won the Civil War 57:12
  38. Pearl Harbor — Japan's Biggest Mistake of World War II 1:09:48
  39. The Donner Party — Cannibalism in California 52:54
  40. PT-109: JFK becomes a hero in WWII 57:35
  41. Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World 57:51
  42. Prohibition created Al Capone and fueled the Roaring '20s 53:51
  43. Hannibal vs. Rome: The Punic Wars 58:15
  44. Watergate 1:02:22
  45. Gavrilo Princip Ignites World War I 48:29
  46. Wyatt Earp and the Shootout at the O.K. Corral 57:21
  47. The Berlin Wall 45:36
  48. Hell on Earth: The Black Death 42:47
  49. Iconic American City Landmarks 55:30
  50. The 1936 Berlin Olympics 52:30