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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | #191 | #185 |
| Oct 26 | #185 | #179 |
| Oct 21 | #187 | #180 |
| Oct 20 | #180 | #173 |
| Oct 17 | — | #199 |
| Oct 16 | #193 | #187 |
| Oct 15 | #168 | #162 |
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Sometimes the news moves so fast, you have to look closely to know if you’ve seen it before. And that’s what this show is about. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. We cover everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia. This twice a month show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of human experience to figure out the present. George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Tune in to Breaking History to resist the repetition.