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Today: #51 in History on our combined chart.
Today: #36 in History, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #123 in History, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #117 in History, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #171 in History, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #197 in History, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #56 in History, India on our combined chart.
Today: #174 in History, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #46 in History, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #56 in History, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | #51 | #33 | #31 | #30 |
| Oct 20 | #49 | #29 | #31 | #47 |
| Oct 19 | #59 | #45 | #49 | #45 |
| Oct 18 | #58 | #44 | #45 | #44 |
| Oct 17 | #58 | #43 | #45 | #45 |
| Oct 16 | #60 | #44 | #42 | #44 |
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Venus, Earth’s Evil Twin
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Audubon’s Birds Come Home to Roost
October 12, 2026 · 33 minOctober 12, 1820. John James Audubon—a failed shopkeeper, grist miller, and steamboat investor—sets off from Cincinnati on a flatboat down the Ohio River. He is bankrupt. The bank has taken everything except his clothes, his gun, and a…
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The Freemasons Get Away With Murder (Probably)
October 5, 2026 · 32 minOctober 7, 1827. A body washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario. A Rochester newspaperman named Thurlow Weed believes he knows whose it is: William Morgan, a down-on-his-luck ex-Freemason who threatened to publish the order's secrets. He…
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Free preview: The Real Blackbeard (HTW+)
October 2, 2026 · 7 minA 5-min sample of our full interview about who Blackbeard really was, and the truth behind his pirate friends. Subscribe to HTW+ at htwpod.com or in your Apple Podcasts app to unlock full behind-the-scenes episodes. Eric Jay Dolin is the…
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How Did Nixon Fumble the First TV Debate?
September 28, 2026 · 31 minSeptember 26, 1960. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon meet in a CBS studio in Chicago for the first televised debate between presidential nominees. Kennedy arrives tan, relaxed, and fully prepped. Nixon arrives with a fever and a bad knee…
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From History's Greatest Mysteries: The Ark of the Covenant
September 25, 2026 · 42 minIntroducing History's Greatest Mysteries–a new History Channel podcast from Rewind Studios–available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday. One of the holiest and most powerful relics from the Bible has been missing…
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The Man Who Taught America to Fear Fat
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The Uprising: Why the Peasants Loved Their King (w/ Paul Greengrass and Dan Jones)
September 17, 2026 · 30 min1381. In the English countryside, one peasant has had enough. His resistance leads tens of thousands of armed peasants to march on London. They’re furious about taxes, about wages held down by law, about a world that feels abandoned by…
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Saladin at the Gates of Jerusalem
September 14, 2026 · 29 minSeptember 20, 1187. It’s daytime outside the walls of Jerusalem. Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt, ponders his next attack. His troops encircle and lay siege to the city. They vastly outnumber the Crusader knights inside, and Saladin is on the…
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Blindspot: The Road to 9/11
September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 46 minOn the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we're bringing you Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 – a collaboration between the History Channel and WNYC Studios. This was adapted from the complete nine-part series, which you can find by searching for…
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9/11: Rescue on the Water
September 7, 2026 · 27 minSeptember 11, 2001. On a clear and sunny day, Captain Richard Thornton is piloting his ferry boat back and forth between New Jersey and New York City. But when he hears an airplane flying too low to the ground, he knows something is wrong…
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The Radium Girls Fight Back
August 31, 2026 · 35 minSeptember 12, 1922. Twenty-four-year-old Mollie Maggia has a toothache. In less than a year, this otherwise healthy young woman will be dead. Others like her will soon follow. They’d all shared what seemed to be a dream job: applying…
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Visit htwpod.com for ad-free listening and bonus content!This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history. A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episode will give you a new perspective on how history is written. Stay up-to-date at historythisweekpodcast.com and to get in touch, email us at historythisweek@history.com. HISTORY This Week is a production of Back Pocket Studios in partnership with the History Channel.