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It’s History

by Ryan Socash

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In 1961, a 23-year-old McGill student proposed Habitat 67: a vertical village of interlocking concrete boxes. Commissioned by the Canadian government for the 1967 World’s Fair, the project evolved from a student thesis into a construction…
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Before the Willis Tower, Chicago had a different architectural titan. Built in 1905, the original Sears Tower was the centerpiece of the Homan Square mega-complex — then the largest commercial complex on Earth. This episode explores the…
I went inside City Hall's hidden room 😲

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Philadelphia City Hall is a monumental 19th-century engineering feat—built with 88 million bricks and foundation walls up to 22 feet thick. This unreinforced masonry giant was intended as the pinnacle of modern design but was soon rendered…
Camp Hero: real base, strange claims

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Inside the 60-mile underground tunnel 🚇

October 11, 2026 · 32 min

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I toured Playboy Mansion's secret zoo 🦓

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Before it became a global symbol of hedonism and high‑society scandal, the estate now known as the Playboy Mansion was a dignified 1920s family home. This episode explores the property's Mexican ranch origins, the botanical garden that…
Niagara's lost industrial city ⚡🏭

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Niagara Falls wasn’t always a postcard tourist spot. In the early 1900s it became a major industrial center powered by the falls, transforming from a sacred site for Indigenous nations into one of North America’s most powerful industrial…
You can only reach Supai by mule 🐴

October 6, 2026 · 13 min

Deep within the Grand Canyon, the Havasupai people lived in balance with the landscape for centuries, then endured a century of land seizures, forced evictions, and a prolonged legal fight for sovereignty. The video explores Supai — a…

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About the show

IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history – join us in discovering the world’s most important eras, the minds that changed everything, and the most important inventions of our time through weekly tales of Urban Decay. This podcast is distributed and operated by Video Brothers Music.