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History X amplifies true stories from history that have been repressed, suppressed, or simply forgotten. Host Russell Cobb discusses how our understanding of history is shifting in popular culture and what to make of the falling statues and renaming of pl


    • Dec 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Perlustration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 30:16


    Stolen letters from the Soviet Union emerge decades later to tell stories about a repressive past. Echoes of the present emerge as our researchers dive deep into something called perlustration.

    The Secret History of Barbecue

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 29:29


    Today, Russell takes us through the secret history of barbecue - what you didn't know about a summertime staple.

    The Big Mother of Kiev

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 30:42


    Guest contributors Sophia and Isabel Jewel investigate Europe's biggest monument - the Motherland Monument in Kiev, Ukraine.

    A Very Special Friendship: Canada and Cuba, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 30:31


    A Very Special Friendship: Canada and Cuba, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 31:04


    Guest contributors Lynda and Yintong sit down with Dr. John Kirk, who had been a go-between for the Canadian government and the Castros.

    A Very Special Friendship: Canada and Cuba, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 30:02


    Part one of three in a series on Canada-Cuba relations, with guest contributers Simran Grewal and Zain Khan.

    Birth of a Stereotype

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 31:16


    Check out the resources we used to talk about Aladdin's history: https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-01-11/8-real-world-locations-that-inspired-disney-movies-frozen-brave-aladdin https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-10-ca-11747-story.html https://www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18635896/disney-live-action-aladdin-controversy-history Some of the art we look at in the episode: https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/pantomime-poster-milton-ray-s-production-of-aladdin-at-the-grand-theatre-halifax/MEV-12249553 https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/aladdin-secures-the-lamp

    Resting Villain Face, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 30:44


    We keep our conversation with Omar going - and learn about what happened to Frank Lackteen after the advent of sound cinema.

    Resting Villain Face, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 31:28


    This week on History X - we talk to author and journalist Omar Mouallem about one of the silent era's busiest character actors, and why you've never heard of him.

    The Story That Set Tulsa on Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 30:15


    A re-broadcast of History X's pilot - a story that set Tulsa, AZ, on fire.

    A Saint for Sinners?: Santa Muerte

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 30:41


    You've seen her in shows like Narcos, like Breaking Bad - but who is Santa Muerte, really, and where does she come from? We talk to Dr. Kate Kingsbury to find out.

    Precedented: An American Coup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 30:56


    The governor orders the National Guard to string barbed wire around the capitol building and take up defensive positions with machine guns.The Ku Klux Klan, after a campaign of terror against the governor's supporters, calls for his ouster. The governor promises to pardon anyone who shoots a klansman.The KKK taunts the governor in the press, and headlines tell citizens to prepare for war.No, this is not some The Plot Against America-style alternative history on Netflix. It is the scene-setting for an actual coup d'etat in the American heartland in the 1920s...

    The Surrender of IR 136: Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 30:45


    Edmonton expands and the Papaschase Band pursues the last herds of bison. The band adheres to Treaty 6 and accepts a reserve. But then Frank Oliver gets involved.

    The Surrender of IR 136: Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 29:58


    The story of IR 136 is just the tip of the iceberg. How and why did a huge chunk of land, guaranteed by treaty to the Papaschase band, end up the way it did?

    The Ghosts of FunDrive

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 58:19


    Prelude to a Coup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 30:19


    What can 1970s and 1980s Argentina teach us about how coups happen, how to survive them, and how to deal with a society that's fragmenting around you, right before your eyes? This week, Russell talks to Luciana Erregue about her childhood in Argentina, and what advice she can give us as the US teeters on the edge of a coup themselves. Check out Laberinto Press' book, "Beyond the Food Court: an Anthology of Literary Cuisines," available now. https://www.laberintopress.com/shop/p/beyond-the-food-court

    Trailer: Prelude to a Coup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 1:13


    What can 1970s and 1980s Argentina teach us about how coups happen, how to survive them, and how to deal with a fragmenting society?

    Hammers, Hate Groups, and Heimdall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 30:20


    Coming Soon: History X

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 1:15


    A brand new show about true stories from history that have been repressed, suppressed, or simply forgotten. Launching September 18, 2020.

    The Rest is Not History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 30:15


    A story of former friends, and the forgotten second act of Richard Lloyd Jones in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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