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ThePeel.news

A History Podcast For News: Adel Aali, ThePeel.news host, engages distinguished professors and critically acclaimed authors in weekly conversations about the history behind our current events. We call... Read more

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Midseason Reflections & Highlights

Midseason Reflections & Highlights

Enjoy our midseason recap of our prior episodes. And here is a link to reflections of season one, including highlights. ... Read more

24 Jun 2022

23mins

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S2E23: How Union Power, Participation & Programs Have Evolved Since the 1930s - History of Labor Unions in America

S2E23: How Union Power, Participation & Programs Have Evolved Since the 1930s - History of Labor Unions in America

Are Starbucks employees happy? No, they are/were not happy. It was all Starbucks branding. And it worked for a long time... Read more

17 Jun 2022

55mins

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S2E22: “Never Again Alone”: Finland’s History of War and Uneasy Peace with Russia

S2E22: “Never Again Alone”: Finland’s History of War and Uneasy Peace with Russia

The 1939 Winter War is Finland's creation story. It's a war that Finland fought virtually alone, relying only on its own... Read more

10 Jun 2022

1hr 8mins

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S2E21: UFO History & Culture: Ufologists, Babylonians, Christian Theologians and, then, Hollywood!

S2E21: UFO History & Culture: Ufologists, Babylonians, Christian Theologians and, then, Hollywood!

How many extraterrestrial beings live on Jupiter? How about on the moon? Philosophers and theologians actually figured t... Read more

3 Jun 2022

1hr 5mins

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S2E20: 5 Reasons Why We War! From Street Gangbangers To Super Autocrats To State Democracies

S2E20: 5 Reasons Why We War! From Street Gangbangers To Super Autocrats To State Democracies

"War is hard and finding peace is easier than you think." Are you surprised by this statement? I know I was. I thought t... Read more

27 May 2022

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S2E19: Ukraine Was Part of A Country Lost To History - the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

S2E19: Ukraine Was Part of A Country Lost To History - the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Why does Ukraine look to the West for inspiration as opposed to Russia? To answer this question, we have to understand t... Read more

20 May 2022

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S2E18: History of Disneyworld, Florida & "Special Districts"

S2E18: History of Disneyworld, Florida & "Special Districts"

Why does FL Disney World have a special district but CA Disneyland does not? And how special is Florida's special distri... Read more

13 May 2022

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S2E17: Spacecrafts Crashing Into the Moon? Growing Danger of Space Junk To Space Environment And Humans.

S2E17: Spacecrafts Crashing Into the Moon? Growing Danger of Space Junk To Space Environment And Humans.

I recently came across a Wall Street Journal article about a four-ton Chinese rocket booster that was anticipated to cra... Read more

6 May 2022

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S2E16: “We can’t live like this anymore!” History of Russia’s Leaders and Revolutions

S2E16: “We can’t live like this anymore!” History of Russia’s Leaders and Revolutions

Professor Steinberg explains that Peter the Great and Catherine the Great were great not because of their many reforms, ... Read more

29 Apr 2022

1hr 9mins

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S2E15: History of Censorship In America! And Banning A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book.

S2E15: History of Censorship In America! And Banning A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book.

French postcards were as close as one could get to Playboy in the 19th century. And apparently, they were ubiquitous in ... Read more

22 Apr 2022

1hr 8mins

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