History That Doesn't Suck

133 episodes · 12 with AI analysis

HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @historythatdoesntsuck. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.Pre-order Prof. Jackson's new book Been There Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome

AI Intelligence · across all analyzed episodes

People · top 20

Companies · top 14

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Topics · top 10

Pearl Harbor Attack - December 7, 1941×2Wannsee Conference and Final Solution planningKristallnacht and escalation of persecution (1938)Kindertransport rescue operationsGhettoization in Poland (Łódź, Warsaw, Kraków)Einsatzgruppen mobile killing squadsGas chamber technology and Zyklon BAuschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp operationsNazi bureaucratic organization of genocideSurvivor testimony and documentation

Analyzed Episodes

Apr 13, 2026

203: The Holocaust: Killing Squads, Ghettos, & Gas Chambers

Wannsee Conference and Final Solution planningKristallnacht and escalation of persecution (1938)Kindertransport rescue operations

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Mar 30, 2026

202: Holocaust Prologue with US Holocaust Memorial Museum Director, Sara J. Bloomfield

Holocaust education and public historical literacyDemocracy and authoritarianism in historical contextAnti-Semitism in America (1930s-1940s and contemporary)

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Nov 24, 2025

193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)

Japanese Meiji Restoration and modernization (1868–1890)Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and Treaty of Kanagawa (1853–1854)Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) and Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

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Dec 7, 2025

194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Attack - December 7, 1941U.S. Military Preparedness and ReadinessRadar Technology and Early Warning Systems

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Mar 16, 2026

201: A Soft Underbelly: The Allied Invasion of Sicily & the Fall of Il Duce

Operation Underworld: U.S. Navy-organized crime partnershipOperation Mincemeat: British strategic deception campaignOperation Husky: Allied invasion of Sicily

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Dec 22, 2025

195: Holiday Special IX: Chanukah in Warsaw & Christmas in Washington, D.C.

Warsaw Ghetto conditions and Jewish resistance 1941Hanukkah observance under Nazi occupationRabbi Kalonymus Shapiro's wartime sermons

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Jan 5, 2026

196: An Epilogue to Pearl Harbor with Steve Twomey

Pearl Harbor Attack - December 7, 1941Admiral Husband Kimmel Leadership DecisionsAdmiral Harold Stark Communication Failures

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Jan 19, 2026

197: The Doolittle Raid & the Bataan Death March (Spring 1942)

Doolittle Raid on Tokyo (April 1942)Bataan Peninsula Defense and RetreatBataan Death March (April 1942)

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Feb 2, 2026

198: The Pacific Tide Turns at Coral Sea & Midway

Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942)Battle of Midway (June 1942)Japanese Naval Strategy in Pacific Theater

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Mar 2, 2026

200: The North African Campaign: Desert Rats, the Desert Fox, & Operation Torch

Operation Torch amphibious invasion planning and executionDesert warfare logistics and supply chain managementVichy France collaboration and French military response to Allied invasion

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Feb 9, 2026

Introducing Free Range with Von Miller

Podcast Network PartnershipsAthlete Personal BrandingSports Entertainment Content

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Feb 16, 2026

199: Building the Anglo-American Alliance: The US Enters the European Theater

Battle of the Atlantic and U-boat warfare (1942)Operation Drumbeat and German commerce raidingUS Navy convoy system implementation and delays

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