Podcast Artwork

History That Doesn't Suck

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; on Twitter/X: @HTDSpod. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.

190 episodes Visit Website

Select an episode to begin listening to History That Doesn't Suck.

Episode image

99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now

Oct 11, 2021
Episode image

98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley

Sep 27, 2021
Episode image

97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie

Sep 13, 2021
Episode image

96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)

Aug 30, 2021
Episode image

95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light

Aug 16, 2021
Episode image

94: Epilogue to Gilded Age Part I (or Gilded Age interlude w/ Significant HTDS Updates)

Aug 2, 2021
Episode image

93: La Liberté éclairant le monde: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty

Jul 19, 2021
Episode image

92: The Brooklyn Bridge, or the Story of the Roebling Family

Jun 21, 2021
Episode image

91: The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and Assassination of President James Garfield

Jun 7, 2021
Episode image

90: Epilogue to the Wild West

May 10, 2021