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August 14, 2023. The HTW team is ready to talk. In a special episode that wraps up Season 4, Sally... more
August 8, 1974. President Richard Nixon sits in the Oval Office, addressing the American people. He tells them: I’m going... more
We’ll be back next week with a regular episode, but please listen to this for an important HTW update! Hosted... more
August 4, 1846. A few months into their journey from Illinois to California, a group of pioneers encounters trouble. They’ve... more
July 16, 1945. It happened within a millionth of a second. In the New Mexico desert in the early morning... more
July 29th, 1992. The Baltimore Sun runs a feature about a surprise candidate in the upcoming presidential race: Barbie. The... more
July 19, 1869. Naturalist John Muir watches the sun rise over the Sierra Nevada mountains. He’ll write in his journal... more
July 16, 1945. It’s the summer of 1945 and World War II is underway. The USS Indianapolis has just set... more
July 8, 1843. Amidst the rolling hills of rural Massachusetts, a group of Transcendentalists come together to form a collective... more
July 2, 1957. At the annual Tupperware jubilee in Florida, company VP Brownie Wise is admiring her handiwork. 1,200 people... more