The Backstory with Patty Steele

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  • Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.
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  • The Backstory (Replay): The unexplained blast that shook the world

    The Backstory (Replay): The unexplained blast that shook the world
    Sep 20 2024

    In this replay episode: On a beautiful summer morning in 1908, a massive explosion hit Siberia. It downed 80 million trees and lit the night sky 3,000 miles away in Sweden. But to this day, no one knows what caused it.

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    6 mins
  • The Backstory (Replay): Cold War condoms and undercover kitties

    The Backstory (Replay): Cold War condoms and undercover kitties
    Sep 17 2024

    In this replay episode: In the race to become the reigning superpower, nations have resorted to all sorts of bizarre tactics. Some of them were pretty humorous. And that reached new heights during the Cold War.

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    8 mins
  • The Backstory (Replay): The most powerful and hated man in the world

    The Backstory (Replay): The most powerful and hated man in the world
    Sep 13 2024

    On this replay episode of The Backstory: Born into complete poverty and now, by some accounts, the richest man in the world, Vladimir Putin has also become an enemy of most of the world. Here's where he came from, how he got a stranglehold on power, and what he’s doing with it.

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    8 mins
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Love history

I love history! Love hearing about the whole story not just one small piece. So far a am really enjoying all the history that was talked about so far

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