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History That Doesn't Suck

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson · ProfGregJackson

221 episodesEN

Show overview

History That Doesn't Suck has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 221 episodes. That works out to roughly 210 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 57 min and 1h 5m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 11 episodes already out so far this year. Published by ProfGregJackson.

Episodes
221
Running
2017–2026 · 9y
Median length
1h 1m
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

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. Take a special VIP cruise with Prof. Jackson May 18-22, 2026 Pre-order Prof. Jackson's new book Been There Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome

Latest Episodes

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205: Total War on the Home Front: Victory Gardens, Volunteering, and the Double V

May 11, 20261h 2m

Bonus: “Messy Tales,” an Excerpt from the Prof’s book, Been There, Done That

May 4, 202634 min

204: The Holocaust: Anne Frank, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, & Auschwitz

Apr 27, 20261h 6m

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

Apr 13, 20261h 8m

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

Mar 30, 202648 min

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

Mar 16, 202658 min

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

Mar 2, 20261h 5m

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

Feb 16, 20261h 2m

198: The Pacific Tide Turns at Coral Sea & Midway

Feb 2, 20261h 3m

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

Jan 19, 20261h 4m

196: An Epilogue to Pearl Harbor with Steve Twomey

Jan 5, 202659 min

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

Dec 22, 202537 min

194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

Dec 7, 20251h 3m

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

Nov 24, 20251h 3m

192: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein: The American Revolution and WWII

Nov 10, 202557 min

Bonus: Eleanor Roosevelt "Over Our Coffee Cups"

Nov 3, 20257 min

191: Halloween Special V: “The War of the Worlds” on the Radio

Oct 20, 202541 min

190: Epilogue to US Pre-WWII Isolationism to Interventionism with Lynne Olson

Oct 13, 20251h 10m

189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation

Oct 6, 20251h 6m

The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Sep 29, 202511 min
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