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24 alternatives to Backstory with the American History Guys - Now He Belongs to the Ages

This episode honors the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincol…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Backstory with the American History Guys - Now He Belongs to the Ages launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Podcast History of our World▲65
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Serial Podcast▲177
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2014 · its alternatives →
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The Story Behind▲5
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2017 · its alternatives →
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SantaLand Diaries - David Sedaris▲67
A story from an old This American Life episode
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Hardcore History - Blueprint for Armageddon▲68
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Dudes of Disruption Ep 1 - Premiere from 03/31/15▲54
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Internet History Podcast #124- Founder of ReadWriteWeb, Richard MacManus▲56
Building a blog empire from New Zealand.
2016 · its alternatives →
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The West Wing History Class - "A Proportional Response"▲77
Part West Wing love-fest / part historical podcast
2016 · its alternatives →
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Dudes of Disruption Ep 10 - The Stories We Make Up About Men and Women▲53
Our automatic beliefs about the opposite sex.
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Distance podcast▲114
The stories behind wonderful old school businesses
2015 · its alternatives →
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History Timeline▲238
Who was alive, when, and where?
2016 · its alternatives →
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Internet History Podcast - CompuServe Founder Jeff Wilkins▲53
Founder of CompuServe Jeff Wilkins
2016 · its alternatives →
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Duncan Trussell Family Hour #183: GO with Aaron Frank from Singularity University▲60
Great episode about technology - current and in the future!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Origins S2:E2 - Tom Lenehan, Rockefeller University▲55
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2016 · its alternatives →
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The Infamous Podcast - The Age of Comics… It’s Good to be a Geek▲53
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Internet History Podcast #127 - The History of the iPhone▲61
In honor of it's 10th Anniversary, this Monday
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Daniel Radcliffe - WTF with Marc Maron ▲67
Great episode of the always great podcast
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The Bill Simmons Podcast - Ep. 3: Movies & goodbyes w/ Wesley Morris▲65
Felt like this should've been the episode used for relaunch
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The Combat Jack Show - The Mister Cee Episode▲54
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