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John Strausbaugh

John Strausbaugh

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Award-winning history writer John Strausbaugh tells fascinating stories about the past, bringing fresh perspectives to events and characters great and small.

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  • Junkyard Earth

    Junkyard Earth
    Oct 6 2025

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    Humanity is messy. Everywhere we go we leave trash and debris. Even in space.

    #nasa #pointnemo #space #internationalspacestation #mir #satellite #cosmodrome
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    8 mins
  • Socking Hitler on the Jaw

    Socking Hitler on the Jaw
    Sep 20 2025

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    Watching Hitler rampage across Europe in 1940, two comics artists in New York City decided to take matters in their own hands. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon created Captain America.

    #captainamerica #marvelcomics #jackkirby #joesimon
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    7 mins
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John Strausbaugh has such an in depth knowledge of NYC, and he paints a lot of context (tons) into his books and his old NYTimes videos, and these fantastic, short, interesting podcasts too. When you’re bored with the Schuylers and that scoundrel Hamilton, Strausbaugh has a million other stories from nazi youth camps in Long Island to Jimi Hendrix early days - some are really mind-blowing.

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