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History: The Interesting Bits

History is a fascinating peek into how we ended up here, but much of it, frankly, isn't very interesting.

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Alexander Armstrong
Self - Narrator
Bobby Seagull
Self
Gautam Mukunda
Self

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How to be President

Sat, Jan 24, 2026

We look at the men and women who've run and, in some cases, won the Oval Office. We meet lawyers, war heroes and crooks, and discover which POTUS shut down a nuclear plant in meltdown and which was almost eaten.

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