The History Canon

The past, with a finish line.

Enter complete histories and self-contained seasons that turn evidence into a story you can follow all the way through.

Curated by Andrew Bryk

Start Here

Five complete stories that show how wide a history podcast can be.

01GatecrashersGatecrashers
8 episodes · Complete
Start here for a surprising institutional history told through eight distinct campuses.
89 / 100 · Listening Record
02FloodlinesFloodlines
9 episodes · Complete
A model of narrative history that changes how a familiar national event is understood.
85 / 100 · Listening Record
03Autism's First ChildAutism's First Child
7 episodes · Complete
A compact personal story that makes a much larger medical and social history tangible.
85 / 100 · Listening Record
041912: The Forsyth County Expulsion1912: The Forsyth County Expulsion
5 episodes · Complete
A focused local history whose consequences remain visible more than a century later.
82 / 100 · Listening Record
05Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro ChildrenUnreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
8 episodes · Complete
Essential reporting that restores the testimony of people an institution tried to silence.
81 / 100 · Listening Record

Verified archive

The complete published record of bounded history series and seasons.