History podcasts

AI prep briefs for history podcasts

New archives open. New papers drop. Anniversaries land. PrepCast pulls the historical angles that intersect with this week's news, the under-covered stories, and the primary sources you can actually cite.

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## Episode idea: The declassified 1962 cable\n\n**Angle:** A State Department cable declassified last month reframes a moment from the Cuban Missile Crisis that's been taught wrong for 60 years.\n\n**Hooks:**\n- Released Nov 14 under FOIA\n- Two diplomatic historians have written about it\n- Anniversary of the event is in 9 days

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