History Fix

Shea LaFountaine
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In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historyfix or Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine. Your donations make it possible for me to continue creating great episodes. Plus, I'll love you forever! Find more at historyfixpodcast.com

  1. Ep. 144 The Manhattan Project: How the US Became the "Destroyer of Worlds" With the WWII Atomic Bombings of Japan

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    Ep. 144 The Manhattan Project: How the US Became the "Destroyer of Worlds" With the WWII Atomic Bombings of Japan

    Consider this the third and final installment of my war with Japan triptych. In this episode, we'll discuss the top secret "Manhattan Project" led by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer that led to the development of the first atomic bomb. We'll uncover the motives behind creating such a dangerous weapon and for using it on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to civilian casualties of up to 300,000 people. We'll also consider the question, what now? What does this mean for us today and for future generations going forward?  Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  “Duck and Cover” videoNational WWII Museum “‘Destroyer of Worlds:’ The Making of an Atomic Bomb”National Archives “The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”History.com “Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”History Extra “Before the atomic bombs…”Shoot me a message! Support the show

    39 min

  2. 12/28/2025

    Happy New Year from History Fix!

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    2 min
  3. Mini Fix #26: The Christmas Truce

    12/21/2025

    Mini Fix #26: The Christmas Truce

    I had planned to take this week and next off but I can't leave y'all hanging without your fix on Christmas! This week I'm bringing you a special mini fix episode about the Christmas Truce of 1914. This remarkable ceasefire that happened spontaneously all along the Western Front during the first winter of World War I has shocked and inspired the masses ever since. But despite tons of eyewitness accounts and tangible evidence like letters, autographs, and photos, there are many who refuse to believe that the Christmas Truce ever happened. So, what do you think? Is this actual history or merely a myth?  Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  Imperial War Museums video "How Did the Christmas Truce Happen?"Imperial War Museums "The Real Story of the Christmas Truce" History.com "The Christmas Truce"Institute for Economics and Peace "The Christmas Truce""Western Front Companion" by Mark AdkinForces War Records by Ancestry "The True Story of the 'Christmas Truce'"Shoot me a message! Support the show

    23 min
  4. Ep. 143 Internment: How the US Government Forced Japanese Americans Into Its Own Version of Concentration Camps

    12/14/2025

    Ep. 143 Internment: How the US Government Forced Japanese Americans Into Its Own Version of Concentration Camps

    After talking about the Pearl Harbor attack last week and how it prompted US involvement in World War II, I realized I glorified the aftermath pretty hard. Yes, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor did directly lead to the US declaring war on both Japan and Germany. Yes, US involvement in World War II undeniably helped bring that war to a close. However, the US reacted in other ways at home that weren't quite as glorious. This week I'm talking about the ugly side of the Pearl Harbor aftermath, when the US government forced some 120,000 Japanese Americans, two thirds of them US citizens, into "relocation centers" or "internment camps" that could just as easily be called concentration camps. Mistakes were made, lessons were learned... lessons we can't afford to forget, especially now.  Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  densho.orgNational Archives "Japanese-American Incarceration During World War II"Densho Encyclopedia "Picture Brides"Densho Encyclopedia "Executive Order 9066"National World War II Museum "Japanese American Incarceration"Wikipedia "Internment of Japanese Americans"Shoot me a message! Support the show

    34 min
  5. Ep. 142 Pearl Harbor: Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor, Seemingly Out of Left Field, and Involved Itself in World War II

    12/07/2025

    Ep. 142 Pearl Harbor: Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor, Seemingly Out of Left Field, and Involved Itself in World War II

    I feel pretty well versed when it comes to World War II. I understand fairly well what was happening in Europe at least with Germany and whatnot. I know that the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (84 years ago today) was the event that drew the United States into the war. But Pearl Harbor wasn't bombed by Germany. It was bombed by Japan. Wait, what? Japan? What does Japan have to do with Nazi Germany and World War II? This week I sit down with Quin Cho, an expert on the Pacific Theater during World War II, to talk about what was happening in Asia leading up to that fateful attack on Pearl Harbor. He'll fill us in on the rising action, like the Mukden Incident and the Second Sino-Japanese War, that led to the collision of two different war theaters into one big, bad world war.  Quin's books:  "Rise of the Kwantung Army: Japan's Empire in Manchuria to 1932""Competing Empires in Burma: A Chronicle of the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations in World War 2"Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: The National WWII Museum "Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941"Office of the Historian "The Mukden Incident of 1931 and the Stimson Doctrine"Office of the Historian "The Chinese Revolution of 1911"History.com "Pearl Harbor"Wikipedia "Zhang Zoulin"Wikipedia "Mukden Incident"Shoot me a message! Support the show

    48 min
  6. Ep. 141 Still Here Part 2: Setting the Record Straight With Chief Marilyn Berry Morrison of the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe

    11/30/2025

    Ep. 141 Still Here Part 2: Setting the Record Straight With Chief Marilyn Berry Morrison of the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe

    To follow up my perspective seeking conversation with Gray Parsons of the Secotan Alliance, I sat down next with Chief Marilyn Berry Morrison of the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe. I asked Chief Morrison the same question: why do you think the misconception exists that Indigenous Americans no longer exist in the eastern part of the United States? She had similar thoughts to share. Chief Morrison spoke a lot about fear and shame stemming from the trauma of the past. She also clued me in to a personal journey she's been on for quite some time, a journey to get state and national recognition for her ancestry and her tribe, the Roanoke-Hatteras, and the unnecessary difficulty involved in the process. Again, this is a must listen!  Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  Native Heritage Project “The Pierce Family of Tyrrell County”“Deliver Us from Evil: The Slavery Question in the Old South” by Lacy K. FordShoot me a message! Support the show

    35 min
  7. Ep. 140 Still Here Part 1: Fixing the Narrative With Gray Parsons of the Secotan Alliance

    11/23/2025

    Ep. 140 Still Here Part 1: Fixing the Narrative With Gray Parsons of the Secotan Alliance

    This week, I sat down with Gray Parsons of the Secotan Alliance to get to the bottom of a common misconception. It seems, to me at least, that there's a notion in our country that Indigenous Americans no longer exist in the eastern states, that they were either killed or forced to relocate west. Gray's response provided the much needed perspective I was seeking. Join us as we chat about Wingina, the first Indigenous American leader to be killed by the English for resisting colonization, and the shockwaves that act sent out, shockwaves that have mostly been ignored. We'll also discuss barriers to recognition, like an outdated appearance model, bureaucratic red tape, and generational trauma. Don't miss this one!  Gray's books: "Hope on Hatterask""Pampico Blue"Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  "A Description of North Carolina" by John LawsonShoot me a message! Support the show

    44 min
  8. Ep. 139 Cahokia: Why We Misunderstand the Scale of Indigenous Civilizations in North America

    11/16/2025

    Ep. 139 Cahokia: Why We Misunderstand the Scale of Indigenous Civilizations in North America

    This week I’m shattering preconceived notions that Indigenous Americans north of Mexico didn’t build cities. That they organized, instead, into only small, nomadic villages. Because, for around 800 years there was a great city, the largest pre-Colombian city north of Mexico, a city that, if you were to have visited in the year 1200, is theorized to have been larger than both London and Paris at that same time. In fact, it held the record for largest city in the now United States for almost 700 years from around 1100 until Philadelphia broke the record in the 1780s. I’m talking about the city of Cahokia which sprawled along the Mississippi River in southern Illinois, a testament to the true scale, potential, and abilities of Indigenous Americans in what is now the United States. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either. Let’s fix that.  Support the show!  Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources:  “Cahokia: A Pre-Colombian American City” by Timothy R. PauketatCahokia Mounds Museum SocietyEBSCO “Cahokia Becomes the First North American City”Wikipedia “Cahokia”Wikipedia “Mississippian Culture”Shoot me a message! Support the show

    43 min
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In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historyfix or Venmo @Shea-LaFountaine. Your donations make it possible for me to continue creating great episodes. Plus, I'll love you forever! Find more at historyfixpodcast.com

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  • Creator
    Shea LaFountaine
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    156
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 History Fix
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