A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast

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Episode 0024—Hoover Harbor

Send a Message to the Team In late 1939, a German plot to bomb and sabotage Hoover Dam was discovered and prevented. What might have been different if the plot had succeeded and America had entered World War II two years...

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Episode 0023—Unsettled

Send a Message to the Team In 1701, The Act of Settlement is passed by Parliament to cement the succession of the English and Irish crowns to Protestants only while also establishing a key foundation of the constitutiona...

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Episode 0022—No PARCing

Send a Message to the Team In the early 1970s, Xerox ruled the office copier world and had the vision to establish the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as an innovation catalyst for new technologies that would enable it...

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Episode 0021—The Sinking White Egg Basket

Send a Message to the Team On November 25th, 1120, the vessel known as “The White Ship” sank of the Normandy coast taking the life of William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of England Henry I. This event led to...

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Episode 0020—All Latin To Me

Send a Message to the Team In 1439, Johannes Gutenberg became the first European to use movable type in printing. What if this innovation and had not come and the “Gutenberg Bible” had not been or had been delayed? Host:...

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Episode 0019—No Rush

Send a Message to the Team On January 24, 1848, James Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. Over the next two years, the new United States territory of California undergoes a massive transition from...

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Episode 0018—42 Minutes

Send a Message to the Team September 11, 2001 was a tragic day in history. Could it have been even more impactful if United Flight 93 is not delayed by 42 fateful minutes? Host: Don Shelly Co-Host: Alexis Shelly Theme Mu...

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Episode 0017—The Library Lives

Send a Message to the Team The Library of Alexandria was one of the most famous storehouses of knowledge in antiquity. What if the valuable materials it contained had been preserved and not lost to history? Host: Don She...

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Episode 0016—The Queen Is Dead

Send a Message to the Team Until she was eclipsed recently by Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria was England’s longest-reigning monarch. How might things have been different if had met an early demise due to an assassin’s bull...

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Episode 0015—Lose The Force

Send a Message to the Team On May 25, 1977, Star Wars was released into the theaters and an entertainment and pop-culture phenomena was born that has influenced elements of culture ever since. So, what would have been di...

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Episode 0014—Henry IX

Send a Message to the Team On New Year’s Day of 1511, English Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of Henry VIII, gives birth to a young prince named Henry, the presumptive heir to the English throne. Two short months later,...

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