Same Day, Different Century

About Same Day, Different Century

History didn't happen in textbooks, it happened on days just like today. Same Day, Different Century uncovers one remarkable true story from this exact date in history, every weekday.

Publisher

Zach Ipsen

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jun 2026

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

39 of 74 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   September 11, 2001

   Host Alex Jones interviews historian Dr. Sarah Miller about the intricate plot and missed warnings leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Jeopardy! Returns: The Alex Trebek Premiere of 1984

   Host Alex Trebek discusses the 1984 premiere of Jeopardy! and its surprising origin story, revealing how a simple idea transformed into a lasting television phenomenon.

3. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Attica Prison Uprising

   Host [Host Name] interviews Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald and Governor Nelson Rockefeller about the Attica Prison Uprising and its lasting impact on American prison history.

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The Attica Prison Uprising

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Work in the prison shops paid well under a dollar per day, and soap, stamps, and anything extra came out of that pay. Letters home had to be written in English. because officers opened and read the mail before it left. Russell Oswald had been running New York's prison system since the beginning of that year, and he arrived with a reputation as a reformer. In July, a group inside Attica calling itself the Attica Liberation Faction sent him and Governor Nelson Rockefeller a list of demands. A minimum wage for prison labor, real medical care, an end to mail censorship, and freedom to practice their religions. […]

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