Hosted by Brooklyn and Silas · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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Discover the hidden threads of history with The Rewind Files , an "on this day" podcast that proves the past is closer than you think. Join Brooklyn (straight out of Orange County) and Silas (representing the Bay Area) as they trade sarcastic barbs and flirty banter while unearthing lost events that secretly shape your daily life. In 15 minutes or less, they navigate everything from forgotten legends to modern-day consequences with a chemistry that is as funny as it is dead serious. It’s the perfect bite-sized deep dive for anyone who likes their history with a side of California attitude and a lot of heart.
Brooklyn and Silas hosts The Rewind Files, a history show with 17 episodes published.
April 17th, 2001. People went to sleep under a normal sky — and woke up to something that looked like the world was on fire. The sun had other plans that day. A massive solar explosion launched a cosmic shockwave straigh
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April 16th, 2001. Israel doesn't just strike back at Hezbollah — they go after Syria. On Syrian soil? No. On Lebanese soil. And that distinction changes everything. This wasn't a simple act of retaliation. It was a calcu
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April 15th, 2001. A New York hospital room. A U2 song playing softly. And just like that — the beating heart of the most rebellious movement in music history goes quiet forever. Joey Ramone was 6'6" of pure chaos, leathe
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April 14, 2001. A man who built an empire—music, fashion, culture—walks onto MTV and tells the world to forget everything they knew about him. One name out, one name in. Just like that. But why? What was he running from?
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It was Friday the 13th, and for the 132 passengers on Via Rail’s "Ocean" train, the superstition was about to become a terrifying reality. As they cruised through the foggy coast of Nova Scotia at 75 miles per hour, the
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What happens when the two biggest superpowers on Earth play a high-stakes game of "who’s gonna blink first"? On April 1, 2001, a U.S. Navy spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet 22,000 feet over the South China Se
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Soccer in South Africa isn’t just a sport; it’s a lifestyle, a religion, and a roar that can be heard for miles. But on April 11, 2001, the "Soweto Derby" between the Kaizer Chiefs and the Orlando Pirates turned into the
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Ever seen the sky turn a "bruised shade of green" and wondered if the universe was about to throw hands? On April 10, 2001, the "Tristate Hailstorm" did exactly that, raining down grapefruit-sized ice blocks at 100 miles
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Imagine a city holding its breath so tightly the pressure finally blows the lid off. In this episode of The Rewind Files, Brooklyn and Silas take you back to April 9, 2001—the day Cincinnati reached its breaking point. W
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April 8, 2001: Tiger Woods didn't just win a golf tournament. He rewrote what's humanly possible—and changed the sport forever. Picture Augusta, Georgia. April 8th, 2001. A guy in a bright red polo steps up to the 18th g
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April 7, 2001: NASA launches a spacecraft designed to last a few years. Twenty-five years later, it's still the backbone of Mars exploration. It's 11:02 AM at Cape Canaveral. A Delta II rocket clears the tower, and Missi
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April 6, 2001: Politicians pull off one of history's greatest marketing heists—and we're still living with the consequences. It's a Friday in April 2001, and the House of Representatives votes to kill the "Death Tax." So
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April 5, 2001: NASA launches a spacecraft designed to last a few years. It's now 2026, and it's still the hardest-working machine in the solar system. While everyone was obsessed with Nokia 3310s and *NSYNC's PopOdyssey
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April 4, 2001: A war criminal who thought he was untouchable just spent his first week in a prison cell. It was a watershed moment for international justice. For over a decade, Slobodan Milošević orchestrated some of the
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The Day Science Found Out We're All Basically the Same April 3rd, 2001: The smartest people on the planet realized we're genetically the same as a fruit fly. And it changed medicine forever. The Human Genome Project had
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The day humanity narrowly avoided a cosmic catastrophe—and nobody noticed. On April 2nd, 2001, while the world obsessed over Mariah Carey's record deal and that U.S. spy plane incident, something genuinely apocalyptic wa
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On April 1, 2001, 67,000 fans packed the Houston Astrodome for WrestleMania X-Seven, an event that served as the explosive "season finale" to the wildest era in entertainment. But this wasn't just a wrestling card; it wa
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