diff --git a/recipes/ancient_egypt.recipe b/recipes/ancient_egypt.recipe
index fdede7664d..c2116a00a4 100644
--- a/recipes/ancient_egypt.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ancient_egypt.recipe
@@ -46,13 +46,21 @@ class ancientegypt(BasicNewsRecipe):
             exp.name = 'p'
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download ',
+            'long': 'For example, 136'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('https://the-past.com/category/magazines/ae/')
         art = soup.find('article', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'tag-magazines' in x.split()})
         url = art.h2.a['href']
 
-        # for past editions, add url
-        # url = ''
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            url = 'https://the-past.com/magazines/ae/ancient-egypt-magazine-' + d + '/'
 
         issue = self.index_to_soup(url)
         ti = issue.find('h1', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'post-title' in x.split()})
diff --git a/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe b/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
index f4875b6b47..d6bfa7f12d 100644
--- a/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def get_contents(x):
 
 class Bloomberg(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Bloomberg Businessweek'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
diff --git a/recipes/lex_fridman_podcast.recipe b/recipes/lex_fridman_podcast.recipe
index 814c7d7902..5fc387f036 100644
--- a/recipes/lex_fridman_podcast.recipe
+++ b/recipes/lex_fridman_podcast.recipe
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ class lexfridman(BasicNewsRecipe):
     timefmt = ' [%b, %Y]'
     cover_url = 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7'
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'days': {
+            'short': 'Oldest article to download from this news source. In days ',
+            'long': 'For example, 0.5, gives you articles from the past 12 hours',
+            'default': str(oldest_article)
+        }
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        BasicNewsRecipe.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('days')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            self.oldest_article = float(d)
+
     extra_css = '''
         .ts-name { font-weight:bold; }
         .ts-timestamp { font-size:small; }
diff --git a/recipes/military_history.recipe b/recipes/military_history.recipe
index ae35606799..09d330a09b 100644
--- a/recipes/military_history.recipe
+++ b/recipes/military_history.recipe
@@ -45,13 +45,21 @@ class milthist(BasicNewsRecipe):
             exp.name = 'p'
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download ',
+            'long': 'For example, 136'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('https://the-past.com/category/magazines/mhm/')
         art = soup.find('article', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'tag-magazines' in x.split()})
         url = art.h2.a['href']
 
-        # for past editions, add url
-        # url = ''
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            url = 'https://the-past.com/magazines/military-history-matters-' + d + '/'
 
         issue = self.index_to_soup(url)
         ti = issue.find('h1', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'post-title' in x.split()})
diff --git a/recipes/minerva_magazine.recipe b/recipes/minerva_magazine.recipe
index 181d5c88f9..203d9b3520 100644
--- a/recipes/minerva_magazine.recipe
+++ b/recipes/minerva_magazine.recipe
@@ -45,13 +45,21 @@ class minerva(BasicNewsRecipe):
             exp.name = 'p'
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download ',
+            'long': 'For example, 136'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('https://the-past.com/category/magazines/minerva/')
         art = soup.find('article', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'tag-magazines' in x.split()})
         url = art.h2.a['href']
 
-        # for past editions, add url
-        # url = ''
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            url = 'https://the-past.com/magazines/minerva-magazine-' + d + '/'
 
         issue = self.index_to_soup(url)
         ti = issue.find('h1', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'post-title' in x.split()})
diff --git a/recipes/world_archeology.recipe b/recipes/world_archeology.recipe
index 103f159eb5..31d467a3fd 100644
--- a/recipes/world_archeology.recipe
+++ b/recipes/world_archeology.recipe
@@ -47,13 +47,21 @@ class worldarch(BasicNewsRecipe):
             exp.name = 'p'
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download ',
+            'long': 'For example, 136'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('https://the-past.com/category/magazines/cwa/')
         art = soup.find('article', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'tag-magazines' in x.split()})
         url = art.h2.a['href']
 
-        # for past editions, add url
-        # url = ''
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            url = 'https://the-past.com/magazines/current-world-archaeology-' + d + '/'
 
         issue = self.index_to_soup(url)
         ti = issue.find('h1', attrs={'class':lambda x: x and 'post-title' in x.split()})