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380 episodes transcribedThe Great Depression was, as Professor John Moser puts it, the result of a perfect storm. So what brought it on? What was it like to live through it?...
The Civil War along the Mississippi was reaching a critical moment by the Summer of 1862. The Union had advanced and planted its flag in Louisiana’s s...
There is no question that the Civil War is one of the darkest chapters in American history. With roughly 2.5 percent of the population lost, a higher...
How did Hawaiʻi - once an independent, internationally recognised kingdom - become America's 50th state? It's a tale of economic pressure, political m...
Who was the worst American army general of all time? We round off our month of military history by looking at the leaders who standout for all the wro...
The First Amendment of the US Constitution is just forty-five words long, but its impact has drastically shaped American life. For much of American hi...
Eisenhower, Washington, Greene, Grant. There have been thousands of Generals in the United States' Armed Forces. Picking out the best of the crop woul...
The two-term limit, the idea that the President of the United States may not seek a third term, has a long history. Originating from a decision made b...
New weapons, new opponents, new technology - as warfare evolves, armies need generals able to evolve with it. In this episode, Don is joined by Cecily...
In July 1776, a group of men in Philadelphia committed an unthinkable act: they challenged one of the most powerful empires in the world by signing wh...
Ruthless tactics. Extreme violence. The loss of huge numbers of their own troops. The deaths of the most opposing troops. What makes a general 'bloody...
From the 1830s until the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, hundreds of thousands of people packed their possessions into wagons and headed wes...
Ever since independence, a question has hovered over the government of the United States. How much power should the President have? Not too much, lest...
When fossils were discovered in the US during the 19th Century, it altered American understandings of science, religion, race and more. So what was th...
Today we're delving into the archives and revisiting Don and Michael Kauffman's conversation on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln...On the evening...
Today we're delving into our back catalogue and revisiting the topic of the Boston Tea Party...On December 16th 1773, Bostonian colonists took a stand...
It's one of the most iconic symbols of early Americana; it conjures up images of bustling saloon bars and Mark Twain. But as glamorous as they may see...
Reunion with the dead. The return of lands, food supplies and buffalo. The disappearance of white settlers.By the end of the 19th Century, the forced...
What would you do if you discovered that members of your family had spied for the Japanese at Pearl Harbor? When this happened to Christine Kuehn, she...
How could walking naked through town be seen as religious? What about digging up a corpse? Or bursting into church services to cause mayhem?In this ep...
