The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more.Listen to American History Tellers on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Experience all episodes ad-free and be the first to binge the newest season. Unlock exclusive early access by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial today by visiting wondery.com/links/american-history-tellers/ now.
387 episodes transcribed“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord.” That’s the opening line of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” written by Julie Ward...
As legal challenges to his New Deal programs mounted, President Roosevelt and his attorney general devised dramatic reforms to the Supreme Co...
After two of President Roosevelt’s closest advisors competed to create a new federal jobs program, the White House launched one of Roosevelt'...
The Great Depression wasn’t the only crisis facing the country when Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933. Following a decade-long drought t...
With the country was still hobbled by the Depression, New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised a “New Deal” for the American peop...
Factories have shut down, banks have failed, and millions are out of work. As the Depression worsens, public opinion sours toward President H...
The Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt on October 29, 1929, with the collapse of the U.S. stock market. A year earlier, president Her...
"Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it." On today’s show, we’ll consider what lessons we can draw from history, and wh...
A special series with Legal Wars. The whole world was watching, and that’s exactly what the defendants wanted. As the end of 1969 approached,...
A special series with Legal Wars. In 1969, the war in the streets became a war in the courtroom. The trial of the Chicago 8 pitted the federa...
A special series with our sibling show Legal Wars. The 1968 Democratic National Convention attracted demonstrators from all over the country....
We live in historic times, but how do they compare to that other tumultuous era of American history — 1865 and the years following President...
The year 1968 marked a watershed in American politics. Anti-war protests were roiling the country. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....
The 1929 stock market crash saw 14 billion dollars vanish in a matter of hours — and with it, the Republican party’s decades-long grip on Ame...
As the Civil War came to a close, the government set its sights once again on the future of the United States. Working closely with a Republi...
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of western land. But in the 1850s, the questi...
Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 presidential election to John Quincy Adams through what some called a “corrupt bargain” in the House of Represen...
In the earliest days of the United States, there was no such thing as an organized political party. George Washington, elected twice to the p...
Named after one of the greatest U.S. presidents, the Lincoln Motor Company has become as ingrained in American culture as the Statue of Liber...
We conclude our series on the American Civil Right Movement with an interview with a woman who was there, on the front lines of the fight.Peg...
