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America's Most Brilliant President (and it isn't Thomas Jefferson) With Charles Goodyear
Jul 10, 2023Who do you think was America's most brilliant president? Some might say Thomas Jefferson, while others say Theodore Roosevelt. Author Charles Goodyear has a different answer: James A. Garfield. In thi...
Introducing Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast
Jun 26, 2023In Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast, historian Steve Guerra and his trusty sidekick “Mustache Chris'' explore the rise of organized crime in various regions of the world and...
The Progressive Presidents Part 3 | Woodrow Wilson Transforms America
Jun 19, 2023Theodore Roosevelt may have been America's first progressive president, but it was a bookish professor from Princeton named Woodrow Wilson who would truly fulfill the hopes of the progressive movement...
Eyewitness History: Vietnam "Tunnel Rat" Discusses George Patton, His Tours of Duty, and... Barbara Walters?
Jun 12, 2023Former Vietnam War veteran & "tunnel rat" Nick Sanza discusses his experience overseas, what it's like coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this inte...
The Madness of Richard Nixon With Professor Zachary Jacobson
Jun 05, 2023In foreign policy circles, the "madman theory" asserts that acting irrationally and unpredictably can be a major advantage when dealing with one's adversaries. In recent years, some have pointed to Do...
What Were Abraham Lincoln's Religious Beliefs? Joshua Zeitz on America's 16th President
May 30, 2023On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. He invoked Scripture and discussed the ongoing Civil War in religious terms -- as divine punishment for the sin of slavery. It...
Key Battles of American History: Causes of World War II Preview
May 01, 2023The roots of the Second World War in Europe lie within the First World War. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war between Germany and the western Allies, but the geopolitical situation ...
America's Most Improbable President: Richard Norton Smith on Gerald Ford
Apr 24, 2023Gerald Ford occupies a truly singular place in American history: he is the only chief executive who took office without getting a single vote for either the presidency or vice presidency. When he did ...
History of the Papacy: Pizza, Pinocchio, and the Papacy Preview
Apr 17, 2023What do Italian unification, Pinocchio and pizza have in common? In this episode preview from History of the Papacy, host Steve Guerra dives in!The Risorgimento was a period of political and social up...
The Progressive Presidents Part 2 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Pursuit of Greatness
Apr 10, 2023Theodore Roosevelt began his second term in 1905 looking to secure his country's status as a great power, and his own place in history as a great president. To do so, he implemented progressive polici...