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102: Epilogue to the Gilded Age
Nov 22, 2021Greg sits down with Zach and Kelsi for a chat. They make a rather … LIVE(ly) announcement … then proceed to talk about electricity, tycoons, and the New South. But the conversation can’t end without G...
101: The New South, Jim Crow (Plessy v. Ferguson), & the Death of Frederick Douglass
Nov 08, 2021“Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?” This is the story of the Gilded Age below the Mason-Dixon Line. In the years since the Civil War, the cotton industry...
100: Halloween Special! Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, & The Raven
Oct 25, 2021‘How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.” This is the story of a man driven to madness by a pale blue eye; the story of a man who’s vowed re...
99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now
Oct 11, 2021Did Singer Sewing Machines take over the world? And are bananas as dangerous as they appear in cartoons? The answer to both of these questions are a resounding “yes!” in the Gilded Age. Listen in as t...
98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley
Sep 27, 2021“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” This is the story of the Gilded Age’s later presidencies. Grover “the Good” Cleveland is known as a man of integrity and honesty. Those characte...
97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie
Sep 13, 2021“Someday, some-time, when I am a man, I want to be worth a hundred thousand dollars!” This is the story of two of the United States’ most wealthy industrialists. John D. Rockefeller is the son of a co...
96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)
Aug 30, 2021“Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.” This is the story of opinionated inventors with very different views on electric lighting; a story of invention, genius, conniving, and even electroc...
95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light
Aug 16, 2021“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle.” This is the story of trial and error, of determination, and science merging with business. Electric lights have been around since...
94: Epilogue to Gilded Age Part I (or Gilded Age interlude w/ Significant HTDS Updates)
Aug 02, 2021An epilogue. Or interlude? Well, we aren’t done with the Gilded Age, but we have too much behind-the-scenes HTDS evolution to discuss! So here we are. Zach is moving up from intern to writer status. L...
93: La Liberté éclairant le monde: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty
Jul 19, 2021“Vive l’entente fraternelle des deux républiques !” This is the story of the Statue of Liberty. In 1865, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (or “Auguste,” as his friends call him), claims to have attended a d...