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Bobby Kennedy: Assassination of a Future President
Mar 31, 2025Bobby Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign had an aura around it. Its urgency, idealism and raw emotion connected with a nation in turmoil. But his life was cut short, just as his brother's had been, ...
Battle of Iwo Jima
Mar 27, 202580 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 injured. Don is joined by historian Timothy ...
Confederacy: Myth of the Lost Cause
Mar 24, 2025How do you justify a war you lost, and that destroyed countless homes, businesses, towns and families? This was a question facing the southern states after the Civil War. Their answer? The myth of the...
What If JFK Wasn't Shot?
Mar 20, 2025The biggest counterfactual that hangs on the assassination of JFK is this: Would JFK have launched a ground war in the jungles of Vietnam? Don Wildman and his guest Fredrik Logevall explore what might...
The Confederacy: Could They Have Won?
Mar 17, 2025Did the Confederates predict that secession would lead to war? How ready were they to fight? And what was their military strategy? Cecily Zander is back on the podcast for this third part of our serie...
President Eisenhower: War on Soviets & Segregation
Mar 13, 2025Dwight D. Eisenhower is a fixture in the lists of America's favourite Presidents. How did Eisenhower change America? How did the Cold War and Civil Rights become intertwined in this period? What dooms...
The Confederacy: Life In The South
Mar 10, 2025The Civil War consumed the Confederacy for its entire existence, draining it of supplies, food and people. In this second episode of our confederacy series, Don is joined once again by Aaron Sheehan-D...
The Illuminati in the US
Mar 06, 2025What do Thomas Jefferson and Beyonce have in common? They have both been thought to be members of the Illuminati. But what really is this not-so-secret society? And why was it once called the society ...
The Confederacy: Who Was Jefferson Davis?
Mar 03, 2025Only one person has ever held the title of President of the Confederate States of America. In this episode, we're going to find out more about him and the power structure of the Civil War rebel states...
President Harry Truman: From Farm to Oval Office and the Atom Bomb
Feb 27, 2025The end of the Second World War. The start of the Cold War. The dropping of the Atomic Bomb and the growth of the Civil Rights movement. When FDR passed, the 33rd President of the United States was tr...