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The First Battle of the Civil War: Fort Sumter
Jun 24, 2024A 34-hour bombardment, one (accidental) death, and the start of the bloodiest war the United States has ever seen. The Battle of Fort Sumter, in April 1861, is often obscured by the more famous battle...
The Whiskey Rebellion: Tax Protest & Armed Resistance
Jun 20, 2024This episode was first released on November 14 2022. The Whiskey Tax, imposed in 1791, was the first federal tax on a domestic product by a United States government. It was introduced by Alexander Ham...
Presidential Pardons: Mormons, Conscientious Objectors & January 6th
Jun 17, 2024In the US Constitution, the President of the United States is granted the right to pardon those convicted of federal crimes. But how do they tend to use these pardons, and when have they been used in ...
President Grover Cleveland: Honest to a Fault?
Jun 13, 2024They say that honesty is the best policy, but was this the case for Grover Cleveland? He may be the only president to have served two non-consecutive terms (as of 13 June 2023), but Cleveland was deep...
The War on Crime: The 1930s and the New Deal
Jun 09, 2024How did the United States go from a country defined by its lawlessness in the 1920s and early 1930s, to one where many political standpoints rest on a War on Crime? What roles did FDR, J. Edgar Hoover...
America at D-Day
Jun 06, 2024On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces combined their land, air and sea forces into the largest amphibious invasion in history - D-Day. Under Supreme Commander General Dwight D Eisenhower, this attack tur...
Communism in America
Jun 02, 2024The history of the United States' relationship with communism is one littered with fear and persecution. So where did the American Communist Party come from? How powerful has it been in the last centu...
The History of Baseball
May 29, 2024Where did baseball come from? Why is every stadium unique? And how do you make it to the Hall of Fame? For half the year, baseball remains a national pastime in the USA. It is also a game of many myt...
The Battle of Okinawa
May 27, 2024Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide. On 1 April 1945, as the Second World War in Europe was reaching its end, one of the bloodiest battles in the whole conflict commenced on a sma...
President Chester A. Arthur: Redemption in Office?
May 23, 2024Vice President to a narrow election winner, Chester Arthur was a very unlikely President. But on September 20th 1881 he took his seat as the 21st President of the United States at the dawn of the mode...