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Was the American Revolution a World War?
Oct 27, 2025What makes a war a World War? If it's the involvement of multiple major world powers, will France, Spain and the Netherlands do? If it's battles fought globally, do Canada, West Africa, India and the ...
What If George Washington Became King?
Oct 23, 2025‘No occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations.' This was George Washington's response when the idea of his becoming 'King' was put to him. But what if he had? What would...
What if the Cuban Missile Crisis Sparked WW3?
Oct 20, 2025On October 22 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced that Soviet missiles has been discovered in Cuba. Over the following days, the fate of the Americas was on the line. In this episode, Don is joi...
What If There Were No CIA?
Oct 16, 2025The Agency. The Company. Langley. Without the Central Intelligence Agency, would we talk about conspiracy theories as much as we do? Who would be in power in Guatemala? What about Iran? Would the Bour...
Origins of the US Navy: America's Revolutionary Pirate
Oct 13, 2025Happy 250th Birthday to the US Navy! Today Don asks, who was John Paul Jones and did he really father the US Navy? Our guest is historian James L. Nelson, author of 'Washington's Secret Navy'. In July...
Who was the Best President Ever?
Oct 09, 2025What should we look for in a great President? Who was the greatest of all time? And is it harder for modern Presidents to make the top of the list? Don is joined by Professor Jeremi Suri, author of Th...
America's Invasion of Canada
Oct 06, 2025'Canada ought to be the 14th colony' was a view held by many American revolutionaries. In the winter of 1775, Benedict Arnold led an incredible (if doomed) mission to make it happen. We're delighted t...
Who Was the Worst President Ever?
Oct 02, 2025What makes a bad President? Who was the worst of all time? Don is joined by Professor Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency and co-host of This Is Democracy. Next week we'll be looking at w...
Origins of the Second Amendment
Sep 29, 2025'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' The Second Amendment, included in the Bill of Rights...
What Caused the Civil War? | Secession
Sep 25, 2025In the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s election, Southern leaders made a fateful choice: to break from the Union. Yet instead of plunging the country into war, what followed next was a tense standoff. There...