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"[He] washed his hands with the brains."This is the story of a 22-year-old George Washington as commander of a 400-man army fighting the French. We'll also hear about his childhood, the deaths, backcountry experience, and finagling, that bring
"Treason!"This is the story of Virginia's Patrick Henry. He is a dangerous combination: young, idealistic, and persuasive. Patrick has a silver tongue that's going to light up some serious American furry against the Stamp Act. Boston's going
“Co … wards! Assassins!”This is the story of the Philippine-American War.Having bested the Spanish in war, the United States now lays claim to holding sovereignty over the Philippines. President William McKinley asserts that the US is enacti
“In the history of the world, the doctrine of Reform had never such scope as at the present hour.”“Resolved, That woman is man’s equal.”This is the story of social reform. Europe is swept up in calls for reform and greater democracy. France i
“I have nothing more to offer than what General Washington would have had to offer, had he been taken by the British and put to trial by them. I have adventured my life in endeavoring to obtain the liberty of my countrymen, and am a willing sac
“I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.”This is the story of the last, bare thread holding the Union together snapping. This is the start of the Civil War. US President Lincoln is giving Confederate President Jefferson Davis
I the Professor, in order to give you a more perfect podcast, establish my goals, insure you know who I am, provide for your common entertainment, promote a generally historical education, and do ordain and establish this little five-minute int
“Don’t ask me nothin’! You hear me? Don’t ask! And don’t bring anybody in here for me to identify. I won’t identify them even if I know they did it!”This is the story of the nation’s up-and-coming criminal underground. By 1920, with few exc
“You’re Bill McCoy.” “Never heard of him.”This is the story of a crazy decade-plus when America outlawed booze…but the liquor kept flowing. The Prohibition era marks a partial return to the Golden Age of Piracy, with bootleggers frequenting
Episode Description:“Farewell, you good-for-nothing, God-forsaken, iniquitous, bleary-eyed, bloated-faced old imp of perdition, farewell!”This is the story of the path to prohibition.Early America drinks a lot – I mean, A LOT. Alcohol does
“I believe I can swing it.”This is the story of the Coolidge Administration.Calvin Coolidge isn’t the most talkative guy–he’s painfully shy, to be frank–but “Silent Cal” does care deeply about public service. Over the years, the thrifty, ha
“If you knew of a great scandal in our administration, would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?” This is the story of a brilliant man’s presidency and the greatest presidential scandal to pr
The Prof. sits down with fellow Prof. Ben Sawyer of the Road to Now Podcast and Middle Tennessee State University to chat through the last volume episodes. Russia, the Red Scare, the second Klan, and more, while Ben gets Greg to share behind-th
“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got to go.”This is the story of the largest uprising in the United States since the Civil War.As unions spread across the Progressive-Era United
“Every official except one elected yesterday at the first municipal election of this borough had been endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan.”This is the story of the Second Ku Klux Klan.It’s been nearly half a century since the Third Enforcement Act
“Palmer, do not let this country see red.”This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2, 1919, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer is just going to bed when the first floor of his home is blown apart. It was a bomb, and part of a lar
“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.”This is the story of the United States coping with and facing the aftermath of World War I.The American Expeditionary Force in France is breaking up but that means a lot of differen
“I reject your proposals … and shall defend myself to the last extremity.”This Is the story of the Revolution’s new hot spot: the South.After failing to crush the rebellion in the northern or middle states, British leaders hope to score som
“Stand fast, my boys, and receive your enemy!”This is the story of a miserable winter at Valley Forge (1777-78), a possible conspiracy, and George Washington’s last major battle before Yorktown.Continental Commander George Washington is lov
“If old England is not by this lesson taught humility, then she is an obstinate old slut, bent upon her ruin.” - Horatio GatesThis is the story of 1777’s Saratoga and Philadelphia campaigns. Playboy and playwright General "Gentleman Johnny"
The Episode to end all … World War I episodes. Professor Jackson sits down with Kelsi Dynes to talk through all the things that didn’t make it into the final Great War episodes and go big picture on the Meuse-Argonne, Armistice, and Treaty of V
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”This is the story of a Christmas Miracle at Trenton, New Jersey.George Washington’s army is exhausted, disheartened, battered, starving, freezing–all but broken. Sir William Howe’s mighty British A
“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.”This is the story of the Christmases of World War I.Germans and British troops, singing carols together. French and German troops, kicking, playing sports
“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually call forth fresh resistance”This is the story of peacemaking in 1919–a fraught peacemaking.With the Armistice signed, some 30 nations (led by
“The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.”This is the story of guns falling silent across war-ravaged fronts–the story of the Great War’s armistice between Germany and the Allied P
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