America's Most Brilliant President (and it isn't Thomas Jefferson) With Charles Goodyear
Who do you think was America's most brilliant president? Some might say Thomas Jefferson, while others say Theodore Roosevelt. Author Charles Goodyear has a different answer: James A. Garfield. In thi...
10 Jul 202352min
Introducing Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast
In Organized Crime and Punishment: A History and Crime Podcast, historian Steve Guerra and his trusty sidekick “Mustache Chris'' explore the rise of organized crime in various regions of the world and...
26 Jun 202323min
The Progressive Presidents Part 3 | Woodrow Wilson Transforms America
Theodore Roosevelt may have been America's first progressive president, but it was a bookish professor from Princeton named Woodrow Wilson who would truly fulfill the hopes of the progressive movement...
19 Jun 20231h 3min
Eyewitness History: Vietnam "Tunnel Rat" Discusses George Patton, His Tours of Duty, and... Barbara Walters?
Former Vietnam War veteran & "tunnel rat" Nick Sanza discusses his experience overseas, what it's like coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this inte...
12 Jun 202315min
The Madness of Richard Nixon With Professor Zachary Jacobson
In foreign policy circles, the "madman theory" asserts that acting irrationally and unpredictably can be a major advantage when dealing with one's adversaries. In recent years, some have pointed to Do...
5 Jun 202318min
What Were Abraham Lincoln's Religious Beliefs? Joshua Zeitz on America's 16th President
On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. He invoked Scripture and discussed the ongoing Civil War in religious terms -- as divine punishment for the sin of slavery. It...
30 Mai 202337min
Key Battles of American History: Causes of World War II Preview
The roots of the Second World War in Europe lie within the First World War. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war between Germany and the western Allies, but the geopolitical situation ...
1 Mai 202315min
America's Most Improbable President: Richard Norton Smith on Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford occupies a truly singular place in American history: he is the only chief executive who took office without getting a single vote for either the presidency or vice presidency. When he did ...
24 Apr 202351min
