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Courageous Art: Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt on An Inconvenient Woman
Season 1 Episode 372
Lillian Smith was a best-selling author whose courageous decision to stand for civil rights in the Jim Crow south led to her erasure from discussions…
1 day, 8 hours ago
From Marchers to Consumers: The Origins of Labor Day
Season 1 Episode 371
Labor Day was first celebrated during the Gilded Age - amid a growing labor movement seeking recognition. Join me this week as I explore the origins,…
4 days, 8 hours ago
Bringing Civil War History to Life: Stan Haynes on And Slavery No More
Season 1 Episode 370
Join me as I sit down with author Stan Haynes to discuss his latest book And Slavery No More - a work of historical fiction that explores the mystery…
1 week, 1 day ago
Exclusion or Restriction? The Chinese Exclusion Act
Season 1 Episode 369
In 1882, President Chester A Arthur signed legislation barring Chinese laborers from entering the United States for a period of ten years. It went on…
1 week, 4 days ago
Complex Founders: Jim Rasenberger on A Perfect Coincidence
Season 1 Episode 368
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are two of the most notable men of the founding era - as is their complicated and occasionally fraught relationship. …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Lawless Legends: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & the Shootout at the OK Corral
Season 1 Episode 367
The gunfight at the OK Corral remains one of the most iconic moments of the American West, a whirlwind of chaos that lasted less than a minute but ha…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Community History: Jason Green on Too Precious to Lose
Season 1 Episode 366
How many of us make time? Join me as I sit with Jason Green to discuss his book Too Precious to Lose, which intertwines memoir and oral history to ex…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The American Westerner: Wild Bill Hickok
Season 1 Episode 365
James "Wild Bill" Hickok is a figure who embodies the spirit of the American frontier. His adventures, often dramatized in tales and folk songs, pain…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
From Tragedy to Charity: Dr. David Conrad Pérez on Fire in the Heart of the City
Season 1 Episode 364
Most know that the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 swept in massive labor reforms and highlighted the need for workplace safety laws.…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Larger than Life: The Mystery of Billy the Kid
Season 1 Episode 363
One of the most iconic individuals of the American West, Billy the Kid has dominated pop culture for over a century. Stories about his life are fille…
1 month ago