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Ep. 17: The Danger Still Not Over
Ep. 17: Edmund Pendleton wrote "The Danger Not Over" following the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1801. William Watkins brings that essay into 2025.…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 16: The First (Virginia) Thanksgiving
American Thanksgiving wasn't born in Massachusetts. We can thank Virginia for this important holiday.
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 15: Secession and Reconciliation
Modern activist historians think "reconciliation" is a pejorative, but for most Americans in the early 20th century, it was a necessary part of heali…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 14: Why Southern History?
Why did Southerners in the early twentieth century think they needed to write their own history?
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2 years ago
Ep. 13: Arlington Reconciliation
How did Americans think about the Arlington Confederate or Reconciliation monument in 1914? They clearly told you, and it isn't what the woke cancel …
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 12: St. Elmo and Southern Women
Augusta Jane Evans's St. Elmo was one of the best selling novels of the 19th Century. You would not know that today, but for generations, women read …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 11: The South and History
E. Merton Coulter was one of the more prominent Southern historians of the 20th century. In 1935, he explained why the South lagged behind the North …
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 10: The Southern Poet and His Tradition
Donald Davidson wrote an essay in 1932 arguing for the influence of the Southern poet in the Southern tradition while concurrently blasting the North…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 9: That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism
Donald Davidson's essay "That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism" in the 1936 book, "Who Owns America" is a stark reminder th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 8: Remembering "Stonewall"
In 1895, "Stonewall" Jackson's widow, Mary Anna Jackson, penned her "Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson" as a tribute her her late husband. This selection …
2 years, 7 months ago