Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUnspoken: Healthcare Before Roe
Season 1 Episode 109
In May, news leaked of a draft Supreme Court decision regarding a Mississippi ban on abortion. As written, the opinion seeks to overturn two landmark Supreme Court cases regarding women's healthcare …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Unexpected Bravery: A Conversation with A.J. Schenkman
Season 1 Episode 108
Join me this week as I sit down and chat with author, historian and educator A.J. Schenkman about his recent book, Unexpected Bravery.
His book tells the stories of women and children who made the co…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
The Almost First Lady: Rachel Jackson
Season 1 Episode 107
In the final edition of the Andrew Jackson series, I am taking a look at the life of his wife and soulmate, Rachel Donelson Jackson.
Though she passed away before Jackson assumed office, the marriage…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Andrew Jackson: A Discussion with Presidencies of the United States
Season 1 Episode 106
This week is a continuation of the series on Andrew Jackson and this time I am welcoming a special guest, Jerry from the Presidencies of the United States Podcast.
Andrew Jackson has a complicated an…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Season 1 Episode 105
During his eight years as president of the United States, Andrew Jackson passed one major piece of legislation: the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
A bill set up to allow negotiations between the federal…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
The Original Outsider: Andrew Jackson
Season 1 Episode 104
Happy June Peeps!
This month is going to be all about Andrew Jackson. I knew when I started plotting out my coverage of the seventh president of the United States a single episode just wasn't going t…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Missing: The Kidnapping of Black Americans
Season 1 Episode 103
Although the international slave trade was outlawed in 1808, the demand for free labor continued to escalate as the country expanded and the cotton crop overtook tobacco as the country's most in dema…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Woodstock
Season 1 Episode 102
Join me this week as I dive into another listener request: the history of the epic music festival, Woodstock.
In the summer of 1969, four young men put on what came to be the most memorable music fes…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Freedom's Journal
Season 1 Episode 101
Join me this week as I dive into the history of the Freedom's Journal, the first black owned and operated newspaper in American history.
Started by two free men in 1828, The Freedom Journal influence…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Adams Men (with Abridged Presidential Histories)
Season 1 Episode 100
Welcome to episode 100 peeps!
Join me this week as I chat with presidential history podcast host extraordinaire, Kenny Ryan, about John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams. Both men had strikingly si…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago