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Death by Diarrhea
Season 1 Episode 36
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Memory aids to help you remember some of the major diseases of the 19th century
MR. T Malaria, Rabies, Tuberculosis
SYSTEMIC Syphilis, Ye…
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Year Without Summer
Season 1 Episode 35
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Learn how the environmental effects of the explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815 caused world-wide devastation.
Because of an explosion in Ind…
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Biggest Explosion Ever!
Season 1 Episode 34
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Mr. Poe and I talk about his journey across the Atlantic in 1815, and school in Scotland.
Then the podcast focuses on the 1815 explosion of…
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Bodies Under the Church
Season 1 Episode 33
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a very short look at the history of the early Episcopal Church in America the Richmond Theatre Fire of 1811 some of our country’s earlies…5 years, 1 month ago
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Season 1 Episode 32
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In The Better Angels of Our Nature, George goes off topic to examine three former Presidents (Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Obama) and …
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Hotel Armageddon
Season 1 Episode 31
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This episode continues with some additional travel literature that focuses on White Sulphur Springs. Then George talks about how the spr…
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Wishing You Were Here
Season 1 Episode 30
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No, this has nothing to do with Pink Floyd. This episode deals with the genre of travel literature - a genre that we don’t often associa…
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Paradise Row
Season 1 Episode 29
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The first of three episodes about the Virginia Springs, this episode uses fascinating accounts from the early 19th century to describe the…
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Shakespeare and Trains
Season 1 Episode 28
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The final of four episodes about the podcaster’s hometown, Staunton, this episode covers a variety of personal experiences that led to thi…
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Invasion of the Capitol
Season 1 Episode 27
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George compares the invasion of the Capitol Building during Poe’s life (the War of 1812) with the reprehensible invasion of the Capitol Bu…
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