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Back to SearchA Failed Nation - Rogue Island
Season 15 Episode 5
In September 1786, a Newport butcher named John Weeden refused to take paper money for a joint of meat, and demanded silver. Under Rhode Island law, …
2 months, 1 week ago
A Failed Nation - Pennies on the Dollar
Season 15 Episode 4
In 1786 the Congress of the United States asked the thirteen states for 3.8 million dollars to pay the debts of the Revolution. It collected 663 doll…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - The Financier
Season 15 Episode 3
He was the richest man in America, and for most of the Revolution he was also its treasury. When the United States had no money and no credit, it bor…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - A Dangerous Instrument
Season 15 Episode 2
In the spring of 1783, with the Revolution all but won, the most dangerous enemy of the United States was its own army. Unpaid for years, cheated of …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - A Rope of Sand
Season 15 Episode 1
On December 23rd, 1783, in the Senate chamber at Annapolis, George Washington did the thing conquerors never do: he laid his commission at the feet o…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Interlude
Season 22 Episode 1
If you've listening to this, you been with this show a while, scroll back to the beginning of the feed. Everything down there is new.
Every episode fr…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Washington's Second Term - The Whiskey Tax Crisis
Season 17 Episode 1
Does the federal government have the authority to use military force against its own citizens?
Or can states, or counties, ignore federal taxes they b…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Washington's First Term - The Election of 1792
Season 16 Episode 10
Short, Simple, Duty. President Washing accepts his second term.
4 months ago
Washington's First Term - Neutrality Crisis
Season 16 Episode 9
The French revolution breaks out, then France declares war on England. America is unprepared for war.
4 months, 1 week ago
Washington's First Term - Western Troubles
Season 16 Episode 8
We cover the battles to secure the Ohio territory ceded to America in the Treaty of Paris.
4 months, 2 weeks ago