Podcast Episodes

136 America is Made of Bread & Steel

Season 4

Sure - people say America is built on A LOT of things, but the rise of Industrial America depends on two things - Bread and Steel.  Steel to make the…

1 year, 2 months ago

Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime

Season 4

For those of you listenting along at home - a little reminder, these are just filler episodes from the other podcast project I was playing around wit…

1 year, 3 months ago

135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise

Season 4

Welcome to the messy alcoholic beverage scene in the early 19th century.  Migration, mechanization and new profit centers are all going to shift how …

1 year, 3 months ago

Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime

Season 4

*THIS* is the don't listen at work part of the feed. 
I'll include this for all the naughty episodes.  And Zorro - he's a Bad Boy?  Bad Girl? 
Oh heck.…

1 year, 3 months ago

134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew

Season 4

This episode wwas one for the books.  So many many books.  
And the reading and researching of all those recipes showed me that - once again - some of…

1 year, 4 months ago

133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure

Season 4

This episode is a not a love letter, more of a crush note about Romania. 
   I’m at the point of fascination. I don’t know a lot about Romania, really…

1 year, 4 months ago

133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before

Season 4

Did you know there was no "stew" before the 18th Century?

OK - there was stew, it's just that it went by all sorts of other names.  While the concept …

1 year, 4 months ago

132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships

Season 4

This week’s bonus episode is an interview I did with Rich Napolitano of the delightfully dark and decidedly educational podcast highlighting the Age …

1 year, 4 months ago

132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds

Can I just be a black cat now?

Anyway - what are Baked Beans really, how did they come about, and why, in my opinion are they America's first influent…

1 year, 4 months ago

Crossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela - Now With Twins - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon Prime

Season 4

Look - I should really plan better when I take an unexpected trip to Romania. But I did not. 

Enjoy all the same. #NSFW
Things just get more. More more…

1 year, 5 months ago