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The Baker Who Fed The Continental Army
Episode 712
He never fired a shot in battle, but George Washington called him "the general baker" — and without his bread, the Continental Army might have starve…
1 month ago
How Did Two People From Massachusetts Advance Religious Liberty?
Episode 711
Two colonists broke every rule of Puritan Massachusetts—and accidentally invented American religious liberty.
The Puritans and Pilgrims sailed to Ame…
1 month, 1 week ago
John Adams, Free Speech, and the First Constitutional Crisis
Episode 710
John Adams helped write America's promise of free speech, then signed a law that made criticizing him a crime.
The Revolution was won and the Constit…
1 month, 1 week ago
Benedict Arnold: The Hero Who Became a Villain
Episode 709
Benedict Arnold saved America at its most desperate hour, then became its most infamous traitor. This is the story of how wounded pride turned a war …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Seeing America Through Fresh Eyes
Episode 708
A German tourist's viral videos about hotel rooms and gas stations reminded millions of Americans just how extraordinary their everyday life really i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
America: An Idea Worth Believing In
Episode 707
A place can be captured. An idea cannot — and that idea is what makes America, America.
Historian Gordon S. Wood spent his entire career explaining s…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why Did The Framers Hate Excessive Fines?
Episode 706
The Eighth Amendment says the government can't impose "excessive fines" — but that single clause has a wild, 800-year-old backstory involving a tyran…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Who Was Mercy Otis Warren?
Episode 705
She grew up in a house with twelve brothers and sisters, snuck into her uncle's library to devour books she wasn't supposed to read, and became one o…
2 months ago
The Marquis de Lafayette and the Fight for Liberty on Two Continents
Episode 704
A 19-year-old French nobleman heard about a group of scrappy colonists fighting for liberty on the other side of the ocean — and decided to risk ever…
2 months ago
John Hancock: More Than a Big Signature
Episode 703
John Hancock's name was famous long before he signed the Declaration of Independence — and the story of how he became one of Boston's most powerful m…
2 months, 1 week ago