Podcast Episodes
Back to Search120: From Atlanta to the NAACP, or Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois
“I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate, I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.”
This…
3 years, 8 months ago
119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment
“President Wilson, how long must we wait for liberty?”
This is the story of women’s suffrage.
According to the legal doctrine of coverture, a married …
3 years, 8 months ago
118: “The Island of Hope and Tears:” Ellis Island
“That’s the light of freedom! Remember that. Freedom.”
This is the story of 40% of modern America’s ancestors—this is the story of Ellis Island.
Religi…
3 years, 9 months ago
117: Epilogue on Progressive Era Part I (Teddy Roosevelt)
With the Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt covered, Greg sits down with Zach and Kelsi to talk favorite stories (especially those that didn’t make it in …
3 years, 9 months ago
116: Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy: From Big Stick Diplomacy to the Panama Canal
“I [will] be obliged to interfere, by force if necessary, if the Germans [take] any action which look[s] like the acquisition of territory in Venezue…
3 years, 9 months ago
115: History–Doomed to Repeat It? A Conversation with Lindsay Graham
The Legendary podcaster and composer (but not US Senator) Lindsay Graham is a dear friend of HTDS and an integral part of the podcast's sound. Today,…
3 years, 10 months ago
114: A Square Deal (pt. 3): “Leave it as it is” (Teddy Roosevelt & Conservationism)
“Very well then–I so declare it.”
This is the story of the final “C” of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal: conservationism.
Teddy loves the ou…
3 years, 11 months ago
113: A Square Deal (pt. 2): Consumer Protection–The FDA, & Ida Tarbell muckrakes Standard Oil
“In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck Rake …”
This is the story of another “C” in Teddy’s Square Dea…
3 years, 11 months ago
112: A Square Deal (pt. 1): Corp. Regulation—a coal strike, a trust, & Teddy’s Frenemy J.P. Morgan
“If we have done anything wrong, send your man to my man and they can fix it up.”
This is the first story of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Dea…
4 years ago
111: The Assassination of Will McKinley & The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt
“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”
This is the story of (another) presidential assassinatio…
4 years ago