Podcast Episodes
Back to Search110: Epilogue to the Age of Imperialism
Greg, Zach, and Kelsi sit down for a chat about America’s surprisingly compact burst of turn-of-the-century overseas expansion (Age of Imperialism). …
4 years, 1 month ago
109: The Election of 1900 & the Rise of Anti-Imperialism
“Only dead men can tell the truth in this world. It can be published after I am dead.”
This is the story of imperialism and presidential politics: the…
4 years, 1 month ago
108: G.O. 100, “The Water Cure,” & The Law of War in the Early-20th Century with Professor Ryan Vogel
The ugliest aspects of the Philippine-American War raised questions of legitimate warfare. Specifically, they required the US to think through a mili…
4 years, 2 months ago
107: The Philippine-American War
“Co … wards! Assassins!”
This is the story of the Philippine-American War.
Having bested the Spanish in war, the United States now lays claim to holdin…
4 years, 2 months ago
106: The US Annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom
“You have my love, and with sorrow I dismiss you.”
This is the story of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s end.
Queen Liliuokalani hates the Constitution of 1887–o…
4 years, 3 months ago
105: “A Splendid Little War:” The Spanish-American War and Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
“Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn’t made that will kill me.”
This is the story of the Spanish-American War.
George Dewey’s squadron is in Manila Bay. …
4 years, 3 months ago
104: The Road to the Spanish-American War
“Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!”
This is the story of the road to war for American Empire. Ruled by Spain, Cuba has nonetheless been at odds …
4 years, 4 months ago
103: A Gilded Age Christmas: Joseph Pulitzer’s Christmas Tree Fund
“Santa can’t fool [me], since the holes in [my] stockings are too big for anything to be put in.”
This is the story of Gilded Age giving. Of 30,000 de…
4 years, 5 months ago
102: Epilogue to the Gilded Age
Greg sits down with Zach and Kelsi for a chat. They make a rather … LIVE(ly) announcement … then proceed to talk about electricity, tycoons, and the …
4 years, 6 months ago
101: The New South, Jim Crow (Plessy v. Ferguson), & the Death of Frederick Douglass
“Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?”
This is the story of the Gilded Age below the Mason-Dixon Line.
In the…
4 years, 6 months ago