Podcast Episodes
Back to Search84: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 2): Dr. Thomas Durant, The Union Pacific & “Hell on Wheels”
“How dare you try to hog all the continent?”
This is the story of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The US Government has legislated that a private company b…
5 years, 1 month ago
83: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 1): Industrialization, Ted Judah & The Rise of the Central Pacific
“Every great enterprise has been ridiculed in the outset.”
This is the story of the rise of the railroad.
Travel on land is slow. Arduous. Inhibited by…
5 years, 2 months ago
82: Best Mini Episodes and Cold Opens of 2020
“Gentlemen, what is the cause of this violence?”
This is the story of HTDS's 2020.
Most people wouldn’t call last year a good one. Doesn’t mean we didn…
5 years, 2 months ago
81: Epilogue to Volume 6: Reconstruction and The Indian Wars
“The older I get the more I’m convinced that it’s the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very simple, whereas it’s the purpos…
5 years, 3 months ago
80: “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus:” A History
“Church bristled and pooh-poohed at the subject when I suggested that he write a reply to Virginia O’Hanlon.”
This is the story of America’s most famo…
5 years, 3 months ago
79: The Indian Wars (Part 3): Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce & Standing Bear’s Fight for Civil Rights
“Does this court think an Indian is a competent witness?”
This is the story of the start of Indigenous civil rights.
Since the arrival of Lewis and Cla…
5 years, 4 months ago
78: The Indian Wars (Part 2): The Battle of the Little Bighorn (the Greasy Grass)
“There’s a good fight coming over the hill. That’s where the big fight is going to be. We’ll not miss that one.”
This is the story of the Battle of th…
5 years, 4 months ago
77: The Indian Wars (Part 1): The U.S.-Dakota War
“To be hanged by the neck until he is dead.”
This is the story of the US-Dakota War. The most eastern of the three major Sioux peoples, the Dakota are…
5 years, 5 months ago
76: Reconstruction (Part 4): The Battle of Liberty Place and the Mississippi Plan
“Hang Kellogg! We’ll fight!”
This is the story of the end of Reconstruction.
Voter fraud and intimidation has made Louisiana’s 1872 Gubernatorial elect…
5 years, 5 months ago
75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government
“Boys, let us get up a club or society of some description.”
This is the story of Reconstruction peaking and its opponents organizing to fight back.
Wi…
5 years, 6 months ago