Podcast Episodes
Back to Search163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native American
Season 9 Episode 16
In 1850, 13-year-old Olive Oatman and her family set off on the perilous journey by foot from Missouri to Arizona. Olive and her little sister were c…
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162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush
Season 9 Episode 15
Fort Laramie was once a stockade where European fur traders and Native Americans lived together peacefully. But by the 1850s it became a stop-over al…
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161. The Trail of Tears
Season 9 Episode 14
Despite having fought alongside them, President Andrew Jackson hated Native Nations. In the early 1800s, he sought to deceive Cherokee tribes into gi…
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160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
Season 9 Episode 13
North America was never virgin territory. For thousands of years it has been home to established nations of Indigenous people who founded ancient cit…
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159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
Season 9 Episode 12
The British have surrendered, they’ll be leaving soon. Now the Americans have a new and arguably harder task than before. They have to meld those 13 …
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158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
Season 9 Episode 11
The Declaration of Independence establishes the ideals on which this break away nation founds itself on. But it’s full of contradictions. It complain…
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157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2)
Season 9 Episode 10
The infamous Boston Tea Party sees colonists dressed as Native Americans dump British tea in the surrounding waters. Calls of “the British are coming…
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156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1)
Season 9 Episode 9
From sugar to paper, a series of taxes in the 1760s spark outrage amongst American colonists that snowball into a revolution. Was it inevitable that …
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155. The Founding Fathers: Benjamin Franklin (Ep 5)
Season 9 Episode 8
We're all about the Benjamins. Franklin is unquestionably the most well-rounded of the Founding Fathers. Not only did he help draft the Declaration o…
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154. The Founding Fathers: John Adams (Ep 4)
Season 9 Episode 7
Often given less attention than the other Founding Fathers, John Adams is no less significant. Not only did he go on to be the second US President, b…
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