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Outlaws: John Dillinger | Public Enemy Number One
Episode 216
What does it take to be the first person named as 'Public Enemy No.1' by the US Bureau of Investigation?
In this episode, we're going to find out. Don…
1 year, 8 months ago
Who Was Christopher Columbus?
Episode 215
Did Columbus really think the Earth was flat? Where did he come from? Where did he get to? To untangle the myths of Columbus and his complicated lega…
1 year, 8 months ago
Outlaws: Bonnie & Clyde
Episode 214
Just how murderous were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow? Where did those famous photos come from? And how did the press lead to the pair's demise?
Don …
1 year, 8 months ago
Woodrow Wilson & The End of WW1: The League of Nations
Episode 213
When it comes to US foreign policy in the early 20th Century, isolationism tends to come to mind. What, then, was Woodrow Wilson's impact on the end …
1 year, 8 months ago
Outlaws: Jesse James
Episode 212
Jesse James. Perhaps the most notorious American outlaw?
He’s become legendary figure of the Wild West, compared to an American ‘Robin Hood.’ But with…
1 year, 9 months ago
Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: A History From The Inside
Episode 211
Very few people know what it is like to be in the infamous US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, but our 3 guests for this episode have all had fi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Outlaws: New York's Criminal Mastermind
Episode 210
When was the first bank robbery? What does it take to be successful in organized crime? Is it possible to be non-violent? And how might you avoid get…
1 year, 9 months ago
How The World Sees The US: The Art of Diplomacy
Episode 209
How did Egypt and Israel come to an agreement at Camp David in 1979? How did the USSR come to allow the operation of NATO troops in East Germany? Amb…
1 year, 9 months ago
McCarthy & the Second Red Scare
Episode 208
Who was Joe McCarthy? How did this Republican Senator come to lead a nationwide campaign against communism? And how did he bring about his own downfa…
1 year, 9 months ago
Japanese in America: Railroads, Internment Camps & Little Tokyo
Episode 207
When the US turned to Japan looking for workers in the late 19th Century, they probably never foresaw that one day soon they would imprison those who…
1 year, 9 months ago