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When Was the Revolutionary War Won?
Episode 386
In 1775, revolutionaries went to war against the British. Seeking independence from colonial ties, they fought more than 150 battles over eight years…
1 month ago
America's War Against Pirates
Episode 385
Just twenty years after independence, the United States fought a lesser-known war against the Barbary States of North Africa... some use the term 'Co…
1 month, 1 week ago
King Phillip's War
Episode 384
This is one of the deadliest conflicts in North American History. But who was King Philip? What started the war? And how did it change history?
Don is…
1 month, 1 week ago
Annexation of Alaska
Episode 383
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in a deal that reshaped the map of North America... but what did that moment mean for the peo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Quaker Who Put Penn in Pennsylvania
Episode 382
From being locked up in the Tower of London to founding the 5th most populous state in the country, and the city at the heart of the Revolution, toda…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Stonewall Jackson's Last Battle: Chancellorsville
Episode 381
It was Robert E. Lee's greatest strategic triumph but it came at a heavy cost - the loss of his talismanic leader and friend Stonewall Jackson among …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Day in the Life of a Puritan
Episode 380
What if we told you that puritans were actually sex-crazed? Well maybe not crazed but definitely not opposed to it.
What if we told you that, actually…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
George Washington's Spies
Episode 379
During the Revolutionary War a vital web of intelligence was established, with General Washington at its head. Operating through coded letters, hidde…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Geronimo's Rebellion and the Apache Wars
Episode 378
Geronimo's name is famous across the world: the Apache warrior who led a resistance movement against the United States out in the South West for year…
2 months ago
The Astors, The Gilded Age & The Building of New York
Episode 377
From fur traders to rulers of the New York social scene - how did the Astors rise to the top? What did it mean to be 'Old Money' in the Gilded Age? A…
2 months ago