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President Woodrow Wilson: Progressive? Warmonger? Overrated?
Episode 206
The 20th Century is up and running and the next President in our series, Woodrow Wilson, is in for a challenge. Reconstruction is over, Europe is on …
1 year, 9 months ago
British Brides for American Tobacco: A Tudor Trade
Episode 205
In 1621 the Virginia Company of London put out a call for young, handsome and honestly educated women to become wives for the planters in its new col…
1 year, 9 months ago
Who Was The Richest President?
Episode 204
Which President was best with their money? Which was worst? And are Presidents responsible for paying for their food, staff and parties during their …
1 year, 10 months ago
Eisenhower: D-Day and the Birth of the American Superpower
Episode 203
In June 1944, the joint forces of the Allies began the liberation of continental Europe on D-Day. But was there tension within the ranks?
Don speaks t…
1 year, 10 months ago
President William Howard Taft: The Reluctant Politician?
Episode 202
Sandwiched between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson is our 26th President of the United States, William Howard Taft. Did he have the confidence,…
1 year, 10 months ago
Lafayette: The Marquis and the American Revolution
Episode 201
Why did an aristocratic French man fight for American freedom? How influential was Lafayette? And what did he do on his return visit to the United St…
1 year, 10 months ago
Kamala Harris: An Unprecedented Candidacy?
Episode 200
Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, Boudicca, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel: what do these women have in common? They were all leaders of their nation…
1 year, 10 months ago
American History Hit: 200 Episodes On
Host Don Wildman has a message for listeners old and new, marking 200 episodes of American History Hit.
American History Hit first started publishing …
1 year, 10 months ago
President Theodore Roosevelt
Episode 199
What kind of a nickname is Bull Moose? How progressive was Theodore Roosevelt's presidency? And how does his legacy live on?
Don is joined once again …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Episode 198
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
The youngest President ever, Lieutenant Colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, uncle to Eleanor Roosevelt, fifth c…
1 year, 10 months ago