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President Martin Van Buren
Episode 118
The 'Little Magician', the 'Sly Fox' or - to our expert guest - a 6.5/10 president. We're onto President number 8, Martin Van Buren.
Don is joined by …
2 years, 7 months ago
Vikings in America
Episode 117
What is a Viking? Did they really make it to the United States? And if so, how far did they get?
Don speaks to Martyn Whittock about the norse landing…
2 years, 7 months ago
Killers of the Flower Moon: Native Americans & the FBI
Episode 116
During the first half of the 20th century, dozens of murders plagued the oil-rich Osage Nation. The question of who killed them, and why, spread beyo…
2 years, 7 months ago
New Orleans Voodoo
Episode 115
If you've ever watched a Voodoo scene in a horror movie, you might be forgiven for envisioning zombies, dolls and witchcraft when asked what it is. B…
2 years, 7 months ago
President Andrew Jackson
Episode 114
The seventh person to hold the position of President is arguably one of the most divisive.
A strong-willed military hero, whilst President from 1829-1…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Real Wild West
Episode 113
Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, John Wayne. We've seen them roping and wrangling and defeating their enemies, all by the time the credits role.
But wh…
2 years, 8 months ago
Medieval North America: Gods of Thunder
Episode 112
From 800 to 1300 CE, a great religious movement swept Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi valley. This Medieval Warm Period was one of th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Battle of the Alamo
Episode 111
A 13 day siege. 90 minutes of fighting. An almost 200 year legacy and the most popular tourist site in the state of Texas.
The 1836 Battle of the Alam…
2 years, 8 months ago
President John Quincy Adams
Episode 110
John Quincy Adams didn't just share a name with his father. He also followed in his footsteps to take the Presidency, and then lose it after one term…
2 years, 8 months ago
What if the South Won the Civil War?
Episode 109
What if the Civil War had ended differently, with the South seceding from the Union? Would slavery have continued? Would the southern states have con…
2 years, 8 months ago