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Murder on the California Trail | The Frontier
Episode 366
The words 'Donner Party' have become synonymous with disaster in the American imagination. In this week’s instalment of our Frontier miniseries, we’l…
3 months, 1 week ago
America's Bloodiest Day: Battle of Antietam
Episode 365
It's known as the deadliest single day in American history: the Battle of Antietam.
After weeks of Union defeats, Confederate forces pushed north into…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Wild Was the Wild West? | The Frontier
Episode 364
Heroic cowboys on horseback. Bands of outlaws. Brawls in small town saloons.
This is the Wild West as popular culture remembers it. But was it really …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Did FDR Get Wrong?
Episode 363
Franklin D Roosevelt is consistently considered one of the United States' best Presidents. Elected four times, he oversaw the end of the Great Depres…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Life and Death on the Oregon Trail | The Frontier
Episode 362
In the first instalment of our Frontier miniseries, we explore one of the most iconic symbols in American history: the Oregon Trail. For decades, tho…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of Malcolm X
Episode 361
Known by the end of his life as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the Black Nationalist leader best known as Malcolm X died at just 39. Despite his short lif…
4 months ago
Darkest Hours: Origins of Slavery
Episode 360
The Origins of Slavery in America, from its early colonial history to its expansion after the Revolutionary war, is the darkest chapter of American h…
4 months ago
Rodeo: An All American History?
Episode 359
Roughstock, roping and risk - the sport and spectacle of rodeo has become one of the most iconic American pastimes over the last couple of centuries.…
4 months, 1 week ago
Darkest Hours: The Kent State Shootings
Episode 358
On May 4 1970, four students were shot dead by the Ohio National Guard during a protest. What were they protesting? Why were the National Guard broug…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Monroe Doctrine
Episode 357
A two-hundred-year-old presidential speech has shaped how the United States sees its role in the world ever since. At the time, it sounded like a mod…
4 months, 2 weeks ago