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Was the American Revolution a World War?
Episode 326
What makes a war a World War? If it's the involvement of multiple major world powers, will France, Spain and the Netherlands do?
If it's battles fough…
11 months, 1 week ago
What If George Washington Became King?
Episode 325
‘No occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations.' This was George Washington's response when the idea of his becoming 'K…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
What if the Cuban Missile Crisis Sparked WW3?
Episode 324
On October 22 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced that Soviet missiles has been discovered in Cuba. Over the following days, the fate of the Am…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
What If There Were No CIA?
Episode 323
The Agency. The Company. Langley.
Without the Central Intelligence Agency, would we talk about conspiracy theories as much as we do? Who would be in p…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Origins of the US Navy: America's Revolutionary Pirate
Episode 322
Happy 250th Birthday to the US Navy! Today Don asks, who was John Paul Jones and did he really father the US Navy? Our guest is historian James L. Ne…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Who was the Best President Ever?
Episode 321
What should we look for in a great President? Who was the greatest of all time? And is it harder for modern Presidents to make the top of the list? D…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
America's Invasion of Canada
Episode 320
'Canada ought to be the 14th colony' was a view held by many American revolutionaries. In the winter of 1775, Benedict Arnold led an incredible (if d…
1 year ago
Who Was the Worst President Ever?
Episode 319
What makes a bad President? Who was the worst of all time? Don is joined by Professor Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency and co-host of…
1 year ago
Origins of the Second Amendment
Episode 318
'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'
Th…
1 year ago
What Caused the Civil War? | Secession
Episode 317
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s election, Southern leaders made a fateful choice: to break from the Union. Yet instead of plunging the country into …
1 year ago