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President Warren G. Harding: Scandals, Affairs & Cabinet Selections
Episode 228
Despite dying as one of the most popular presidents in history, the 29th Commander-in-Chief has been consistently ranked one of the worst of the Amer…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Spanish-American War
Episode 227
In April 1898 the United States declared war on Spain. By the end of the war that December, the Spanish had lost their centuries-old colonial empire …
1 year, 10 months ago
A CIA Man in China: 20 Years Imprisoned
Episode 226
This is the story of America's longest held prisoner of war. John 'Jack' Downey, an American CIA operative, was imprisoned by the Chinese for 21 year…
1 year, 11 months ago
Nazis in America: Fascism in the 1930s
Episode 225
In 1933, The Pittsburgh Courier published an editorial entitled 'Hitler Learns from America'. So how and why was fascism on the rise in the United St…
1 year, 11 months ago
Presidents' Private Lives
Episode 224
With the US election happening, we wanted to take a look back at the presidents from the past what we know about their sex lives.
Which president was …
1 year, 11 months ago
Elections Explained: A History of Rigged Elections
Episode 223
Invisible ink, delayed flights and political meddling - elections are a symbol of democracy, so how can they become the opposite?
Don is joined for th…
1 year, 11 months ago
New York Morgue's Dark Secrets
Episode 222
The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were brought to the New York Morgue in the second half of the nineteenth century. This histo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elections Explained: The Man Who's Lost The Most
Episode 221
What causes a person to lose the Presidential election?
Henry Clay ran for the Presidency 3 times, and for nomination by his party 5 times, but never …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Doolittle Raid: WW2 Bombing of Japan
Episode 220
If somebody asked you to go on a dangerous mission, no other details, would you volunteer?
Well, in 1942, that's exactly what 120 crewmen of the US Ar…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elections Explained: How FDR Won Four Times
Episode 219
4,322 days. That's how long Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office. Whilst no other US president has served more than two terms, FDR was elected fou…
1 year, 11 months ago