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Life in Mobland Chicago
Episode 405
Just how dangerous was it to live in Chicago during the 1920s? Was it all gangsters, tommy guns and spilt moonshine?
Don is finding out what it was li…
2 months, 1 week ago
Long Walk of the Navajo
Episode 404
Between 1863 and 1866, more than 10,000 Navajo (Diné) were forcibly removed from their lands by the U.S. Military and forced to marched hundreds of m…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Robin Hood of the Wild West
Episode 403
Robbing from the rich to give to the poor and downtrodden - this is the legend of Joaquin Murrieta.
But how true was it? Murder rates in 1850s Califor…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Best Presidential Speeches
Episode 402
The words of an American president have often carried the power to shape not only public opinion, but the course of the nation itself. In this episod…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Truth about Billy the Kid
Episode 401
We're heading west again, this time looking for Billy the Kid. Who was he? What crimes did he really commit? Is there any chance he survived that fin…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Staten Island v. New York City | Revisionist History
Episode 400
On the 250th anniversary of the United States, Revisionist History, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about things overlooked and misunde…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
America's Deadliest Battle: Gettysburg
Episode 399
By July 1863, the American Civil War had reached a critical turning point. As Robert E. Lee led his army into the North, the two sides collided at Ge…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What Made America? Birth Of A Superpower
Episode 398
At the start of the 20th century after victory in the Spanish-American War, the US found itself as a colonial power. How did it decide NOT to follow …
3 months ago
The Nazi Ship that Became a US Flagship
Episode 397
Before boarding the USCGC Cutter Eagle for Sail4th 250's tall ship parade, Don is finding out more about this iconic ship.
How did a Nazi ship end up …
3 months ago
What Made America? The Abolitionists
Episode 396
In 1831, it looked like enslavement in America would continue forever. 34 years later, it was permanently abolished under the 13th Amendment.
How did …
3 months, 1 week ago