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Adding 'God' to the Pledge of Allegiance
The phrase "under God" was not part of the original Pledge of Allegiance written by Francis Bellamy in 1892, but was added in 1954 amid Cold War tens…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
History of the G-Men
The story of the G-Men begins in an era when America had no permanent federal detective force, relying instead on private agencies like the Pinkerton…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Search for 'Little Albert'
In 1919–1920, Johns Hopkins psychologist John B. Watson conducted the now-infamous "Little Albert" experiment to show that fear could be conditioned …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: The Warsaw Ghetto & the Holocaust, w/ Katarzyna Person
In this powerful and deeply human episode of History Shorts, historian Dr. Katarzyna Person, Director of the upcoming Warsaw Ghetto Museum and author…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Andrew Jackson Arms His Slaves
In 1811, Andrew Jackson, traveling with enslaved men along the Natchez Trace, confronted a challenge to his authority when a Native agent demanded pr…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: Why the Scopes Trial Still Matters Today, w/ Brenda Wineapple
In this episode, we sit down with Brenda Wineapple, acclaimed historian and author of The Impeachers and Ecstatic Nation, to discuss her latest work:…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The RMS Titanic Prophecy
In 1898, American author Morgan Robertson penned a novella titled Futility: Or the Wreck of the Titan. The plot centered around an enormous, luxuriou…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Failed Lincoln Assassinations
Apart from the bullet that claimed his life in April of 1865, at least two other times during his life, Lincoln found himself the target of gunfire. …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Sex, STDs, and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
The epic journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the uncharted American West has long been celebrated as one of the most remarkable feat…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Circuit Judges of the American West
The frontier was a land of promise and peril, wide, unsettled, and often lawless. In this space between civilization and wilderness, one figure becam…
9 months, 4 weeks ago