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Episode 524: Bull Run
Season 1 Episode 524
When the American Civil War begins, everyone expects a picnic. The Battle of Bull Run erases those false expectations.
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2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 523: A House Divided
Season 1 Episode 523
From Nat Turner's Rebellion to the Compromise of 1850, Americans did everything they could to avoid the Civil War.... and failed.
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2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 522: The Sun Never Sets
Season 1 Episode 522
In the 19th Century, Europeans carved up the globe with devastating consequences.
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3 months ago
Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity
Season 1
In the United States today, there is no faith more dominant than Christianity. In Chosen Land, historian Matthew Avery Sutton chronicles Christians’ …
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 521: The Irish Potato Famine
Season 1 Episode 521
When the potato crop failed in 1845 in Ireland, no one at the time knew just how momentous it was. By the close of 1847, Ireland's population, throug…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 520: The Revolutions of 1848
Season 1 Episode 520
From Paris to Vienna, 1848 rocked Europe. While the revolutions themselves failed, they set the stage for dramatic changes to come.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 519: Do You Hear The People Sing?
Episode 519
Political, economic, and social currents sweep Europe, bringing massive change and setting the stage for the Revolutions of 1848.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 518: The Age of Jackson
Season 1 Episode 518
The presidency of Andrew Jackson was instrumental in reshaping America politically, socially, and economically. Today we cover the Bank War, Nullific…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 517: Greek Independence and the Revolutions of 1830
Season 1 Episode 517
The Congress of Vienna was supposed to freeze the map of Europe in time. It did not take long for it to thaw.
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4 months ago
Episode 516: The Industrial Revolution
Season 1 Episode 516
Before we move on to more political history, I want to broadly discuss some of the changes sweeping Great Britain and then ultimately the rest of Eur…
4 months ago