The 10 Best History That Doesn't Suck Podcast Episodes
1) 41: Kansas! (Bleeding Kansas, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, & Caning of Charles Sumner)
“We can send five thousand--enough to kill every God-damned abolitionist in the Territory.” This is the story of the Civil War’s warm up. The States are increasingly dividing along northern and southe...Show More
2) 2: Patrick Henry and Boston Get Pissed about Taxes
"Treason!" This is the story of Virginia's Patrick Henry. He is a dangerous combination: young, idealistic, and persuasive. Patrick has a silver tongue that's going to light up some serious American f...Show More
3) 120: From Atlanta to the NAACP, or Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois
“I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate, I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.” This is the story of a hardening Jim Crow color line....Show More
120: From Atlanta to the NAACP, or Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois
1:05:52 | Sep 26th, 2022
1 recommendation
4) 12: An American Judas Betrays & Nathanael Greene Saves!
“Arnold has betrayed us! Whom can we trust now?” This isn’t a story of betrayal; this is the story of betrayal. After half a decade of giving his all for the Patriot cause, Benedict Arnold becomes Ame...Show More
5) 13: The World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown
“The British officers in general behaved like boys who had been whipped at school.” This is the story of the beginning of the Revolution’s end. Lord Cornwallis swears the British need to take the figh...Show More
6) 16: The Founding Fractures: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
“I always knew Colonel Hamilton to be a man of superior talents, but never supposed that he had any knowledge of finance.” This is the story of conflict. Infighting. Intrigue. Dissension. This is the ...Show More
7) 19: The Traitor and The Thieving Spy: The Start of American Industrialization
“He invited me to see the loom operate. I well recollect the state of admiration and satisfaction with which we sat by the hour, watching the beautiful movement of this new and wonderful machine.” Thi...Show More
8) 26: Peace in Ghent, War in New Orleans
“I could have walked on the dead bodies of the British for one-quarter of a mile without stepping on the ground.” This is the story of peace and war; of self-destruction and political birth. American ...Show More
9) 31: The California Trail: From the Donner Party to the Gold Rush
“Never take no shortcuts.” This is the story of one of the larger Oregon Trail’s most important branches: the California Trail. The Mexican province of Alta California has some beautiful land, so it’s...Show More
31: The California Trail: From the Donner Party to the Gold Rush
59:55 | Jan 21st, 2019
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10) 32: Mormonism and the Mormon Trail
“Nits will make lice, and if he had lived he would have become a Mormon.” This is the story of our last major pioneer migration out west; it’s also the story of America’s largest homegrown faith: Morm...Show More