Founding Son: John Quincy's America Podcast
1) Death by Lightning: What Netflix Got Right (and Wrong) About a Presidential Assassination
Netflix’s Death by Lightning is gripping, dramatic and TRUE. Or is it? We call up historian and New York Times bestselling author Alexis Coe for a lightning round fact check of Netflix&rsq...Show More
2) Skylab Is Falling [from Very Special Episodes]
In 1979, the world watched as NASA’s 77-ton space station made its fiery plunge back to Earth. When Skylab broke apart over a sleepy Australian town, the falling debris set off a global media fr...Show More
3) The Truth About Johnny Appleseed: America’s First Viral Myth
Was Johnny Appleseed a real person or just another American tall tale? On this week's American History Hotline, Bob Crawford gets to the core of the issue with author William Kerrigan (Johnny Applesee...Show More
4) Is Thanksgiving a Feast of Lies?! Separating Myth from Truth
We all have that relative that tells us there was actually no green bean casserole at the first Thanksgiving. Yeah, we know, Grandma! But how much do we really know about that first feast between the ...Show More
5) American History Hotline: Why Were There So Many Serial Killers in 1970s America?
Was it the rise of hitchhiking? Lead in the water pipes? Or was it something a little darker in our culture? Bob rings up private investigator and host of the podcast Hell & Gone: Murder Line — ...Show More
6) American History Hotline: When Murder Was Legal …ish
In 1859, Congressman Daniel Sickles murdered Philip Barton Key (son of the man who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner) in a fit of jealous rage just steps from the White House. The resulting trial became ...Show More
7) How Did Big Tech Take Over Our Elections? [American History Hotline]
You won't see it on the ballot, but it's always the winner in American elections. That's right, we're talking about big tech. From Facebook to Google and AI, technology not only has the power to affec...Show More
8) The Arctic Balloon Diaries [Very Special Episodes]
In 1897, a Swedish engineer set out to reach the North Pole ... by balloon. With two companions, a crate of champagne, and the faith of a nation, he rose into the Arctic fog — and vanished. Deca...Show More
9) Hail to the Cheapskate: How Presidents Made (and Spent) Their Money [American History Hotline]
How did U.S. presidents earn—and spend—their money?
10) American History Hotline: What Started the Salem Witch Trials?
Which witch is which? You probably heard a lot of lawyers saying that in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. That was the year of America's largest witch hunt ever. But what sparked this mass hysteria that ...Show More