American History Hit

American History Hit

Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today.

We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the dark history that lies beneath Central Park.

From pre-colonial America to independence, slavery to civil rights, the gold rush to the space race, join Don as he speaks to leading experts to delve into America’s past.

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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Stonewall Jackson's Last Battle: Chancellorsville

Stonewall Jackson's Last Battle: Chancellorsville

It was Robert E. Lee's greatest strategic triumph but it came at a heavy cost - the loss of his talismanic leader and friend Stonewall Jackson among thousands of Confederate casualties. Guiding Don Wi...

7 Touko 42min

A Day in the Life of a Puritan

A Day in the Life of a Puritan

What if we told you that puritans were actually sex-crazed? Well maybe not crazed but definitely not opposed to it.What if we told you that, actually, the entire mainstream belief of puritans being bo...

4 Touko 53min

George Washington's Spies

George Washington's Spies

During the Revolutionary War a vital web of intelligence was established, with General Washington at its head. Operating through coded letters, hidden signals, and a chain of ordinary civilians turned...

30 Huhti 38min

Geronimo's Rebellion and the Apache Wars

Geronimo's Rebellion and the Apache Wars

Geronimo's name is famous across the world: the Apache warrior who led a resistance movement against the United States out in the South West for years...But what happened to Geronimo (or Goyaałé) that...

27 Huhti 38min

The Astors, The Gilded Age & The Building of New York

The Astors, The Gilded Age & The Building of New York

From fur traders to rulers of the New York social scene - how did the Astors rise to the top? What did it mean to be 'Old Money' in the Gilded Age? And where did that power go?Don is joined by New Yor...

23 Huhti 37min

Shays' Rebellion: An Honorable Rebellion?

Shays' Rebellion: An Honorable Rebellion?

Shays’ Rebellion has long been taught as a dangerous uprising, one that risked shaking the newly founded United States of America. But by tracing the events from mounting grievances to the march on th...

20 Huhti 45min

How to Escape Alcatraz

How to Escape Alcatraz

What was it like to live on Alcatraz? And was it possible to escape? In this episode, Don speaks to a historian with the unique experience of growing up there.Jolene Babyak's father worked on Alcatraz...

16 Huhti 46min

When the Mormons Rebelled Against America

When the Mormons Rebelled Against America

Driven from the United States, the Mormons journeyed West to build a new society in the desert- one that would challenge the political, economic, and moral norms of the nation they had left behind. Bu...

13 Huhti 41min

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