The War on Crime: The 1930s and the New Deal
How did the United States go from a country defined by its lawlessness in the 1920s and early 1930s, to one where many political standpoints rest on a War on Crime? What roles did FDR, J. Edgar Hoover...
9 Kesä 202436min
America at D-Day
On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces combined their land, air and sea forces into the largest amphibious invasion in history - D-Day.Under Supreme Commander General Dwight D Eisenhower, this attack turn...
6 Kesä 202454min
Communism in America
The history of the United States' relationship with communism is one littered with fear and persecution. So where did the American Communist Party come from? How powerful has it been in the last centu...
2 Kesä 202451min
The History of Baseball
Where did baseball come from? Why is every stadium unique? And how do you make it to the Hall of Fame? For half the year, baseball remains a national pastime in the USA. It is also a game of many myth...
29 Touko 202439min
The Battle of Okinawa
Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide.On 1 April 1945, as the Second World War in Europe was reaching its end, one of the bloodiest battles in the whole conflict commenced on a smal...
27 Touko 202427min
President Chester A. Arthur: Redemption in Office?
Vice President to a narrow election winner, Chester Arthur was a very unlikely President. But on September 20th 1881 he took his seat as the 21st President of the United States at the dawn of the mode...
23 Touko 202432min
The Real Hamilton: An American Myth?
11 Tonys, a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize and broken box office records - there's no denying the impact of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton.Throughout this series on the real Hamilton, we have been trying to ...
19 Touko 202435min
American Castaways: Treachery & Survival in the Falklands
Today we dive into the little-known true story of American castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812 ― a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation and a desperate struggle for s...
16 Touko 202432min
