165. A Massacre at Dawn
Arizona Territory, April 30, 1871. The canyon known as Aravaipa lies still in the predawn darkness, the only sounds to be heard in the early-morning calm the song of birds and the lilt of running wate...
3 Jul 202451min
164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the Westerns
A whole genre of movies is based on a relatively short period of nineteenth-century American history. But what is the real story behind battles between Native Americans and white settlers during westw...
1 Jul 202449min
163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native American
In 1850, 13-year-old Olive Oatman and her family set off on the perilous journey by foot from Missouri to Arizona. Olive and her little sister were captured by a group of Native Americans and then sol...
26 Jun 202442min
162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush
Fort Laramie was once a stockade where European fur traders and Native Americans lived together peacefully. But by the 1850s it became a stop-over along the busy trail of emigrants moving westwards se...
24 Jun 202447min
161. The Trail of Tears
Despite having fought alongside them, President Andrew Jackson hated Native Nations. In the early 1800s, he sought to deceive Cherokee tribes into giving up their lands. How did Jackson overturn the p...
19 Jun 202440min
160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
North America was never virgin territory. For thousands of years it has been home to established nations of Indigenous people who founded ancient cities like Cahokia. When European settlers arrived on...
17 Jun 202446min
159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
The British have surrendered, they’ll be leaving soon. Now the Americans have a new and arguably harder task than before. They have to meld those 13 states, each with their own sense of independence a...
12 Jun 202438min
158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
The Declaration of Independence establishes the ideals on which this break away nation founds itself on. But it’s full of contradictions. It complains of white colonists being enslaved by King George ...
10 Jun 202458min
