George Washington's Anti-Daddy
Why did the United States become a stable republic while so many revolutions ended in dictatorship? The answer lies in two men pivitol to the Revolution: George Washington... and Oliver Cromwell. A ce...
3 Jul 1h 43min
How Harlots Saved America (Rebroadcast)
What if history isn't a string of great man biopics or a struggle between conservatives and progressives? What if it's a battle of disciplinarians against drunks and harlots? Thaddeus Russell comes on...
1 Jul 39min
America's Dueling Enlightenments (Rebroadcast)
The Founding Fathers were all children of the Enlightenment, and they agreed on kicking King George out, but they never agreed on how to run the country. Seth Radwell, author of American Schism: How t...
30 Jun 1h 14min
Cicero and the Founding Fathers (Rebroadcast)
Jeffrey Rosen is a legal scholar and the President of the National Constitution Center. He's the author "the Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders an...
29 Jun 1h 8min
Zuby Grew up in a Company Town
Zuby is a British rapper who spent his childhood on a Saudi Aramco compound—a sprawling corporate community complete with schools, recreation, housing, and services. We discuss what it was like growin...
24 Jun 51min
(Preview) Vampire Bats Thwart Henry Ford
Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing, built the modern automobile industry, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes in American history. Then he decided to conquer the Amazon. In this installment ...
18 Jun 8min
The Dark Side of Corporate Utopia: Pullman vs. Hershey
George Pullman built his employees a sparkling company town with clean homes, parks, libraries, luxury trains, and some of the best living conditions in the country—but demanded obedience in return. W...
17 Jun 1h 4min
(Preview) The Socialist Who Bought a Town
Robert Owen was a factory owner, a social reformer, the father of British socialism… and possibly the nicest company-town tyrant in history. Long before Karl Marx called for revolution, Owen tried to...
11 Jun 7min
