The Confederacy: Who Was Jefferson Davis?
Only one person has ever held the title of President of the Confederate States of America. In this episode, we're going to find out more about him and the power structure of the Civil War rebel states...
3 Mar 202557min
President Harry Truman: From Farm to Oval Office and the Atom Bomb
The end of the Second World War. The start of the Cold War. The dropping of the Atomic Bomb and the growth of the Civil Rights movement. When FDR passed, the 33rd President of the United States was tr...
27 Feb 202547min
Jamestown: Decline & Fall?
In 1699, Virginia’s government and capital moved from Jamestown to Middle Plantation, renaming it Williamsburg.But why did they abandon Jamestown? In this final episode of our series, Don and Willie B...
24 Feb 202532min
Jamestown: Surviving The Fort
What was it like to live in the fort at Jamestown? Who was in charge? What provisions were there? And why is this considered to be the birthplace of enslavement in the United States?Don is joined by J...
20 Feb 202556min
Did Vikings Reach the US?
What is a Viking? Did they really make it to the United States? And if so, how far did they get?Don speaks to Martyn Whittock about the norse landings in North America. From the Icelandic sagas to the...
17 Feb 202540min
Frederick Douglass: Civil War to Statesman
How did Frederick Douglass, born into enslavement, rise to become one of the most influential orators, writers, and publishers of his time. By the end of his life in 1895, he was world-renowned and ow...
13 Feb 202542min
Jamestown: The British and The Powhatan
From suspicion, to siege, to collaboration, to all out war - in this episode we uncover the complex reality of the Jamestown colonists' relationship with the Indigenous peoples of the East Coast. What...
10 Feb 20251h 7min
Frederick Douglass: Enslavement & Escape
Born enslaved in 1818, by the time of the Civil War Frederick Douglass was famous around the United States and Europe for his work in the abolition movement. So how did this famous orator learn his tr...
6 Feb 202551min
