Outlaws: Jesse James
Jesse James. Perhaps the most notorious American outlaw?He’s become legendary figure of the Wild West, compared to an American ‘Robin Hood.’ But with a legacy so pervasive, the myths about Jesse James...
26 Sep 202443min
Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: A History From The Inside
Very few people know what it is like to be in the infamous US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, but our 3 guests for this episode have all had first hand experience.For one of them, it was as a de...
23 Sep 20241h 2min
Outlaws: New York's Criminal Mastermind
When was the first bank robbery? What does it take to be successful in organized crime? Is it possible to be non-violent? And how might you avoid getting caught? The story of Ma Mandelbaum, the mother...
19 Sep 202434min
How The World Sees The US: The Art of Diplomacy
How did Egypt and Israel come to an agreement at Camp David in 1979? How did the USSR come to allow the operation of NATO troops in East Germany? Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat has played a leading role ...
16 Sep 202437min
McCarthy & the Second Red Scare
Who was Joe McCarthy? How did this Republican Senator come to lead a nationwide campaign against communism? And how did he bring about his own downfall?For this episode, Don is joined by the authors o...
12 Sep 202451min
Japanese in America: Railroads, Internment Camps & Little Tokyo
When the US turned to Japan looking for workers in the late 19th Century, they probably never foresaw that one day soon they would imprison those who arrived, their successors, and their families, en ...
8 Sep 202450min
President Woodrow Wilson: Progressive? Warmonger? Overrated?
The 20th Century is up and running and the next President in our series, Woodrow Wilson, is in for a challenge. Reconstruction is over, Europe is on the precipice of war, and women are campaigning for...
5 Sep 202439min
British Brides for American Tobacco: A Tudor Trade
In 1621 the Virginia Company of London put out a call for young, handsome and honestly educated women to become wives for the planters in its new colony in Jamestown. Hopeful husbands were supposed to...
2 Sep 202434min
