Founding Father: Who Was John Hancock?
An iconic signature on the Declaration of Independence - that is what John Hancock is best known for. But how did he come to be the first signatory? What was his role in the American Revolution?Brooke...
22 Apr 202440min
The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre: Slavery After the Civil War
During the spring of 1921, eleven bodies were found in in rural Georgia. These men were victims of horrific murders, and also of a more widespread crime - peonage.Whilst enslavement had legally ended ...
18 Apr 202425min
President Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of the Butcher
How does a heroic general of the Civil War become one of the lowest rated Presidents (at least until recently)?To discuss Grant's commitment to reconstruction, civil rights, and the crushing of the Ku...
15 Apr 202450min
Ulysses S. Grant & the Civil War
Strategic brilliance? Relentless determination? Unbeatable leadership and cooperation with Lincoln? How did Ulysses S. Grant distinguish himself in the Civil War?Don speaks to Cecily Zander, a histori...
11 Apr 202440min
The Rise & Fall of Al Capone
Al Capone is one of the most notorious gangsters in US history. His story of rags to riches, set against the backdrop of the prohibition era, is worthy of the many movies that it has inspired.Violent ...
8 Apr 202450min
NATO: 75 Years Deterring Armageddon
It comprises more than half of the world's defence spending, but what is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation? How has the United States influenced it from its inception to today? And how, during it...
4 Apr 202429min
The Real Great Gatsby
A wealthy man in his early 30s. An army man. A German immigrant. A bootlegger. A lover. Who was Jay Gatsby? And if he was based on a real person, what do we know about them?To delve into one of the mo...
1 Apr 202425min
President Andrew Johnson: Reconstruction & The First Impeachment
Three quarters of a million people dead in the Civil War. A country separated in to two. How do you join it back together? Do you punish the secessionists? How do you grapple with the question of ensl...
28 Mar 202445min
