Ep 61: James P. Beckwourth - The Manumitted Mountain Lion
Born enslaved, James Beckwourth is easily one of the most accomplished mountain men that ever lived. Once free, he forayed into the West, became chief of the Crow people and played a role in such nota...
25 Nov 202053min
Ep 60: Indian Removal / The Trail of Tears
"This land is your land, this land is my land," but it isn't though, is it? In this episode, we examine the origins and evolution of the US' policy of Indian Removal from roughly 1810 to 1840, unveil ...
18 Nov 20201h 2min
Ep 59: Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa - The War Chief and the Prophet
Have Ohio and Indiana ever actually been interesting places? Not for many, many moons. Join us as we explore the original American frontier, where a pan-native religious revival movement seized almost...
11 Nov 20201h 2min
Ep 58: Sacagawea - Opening the Frontier
Was Sacagawea merely a passive figure wrangled into serving an outsider’s agenda, or was she active in influencing and shaping the events around her? Josh and Henry open the West by examining an under...
4 Nov 202057min
Ep 57: Marie Laveau - Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Do certain elements of voodoo contain a 19th century classist critique? How did Marie Laveau establish herself as one of the most influential women in her city despite the entrenched racial prejudices...
28 Okt 202055min
Ep 56: Ghosts of Hiroshima - August 6th, 1945
The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan is one of the most consequential decisions in human history. But what did the landscape of Hiroshima to those inside of the blast zone? In an extremely gr...
21 Okt 202050min
Ep 55: Erzsebet Bathory - The Darling of True Crime
Having victimized over 200 girls in feudal Hungary by a variety of brutal methods, Erzsebet Bathory is considered by some to be the most prolific serial killer, certainly of her time and perhaps even ...
14 Okt 202055min
Ep 54: Edgar Allan Poe - America's OG Sadboi
Henry and Josh inaugurate the spooky season by examining the tumultuous life and career of one of the Founding Fathers of American literature, and, in the spirit of Halloween, pull all the skeletons f...
7 Okt 202058min
