The Jazz Age Tale of America’s First Gangster Couple, Margaret and Richard Whittemore
Before Bonnie and Clyde, there was another criminal couple capturing America’s attention. Baltimore sweethearts, Margaret and Richard Whittemore, made tabloids across the country as Tiger Girl and The...
22 Apr 202141min
Announcement: Next Week James Early and I Launch "Key Battles of the Pacific Theatre (WW2)"
Good news! Next week James Early and I launch a 35-part series called Key Battles of the Pacific Theater (WW2). You won't hear it on this podcast but on James's new show called Key Battles of American...
21 Apr 202110min
For Centuries, America’s Best Friend in the Middle East Was…Iran?
As far back as America’s colonial period, educated residents were fascinated with Iran (or Persia, as it was known). The Persian Empire was subject of great admiration by Thomas Jefferson and John Qui...
20 Apr 202145min
George Washington Became Great Because He Spent Years in the Political Wilderness as a Washed-Up Has-Been
By age twenty-two, George Washington was acclaimed as a hero. As a commander of the Virginia Regiment, he gave orders to men decades older than himself. He was good at most things he tried and his nam...
15 Apr 202144min
The Nazi’s Granddaughter -- Discovering War Crimes in Your Family's Past
This episode looks at a deathbed promise from a daughter to a mother, which leads the daughter on a journey to write about her grandfather who was a famous war hero. But this journey had a terrible de...
13 Apr 202135min
The 15-Hour Work Week Was Standard For Nearly All of History. What Happened?
There’s nothing in human DNA that makes the 40-hour workweek a biological necessity. In fact, for much of human history, 15 hours of work a week was the standard, followed by leisure time with family ...
8 Apr 202138min
Low Troop Morale Can Literally Destroy a Nation. That’s Why the USO Was Formed in 1941.
A standing army is the most powerful force in a nation, but it can also threaten its very survival. That’s because you're taking a group of young men – those who are typically the core of your workfor...
6 Apr 202148min
Defining Treason – Why Are Founding Fathers Heroes But Confederate Leaders Not?
There is perhaps no other accusation as damning as ‘traitor.’ The only crime specifically defined in the Constitution, the term conjures notions of Benedict Arnold, hundreds of thousands of Civil War ...
1 Apr 202133min
