Northridge Earthquake 1994: A Hidden Thrust Fault, 1.82g and Valley Fever
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!At 4:30 a.m. on Monday, January 17, 1994, eight seconds of violent shaking hit the San Fernando ...
1 Nov 22min
Loving v. Virginia: A Bedroom Raid, a 25-Year Exile and a 9-0 Ruling
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mildred and Richard Loving grew up in Central Point, a mixed-race community in Caroline County, ...
1 Nov 19min
Half-Way Covenant of 1662: Puritan Baptism Rules, Boston's Third Church
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Puritans in 1630s New England admitted only visible saints to full church membership. From about...
1 Nov 20min
Treaty of Greenville 1795: Little Turtle's Holdout and the Jay Treaty Blow
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In August 1795, a day after Chief Little Turtle of the Miami signed the Treaty of Greenville, hi...
1 Nov 26min
Federal Reserve Act of 1913: Jekyll Island, the Pujo Hearings and 12 Banks
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!From 1836 to 1913 the United States had no central bank. This episode traces the fight from Alex...
1 Nov 23min
Battle of Atlanta: McPherson's Death, Bald Hill and Lincoln's Reelection
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By spring 1864 the North was war-weary and Abraham Lincoln's reelection looked doubtful. Ulysses...
1 Nov 22min
Espionage Act of 1917: Eugene Debs, Schenck and the Mere Retention Clause
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Espionage Act of 1917 was written as the United States entered World War I and Woodrow Wilso...
1 Nov 21min
Declaration of Independence: The Lee Resolution, Lincoln and a Bad Check
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The legal vote to break from Britain came on July 2, 1776, with the Lee Resolution, and most del...
1 Nov 21min
