John C. Frémont: The Pathfinder's Court Martial, Gold Rush, and Ruin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John C. Frémont was born out of wedlock in Georgia in 1813 after his mother Anne left her older ...
29 Sep 19min
Paul Douglas: A Senator, a Reggae Drummer and a Footballer Sharing a Name
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode reads the Wikipedia disambiguation page for Paul Douglas as a biography of a name, ...
29 Sep 19min
Salmon P. Chase: Greenbacks, the $1 Bill Portrait, and Texas v. White
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Salmon P. Chase was born in New Hampshire in 1808, lost his father at nine, and was sent to Ohio...
29 Sep 21min
John Tyler: The Tyler Precedent, His Accidency, and a Confederate Seat
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Tyler was born in 1790 on the 1,200 acre Greenway Plantation in Virginia, the son of a judg...
29 Sep 24min
Andrew Jackson: A Sword Scar, the Dickinson Duel, and the Bank War
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 in the Waxhaws on the border of North and South Carolina, weeks ...
29 Sep 22min
William R. King: The Vice President Sworn In on a Plantation in Cuba
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Rufus King was born in North Carolina in 1786, studied at the University of North Caroli...
29 Sep 18min
Ralph Flanders: The Vermont Machinist Who Moved to Censure Joe McCarthy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ralph Flanders was born in 1880 and grew up on subsistence farms in Vermont and Rhode Island. Wi...
29 Sep 19min
Paula Hawkins: The Florida Senator and the British Novelist Named Alike
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode examines a Wikipedia disambiguation page for the name Paula Hawkins, a short routin...
29 Sep 13min
