George Graham Vest: Old Drum, Man's Best Friend, and Guarding Yellowstone
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Graham Vest was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1830, graduated from Centre College in 18...
29 Sep 20min
Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Secretary of State Turned London Barrister
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Judah P. Benjamin was born in 1811 on St. Croix in the Danish West Indies to Sephardic Jewish pa...
29 Sep 22min
The Church Committee: MKUltra, COINTELPRO, and the CIA's Family Jewels
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In January 1970 Army intelligence officer Christopher Pyle revealed that the military was spying...
29 Sep 23min
The Caning of Charles Sumner: Preston Brooks' 1856 Attack in the Senate
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In May 1856, with Bleeding Kansas in full swing after the Kansas-Nebraska Act replaced fixed lin...
29 Sep 22min
William H. Seward: Surviving the Lincoln Night Attack and Buying Alaska
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William H. Seward was born in 1801 in rural New York to a slave-owning farmer and was so bookish...
29 Sep 22min
Thomas Gore: Oklahoma's Blind Senator and His Lone Vote Against the WPA
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Pryor Gore was born in Mississippi in 1870 and lost his sight in two separate accidents, ...
29 Sep 17min
William A. Clark: The Copper King Whose Bribery Fueled the 17th Amendment
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William A. Clark was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, moved to Iowa, taught school and studied some...
29 Sep 19min
Robert Morris: The Yorktown Financier Who Ended Up in Debtors' Prison
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Robert Morris was born out of wedlock in Liverpool in 1734, raised by his grandmother, and at 13...
29 Sep 23min
