America's Red Scares: Palmer Raids, the Smith Act and the Venona Cables
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The first Red Scare, roughly 1917 to 1920, grew from the Russian Revolution and a wave of more t...
1 Nov 25min
Homestead Acts: 270 Million Free Acres, Dawes Allotments and the Dust Bowl
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Free land for settlers stalled in Congress for years because Southern Democrats feared small far...
1 Nov 25min
Schechter Poultry's Sick Chicken: How the Blue Eagle NRA Was Struck Down
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In June 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act, the climax of hi...
1 Nov 22min
Apache Wars: Mangas Coloradas, Cochise's Tent Escape and Geronimo's 24
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Apache Wars ran from 1849 to 1886, beginning after the Mexican-American War handed the South...
1 Nov 22min
The Secret to Life: Show Up and Enjoy Every Sandwhich
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31 Okt 9min
Alexander Pope's dangerous pen and loaded pistols
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Alexander Pope, the poet who became the defini...
31 Okt 22min
Alfred P Sloan Invented Modern Consumerism
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Alfred P. Sloan, the engineer who turned Gener...
31 Okt 20min
America's Top General Was a Spanish Spy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of General James Wilkinson, the highest-ranking o...
31 Okt 23min
