J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - The Bobby Sox Bandit Queen | 3
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
During the mid-1930s, the FBI’s public relations department had effectively changed the image of i...
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Giant Among G-Men | 2
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI when he was just 29 years old. His orders? Clean up the B...
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - The Department of Easy Virtues | 1
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the turn of the century, radical anarchists were becoming a growing -- and volatile -- political ...
America's Anthem | 7
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord.” That’s the opening line of “The B...
The Great Depression - Justice and Infamy | 6
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As legal challenges to his New Deal programs mounted, President Roosevelt and his attorney general d...
The Great Depression - Progress and Pushback | 5
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After two of President Roosevelt’s closest advisors competed to create a new federal jobs program,...
The Great Depression - Dust | 4
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Depression wasn’t the only crisis facing the country when Franklin Roosevelt took office...
The Great Depression - A New Deal | 3
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the country was still hobbled by the Depression, New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt pr...
The Great Depression - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime | 2
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Factories have shut down, banks have failed, and millions are out of work. As the Depression worsens...
The Great Depression - The Crash | 1
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt on October 29, 1929, with the collapse of the U.S. st...
Does History Repeat Itself? | 4
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it." On today’s show, we’ll consider ...
The 1968 Chicago Protests - I Regret Nothing | 3
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special series with Legal Wars. The whole world was watching, and that’s exactly what the defend...
The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Trial of the Chicago 8 | 2
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special series with Legal Wars. In 1969, the war in the streets became a war in the courtroom. The...
The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Battle of Michigan Avenue | 1
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special series with our sibling show Legal Wars. The 1968 Democratic National Convention attracted...
1865 versus 2018 and Why History Matters | 7
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We live in historic times, but how do they compare to that other tumultuous era of American history ...
Political Parties - The Reagan Revolution | 6
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The year 1968 marked a watershed in American politics. Anti-war protests were roiling the country. C...
Political Parties - The New Deal Coalition | 5
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 1929 stock market crash saw 14 billion dollars vanish in a matter of hours — and with it, the ...
Political Parties - The Golden Age of the GOP | 4
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Civil War came to a close, the government set its sights once again on the future of the Unit...
Political Parties - The Turbulent 1850s | 3
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of...
Political Parties - Jacksonian Democracy | 2
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 presidential election to John Quincy Adams through what some called a “...
Political Parties - A Tale of Two Parties | 1
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the earliest days of the United States, there was no such thing as an organized political party. ...
History of the Lincoln Motor Company
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Named after one of the greatest U.S. presidents, the Lincoln Motor Company has become as ingrained i...
Civil Rights - Interview with Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely | 7
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude our series on the American Civil Right Movement with an interview with a woman who was t...
Civil Rights - The Unfinished Journey | 6
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Seeking to build upon the gains of the early 1960s, Civil Rights activists pushed forward on a serie...
Civil Rights - On The March | 5
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Civil Rights movement entered the landmark years of 1963 and 1964, activists had faced many c...
Civil Rights - Prairie Fire | 4
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the Civil Rights movement entered the Sixties, a new generation of activists took the fore. Frust...
Civil Rights - Jim Crow Fights Back | 3
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After the Brown V. Board of Education ruling, civil rights activists had legal standing to desegrega...
Civil Rights - Strides Towards Freedom | 2
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal, on a “separate but equal” basi...
Civil Rights - New World A’Comin | 1
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing the slave...
National Parks - Interview with Parks Superintendent Greg Dudgeon | 7
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed into law the The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, or AN...
National Parks - Fire and Ice | 6
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alaska: big, open, frozen and wild. In 1867, the acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire was w...
National Parks - Playgrounds of the People | 5
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1914, America’s National Parks had a problem: no one was using them. And those few that were fa...
National Parks - The Great Disaster | 4
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the city of San Francisco was torn apart by...
National Parks - Rough Rider | 3
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Put out to pasture, thinking his political career over, Theodore Roosevelt was atop a mountain when ...
National Parks - Calling In The Cavalry | 2
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Yellowstone was our nation’s first national park. Its strange, wondrous landscapes were perfect fo...
National Parks - The Business of Nature | 1
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
America's greatest National Parks are truly one of our country's greatest treasures. But many beauti...
Revolution | Interview with Author Russell Shorto | 7
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We've come to the end of our series on the American Revolution, but we can't say goodbye without say...
Revolution | The Populist | 6
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Millions immigrated to the United States after its founding, entranced with the promise of a better ...
Revolution | The Free Man | 5
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Revolution was fought for freedom, at least in name. Calls for freedom filled the air. No taxati...
Revolution | The Independent Woman | 4
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1788, the hot gossip in posh British circles was all about France and America. For their friends ...
Revolution | The Iroquois Diplomat | 3
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1786. For two years the city of Philadelphia has been celebrating its independence. For citiz...
Revolution | The Empire Builder | 2
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1776, the British Under Secretary of State for the American Colonies was giddy. The Americans nee...
Revolution | The Virginia Planter | 1
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1754, and the British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the Ameri...
Hearst vs Pulitzer | The Headless Torso | 2
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you lived in an American city at the turn of the century, you got all of your news from a single ...
The Space Race| Photo Finish | 4
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
JFK said that nothing in the 1960s was "...more impressive to mankind, or more important for the lon...
The Space Race | Taking the Lead | 3
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In times of crisis, Americans had always put their confidence in their country’s superiority ...
The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Information sharing was normal in the global scientific community, but when it came to rockets, norm...
The Space Race | Starting Gun | 1
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Remember Werner von Braun? We talked a little bit about him in our Cold War series. He was in charge...
History Through Innovation | Interview with Steven Johnson | 7
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The phone in your hand is more powerful than all of the computers that put a man on the moon, combin...
The Age of Jackson | Manifest Destiny | 6
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“Manifest Destiny” is a uniquely American idea. The phrase captured the sense of inevitability—...
The Age of Jackson | The Little Magician | 5
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During the last years of Jackson's presidency, the economy flourished. The national debt was paid in...
The Age of Jackson | Great White Father | 4
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During his political rise, Jackson distinguished himself with his ability to exact ruthless military...
The Age of Jackson | King Mob | 3
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From the beginning, Jackson's administration was riddled with controversy. Citizens mobbed the White...
The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings | 2
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1817, President James Monroe toured the country in an effort to unite the ever-grow...
The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns | 1
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In August 1814, the White House burned. A fire that would eventually consume the entire nation in Ci...
Prohibition | Interview with Lillian Cunningham | 7
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the record for the longest ratification period of any constitutional amendment? Lillian ...
Prohibition - We Want Beer | 6
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The people had spoken: They wanted beer, and they wanted it now, but not just for drinking. Protesto...
Prohibition - Down and Out | 5
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Closing Time by Daniel Francis provides a good account of the border wars and smuggling across the n...
Prohibition - Poisoning the Well | 4
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of the speakeasy was one of many unintended consequences of Prohibition - and others were m...
Prohibition - Speakeasy | 3
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While Prohibition was successful in closing the saloon, it didn’t quench America’s thirst. Enter...
Prohibition - Drying Out | 2
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Lusitania on Friday, May 7th, 1915, Americans found two new e...
Prohibition - Closing Time | 1
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On January 17, 1920, the United States passed the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, ushering in...
The Cold War - Interview with Audra Wolfe and Patrick Wyman | 7
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re closing out our series on the Cold War with two interviews with fascinating historians. Firs...
The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1970s, while trying to wind down the war in Vietnam, President Richard Nixon made overt...
The Cold War - The Long 1960s | 5
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
America sent a man to the moon in 1969, and with Neil Armstrong’s first steps, the United States p...
The Cold War - The Nature of Risk | 4
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Americans were desperate to find hope in the shadow of the bomb.Miracle cures, cheap energy, and eve...
The Cold War - Nuclear Fear | 3
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is the United States to do when direct conflict with the Soviet Union promises almost certain a...
The Cold War - Hearts and Minds | 2
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Forget trenches, infantry and tanks. The United States and Soviet Union fought the Cold War with ide...
The Cold War - An Ideological War | 1
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly 50 years, the United States and Soviet Union waged a global war of ideas fueled by politi...
Introducing American History Tellers
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
American History Tellers. Our History, Your Story. Premieres January 3rd.See Privacy Policy at http...