Manifest Destiny

After a cute lil mental health break we are back with the low down on Norma McCorvey AKA the face behind Roe v. Wade— icon status abounds! Next up we finally take on the wild life of Annie Oakley and shoot at our husbands on horseback! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Storied guest host Gibson is back as we travel back to the technicolor 1980s. First we touch down on the channel that defined a generation (before it devolved into Ridiculousness reruns) MTV! Next, we are floored by the activism of the ACT UP movement (and how great it is when someone does thorough research). Enjoy!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Feast your ears on this food-themed episode featuring Lisa! She takes us on the very tall journey of the beloved Julia child, and then we join The Donner Party for some cannibalism. Bon apetit! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we do part two of our Q & A series.

This week we answer questions from our listeners (part one)

In honor of the woefully neglected Met Gala theme, it's a Gilded Age episode! First up, the wild tale of James Garfield's presidency and the absolutely unhinged man who assassinated him (come for the assassination, stay for the cautionary tale of sticking unwashed fingers into a presidential bullet wound). Then our resident expert on New York City regales us with the story of Caroline Astor, OG Manhattan socialite and matriarch of the Astor dynasty. Plus, your hosts revisit the single most formative film from our youth...that's right, we're talking Teeth (IYKYK). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

From the first flight in Kittyhawk to fulfilling JFK's desire to claim the moon for America, this episode covers a lot of airspace. But if you're looking for scientific details on the physics of flight, you've come to the wrong podcast. Instead, your intrepid hosts delve into the manifest destiny motivation behind taking to the skies, man's ability to sleep literally anywhere, and Rebecca's low-key lunar conspiracy. Plus, Bachelorette parties, Emily St. John Mandel, and Blair's enduring ability to laugh at the darkest things imaginable (RIP Albert I, Albert II, and Albert III). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!!! Manifest Destiny is finally back and ready for a whole new season of Murica. We celebrate 4/20 by diving into the criminalization of “Marihuana” to figure out how much of the first 10 minutes of Pineapple Express is accurate (spoiler: it's kind of a lot). Next we head to San Antonio to remember the Alamo and those kooky Texans that died for it. The new season energy is UNPARALLELED!!!! You are invited to our weddings on the moon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we cover chapters thirteen through fifteen of Book Two by the Leader.

This week we cover chapters ten through twelve of Book Two by the Leader.

This week we cover chapters seven through nine of Book Two by the Leader.

This week we cover chapters 3-6 of Book two.

This week we start part two of the Leader's book, chapters one and two.

This week we review the film "Africa Addio".

This week we review the last chapter in the first book of MK and do a Year in Review for 2021.

This week we speak to the translator of "Knightly Weaponry Play: The Manual of Fencing and Archery for German Scouting"

This week we review chapters 10 and 11 from the Leader's book.

This week we review chapters 7-9 of the Leaders' book.

This week we review the films "Vivarium" and "mother!" for a Halloween special.

This week cover chapters 4-6 of the Leader's book

This we we review the movie Betrayed (1988)

In our 30th (!!!!!) episode, we head to the often overlooked North Dakota for two very special Indigenous themed IDs- the official national monument of narcissism Mount Rushmore. Next, Sacagawea, the original working mom, shows Lewis and Clark around! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!!! Our hosts triumphantly return for some truly wild intel on everyone's favorite tree, the Connecticut Charter Oak, and go WIDE with Operation Paperclip. Enjoy!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week cover the first three chapters of the Leader's book

This we we discuss Backcountry Futurism

After extolling the virtues of "The Bird Game," your hosts dive into the Indian New Deal – the government's attempt to walk back many of the harmful policies against Native Americans and Native land – and the Haymarket Massacre, a labor demonstration in support of an eight-hour workday that escalated from a peaceful rally into a dramatic bombing. Fair warning: this episode is heavy on facts, and even heavier on birds. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

The live shows take a dramatic turn after one of your hosts suffers an early morning injury – but we persevere through pharmaceuticals, hangovers, and close encounters to deliver you a very New England episode. In the first half, Blair introduces the Manifesters to Roger Williams, the Puritan minister banished from the colonies for his kooky ideas on religious freedom, keeping church and state separate, and treating the Native Americans like human beings. Then Rebecca talks Canonicus, the peacekeeping sachem of the Narragansett Indians (and Natalie Beach to Roger Williams' Caroline Calloway). Laughs, facts, and interdimensional portals abound! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we discuss the photo book "Himmler's Camelot" and the secrets of Wewelsburg

THE FABLED LIVE SHOWS BEGIN… we join you from an undisclosed (yet highly discoverable) location and learn of a complicated abortion provider named Inez Burns and take it to the brink with the Cuban Missile Crisis! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

We're back and talking the birth of drag and the former slave/Sagittarius (?) king William Dorsey Swann. Next we spill the tea on the Boston Tea Party! Sorry about that pun and shout out to our Dark Lord Steve Jobs for making this episode possible! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

In our most anticipated (?) episode to date, we find out about the American Plan, the government's (incredibly messed up) plan to protect innocent men from feminine wiles. Next, we close out Pride month and Gemini season with the life of veteran, Broadway producer, politician, and gay icon Harvey Milk. We're having such a good time! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we review two films by David Lynch, "Blue Velvet" and "Wild at Heart"

Buckle up for Bleeding Kansas, the craziest lil' Civil War you've never heard of. Next, we continue our Pride Month celebration with an in-depth look at the history of Don't Ask, Don't Tell! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

In this week's episode, the podcast experiences its very first coup as special guest Gibson waltzes into our hearts with the many versions of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. We also learn about Thomas Jefferson's slave and mother of 6(!) of his children, Sally Hemings. We also discuss Manifest Destiny's eventual global domination (the podcast, not the ideology) and hot girl summer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

We are back and taking absolutely no prisoners in this Season 3 premiere. Olivia Rodrigo is in! Constitutional bans on drinking are out! We celebrate the launch of our (Rebecca's) website, talk Prohibition, and get cult-y with Waco. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we finish up the final two chapters of James Mason's Siege.

Season 3 is upon us and the air is ELECTRIC! We catch up about astrology, candy corn, life in general, and get absolutely hype about exploring more of the history of this great nation. We are gearing up for some seriously unhinged internet research so give us a listen and send your requests!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we review the second part of Maziere's "The Captive Dreamer"

This week we discuss part one of Maziere's autobiography "The Captive Dreamer" about the Frenchman who joined the SS and went to the Eastern Front in 1944.

This week we cover chapters 4 & 5 from James Mason's Siege.

In this GLORIOUS SEASON 2 FINALE we both reflect and look ahead, much like our great nation. We learn about Onesimus, the brilliant slave that invented inoculation and remained an atheist while being owned by the world's craziest New England preacher. Next we learn about how daddy FDR calmed an anxious nation during the Great Depression and World War II with some cute lil' fireside chats. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Wow! A lot gets covered in this extra long, extra tipsy episode. Our conspiracy-theorist-in-chief breaks down the original American conspiracy- ROANOKE! We continue Women's History Month with Harriet Tubman... you think you know, but you have no idea. We also provide a spirited defense of Caroline Calloway and formally ask her for a guest ID on Spanish Florida. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Your hosts are heavily medicated and riding the Women's History Month vibe as we dive into the life of Dorothea Dix, reformer and unsung hero of the mentally ill. Next we learn about a bunch of rich Nazis burning up in New Jersey!! Here come all the facts about the Hindenburg disaster you never knew you always needed! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

After an unexpected mid-season hiatus (shout out to Blair!), Manifest Destiny is back to share the story of America's favorite first-daughter/political influencer, Alice Roosevelt – and yes, we have no choice but to stan this snarky queen and her iconic snake sidekick Emily Spinach. Then Rebecca struggles to pronounce "miscegenation" while talking Loving vs. Virginia, the long-overdue Supreme Court case that finally allowed interracial marriage in the US. Come for laughs about Florida, stay for the facts about institutionalized racism! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we introduce James Mason's Siege

We continue our celebration of Black History Month with some very cool cats - The Black Panthers. Next, we learn about Project MK Ultra... and the CIA swinging through the 1950s drugging random people with LSD. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH the story is so crazy it literally must be heard to be believed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Happy Valentine's Day, Manifesters! Instead of bland chocolates or dying flowers, our gift to YOU is this extra-special mini-episode featuring six American power couples and their astrological compatibility (or lack thereof). Laughs, facts, and ROMANCE abound! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

This week we review "The Seventh Seal" by Berman

In this week's episode, we kick off Black History Month with an homage to its often unsung founder Carter G. Woodson. Next up, we venture into the final frontier ... and it gets dark. The Challenger explosion killed 9 American astronauts and traumatized the generation of schoolchildren that watched it live. We'll get to it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

Manifesters, we promised you guests this season and we are delivering!! In this special episode, Lisa joins us all the way from Scotland to reminiscence about our fateful APUS class and tell us about pioneering environmentalist, prolific shepherd, amateur clock-maker, and problematic asshole, John Muir. Next, we dive into Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment and learn Blair may or may not have experienced similar brainwashing in fifth grade...WE'RE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

In this episode we learn about the life of Shirley Chisholm, the true queen that inspired Kamala Harris's inauguration lewk. Next we talk sex, drugs, rock n' roll, and one very groovy dairy farm— that's right, Woodstock!!!! We also touch on a myriad of important topics such as Jennifer Lopez putting a Let's Get Loud spin on America The Beautiful and ponder and when you should tell your roommate you have a secret history podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support