The History Podcast hosted by Jason Thomason

In this episode, we will discuss one of the most difficult stories of racial terror lynchings in American history, the murder of Mary Turner.

In this episode, we discuss the 1921 massacre that occurred in the Greenwood District, a black community located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In this episode, we look at the immediate effects of The Birth of a Nation (1915), World War I, and the Great Migration. James Weldon Johnson will coin this bloody summer in 1919 the Red Summer.

In this episode, we discuss the dangerous and racist film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and how this film gave way to the largest form of domestic terrorism our nation has ever seen.

In this episode, we examine the 1933 lynching of a teacher in Jefferson County, Alabama.

In this episode, we examine the 1916 lynching of prominent black businessman Anthony Crawford of Abbeville, SC.

In this episode we examine the 1908 presumed guilt and public lynching of Ted Smith in Greenville, Texas.

In the episode, we discuss one of four recorded lynchings from Marengo County, AL.

In this episode, we will examine the 1893 presumed guilt and public lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas.

In this episode, we examine the 1892 lynchings of black business owners in Memphis, Tennessee.

In this episode, our guest Gary Jones, Assistant Dean of Students at Oklahoma Christian University and founder of History Speaks, discusses the 1955 kidnap and murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi.

In this episode, we will discuss Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des Moines, Roe v. Wade, and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke with attorney Curt Covington.

In this episode, we are joined by trial lawyer Curt Covington, a construction and litigation attorney with a great passion for constitutional law and Supreme Court opinions with experience in advising faith-based non-profits on religious-liberty issues.  In part one of a two-part series we will discuss  Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and Schenck v. the United States.  

In this episode, we examine one of the most controversial and forward-thinking figures of the American Civil War—Benjamin Butler.

In this episode, we will talk about the greatest, most historic fight songs of all time.  

We will debate and decide which US President made the greatest impact in American history in a tournament of epic proportions.

In this episode, we discuss the administration of Harry S. Truman, the decision to drop the atomic bomb, the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, HUAC hearings, firing an icon, and the election of 1948. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We explore the impact of the attacks at Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066, the Island Hopping Campaign, the Manhattan Project, and much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mini-episode on the effect that the FDR legacy had on Constitutional law.

In this episode, we will take a look at FDR as a war-time president. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, we will take a deep dive into FDR's Court Packing plan in response to the Supreme Court repeatedly striking down New Deal programs as unconstitutional.  

In this three-episode series on FDR, we will take a direct look at the New Deal initiatives of FDR's administration.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this mini-episode we explain the 20th and 21st Amendments.

In this episode we will discuss the hard times of the Hoover administration. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode we discuss the presidencies of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode we will discuss WWI, the Treaty of Versailles, and Wilson's 14 Points. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Celebrating the American laborer

In this episode we discuss the election of 1912, New Freedom, progressive reforms, and the onset of WWI. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The administration and legacy of TR --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Quick explanation of amendments 16,17,18,19

In this episode we will explore the political rise of Theodore Roosevelt. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We conclude our series on the laissez faire presidents of the Gilded Age by discussing the William McKinley's administration . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the second part of this episode we will look at the administrations of Cleveland and Harrison. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

From incredible facial hair, laissez faire economics, presidential scandals, and corrupt compromises, this episode will showcase the men who led our country during a period of challenging growing pains. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app