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Episode 19: The Lexington Green

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 3:08


Some trigger-happy fool kicks off the war.

Episode 18: Paul Revere's Ride

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 2:56


Listen, my children, and you will absolutely hear.  

Episode 17: Lochner v New York

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 2:29


A baker's dozen of rights, please.

Episode 16: The Letter from Birmingham Jail

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 5:11


Time waits for no man, and neither does King.

Episode 15: General Hu Yao Bang

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 2:38


The countdown to the square clicks on.

Episode 14: Cato, A Tragedy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 3:30


Cato, a wildly popular hit.  

Episode 13: Thomas Jefferson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 2:58


Son of Jeff becomes Founding Father.

Episode 12: The Halifax Resolves

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 2:01


One colony gets the jump on resolving.  

Episode 10: Loving v Virginia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 3:44


Turns out, Virginia is not for lovers!

Episode 9: Marian Anderson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 2:54


A new voice joins the chorus of liberty.

Episode 8: The Emergency Relief Appropriations Act

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 3:18


It was neither emergency, nor appropriate.

Episode 7: Married Woman's Property Act

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 2:50


Women take a chance on having property rather than being it.

Episode 6: Gandhi and the Salt

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 2:24


When they called him salt of the earth, they weren't kidding.

Episode 5: H.L. Mencken

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 3:00


Critic of all, arrested.

Episode 4: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 2:52


The shot rings out, in a Memphis sky.

Episode 3: The Self-Denying Ordinance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 2:18


Before there was self-loathing, there was this.  

Episode 2: Wilson's War

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 3:18


Woody is off to war. 

Episode 31: The 15th Amendment

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 2:06


The third in the trilogy isn't always the worst!

Episode 29: White Monday

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 2:24


Linen sales not involved.

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Episode 28: Spanish Civil War

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 3:07


Spain gets a sneak peek on WWII.

Episode 27: Proclamation No. 4

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 1:32


Dialing up despotism.  

Episode 26: Taiwan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 2:58


Little island has Big Trouble in China.

Episode 25: Maryland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 1:53


Mary's Land turns out to be everyone's land.

Episode 24: Proclamation No. 3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 2:06


Nothing worth proclaiming.

Episode 23: Patrick Henry

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 3:07


You know the multiple choice quiz.  

Episode 22: Edmund Burke

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 2:13


An Englishman becomes a proponent of American rights.

Episode 21: Selma, Again

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 2:20


Round 2 goes to the underdogs.

Episode 20: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 2:45


Curiously, the cabin features very little.

Episode 18: Rhode Island

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 2:30


An island of ideals on a mainland.  

Episode 17: The British Retreat

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 4:24


St. Patrick's Day in Boston sees a happy evacuation of the redcoats.  

Episode 16: Woolworth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 1:59


A giant caves.

Episode 15: Guilford Courthouse

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 2:38


In a way, the new American army gets its trial here.  

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Episode 14: The Newburgh Address

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 2:59


Less famous burgh, less famous address.

Episode 13: Alexander II

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 3:18


That moment that Russia didn't quite have.  

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Episode 12: Gandhi and the Salt

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 2:19


Please pass the salt.

Episode 11: Executive Order 9095

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 1:54


One more chip at the old Liberty block.

Episode 10: Harriet Tubman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 4:52


Moses gets a reboot.

Episode 9: Wealth of Nations

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 2:48


Or for the love of money.

Episode 8: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 3:23


Episode 7: Selma

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 2:18


Armies clash on the road to salvation.

Episode 6: Dred Scott

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 4:38


The most dred-ful decision.

Episode 5: Boston Massacre

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 3:42


A hairtrigger mob kicks off the world's revolution.

Episode 4: William Penn

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 3:44


The Penn was mightier than the sword.

Episode 3: The Missouri Compromise

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 2:15


A compromise is arranged by everyone except the actual affected people.

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Episode 1: The Articles of Confederation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 2:38


Episode 28: The Republican Party

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 1:48


Come hang at the new party on the block.

Episode 27: The 22nd Amendment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 2:36


Grow up, already.

Episode 26: The Fifteenth Amendment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 2:07


The third installment of the new trilogy drops.

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Episode 25: Colt's Revolver

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 3:12


The straight shooter gives us a six shooter.

Episode 24: Amistad II

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 2:22


This ship's journey ends.

Episode 23: Amistad

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 2:23


The not so friendly ship of friendship.

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