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The Prof. sits down with fellow Prof. Ben Sawyer of the Road to Now Podcast and Middle Tennessee State University to chat through the last volume episodes. Russia, the Red Scare, the second Klan, and more, while Ben gets Greg to share behind-th
“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got to go.”This is the story of the largest uprising in the United States since the Civil War.As unions spread across the Progressive-Era United
“Every official except one elected yesterday at the first municipal election of this borough had been endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan.”This is the story of the Second Ku Klux Klan.It’s been nearly half a century since the Third Enforcement Act
“Palmer, do not let this country see red.”This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2, 1919, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer is just going to bed when the first floor of his home is blown apart. It was a bomb, and part of a lar
“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.”This is the story of the United States coping with and facing the aftermath of World War I.The American Expeditionary Force in France is breaking up but that means a lot of differen
“I reject your proposals … and shall defend myself to the last extremity.”This Is the story of the Revolution’s new hot spot: the South.After failing to crush the rebellion in the northern or middle states, British leaders hope to score som
“Stand fast, my boys, and receive your enemy!”This is the story of a miserable winter at Valley Forge (1777-78), a possible conspiracy, and George Washington’s last major battle before Yorktown.Continental Commander George Washington is lov
“If old England is not by this lesson taught humility, then she is an obstinate old slut, bent upon her ruin.” - Horatio GatesThis is the story of 1777’s Saratoga and Philadelphia campaigns. Playboy and playwright General "Gentleman Johnny"
The Episode to end all … World War I episodes. Professor Jackson sits down with Kelsi Dynes to talk through all the things that didn’t make it into the final Great War episodes and go big picture on the Meuse-Argonne, Armistice, and Treaty of V
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”This is the story of a Christmas Miracle at Trenton, New Jersey.George Washington’s army is exhausted, disheartened, battered, starving, freezing–all but broken. Sir William Howe’s mighty British A
“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.”This is the story of the Christmases of World War I.Germans and British troops, singing carols together. French and German troops, kicking, playing sports
“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually call forth fresh resistance”This is the story of peacemaking in 1919–a fraught peacemaking.With the Armistice signed, some 30 nations (led by
“The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.”This is the story of guns falling silent across war-ravaged fronts–the story of the Great War’s armistice between Germany and the Allied P
“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.”This is the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his ride home after an evening spent trying to woo Katrina Van Tassel at a party hosted by her father at their idyllic farm in
Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film The American Buffalo which has a two-part premiere in the US on PBS beginning Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Some refer to Ken Burns as a historian,
Today, we have a special off-week treat: an episode of History Daily!Hosted by Lindsay Graham (podcaster not Senator), History Daily brings you a tale from the past, on its anniversary, daily. Listen to History Daily on Spotify, Apple, or wher
“All right, General. We’ll take it, or my name will head the list.”This is the story of Meuse-Argonne and the Americans’ continued struggles to take the Kriemhilde Line. Tennessean Alvin York hates war, yet he finds himself an unlikely hero w
“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it.”This is the story of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive’s beginnings.“Tout le monde à la bataille.” So says Ferdinand Foch as the Allies hit the Germans from seve
Time to review! Greg and Kelsi talk through the main takeaways of the American story in World War I to date, from causes to new inventions and social changes. We get a little behind the scenes on episodes, a few stories that didn’t make in, and
A picturesque paragliding flight becomes a terrifying nightmare when a massive storm rolls in. Sucked into the clouds, Ewa Wiśnierska is pelted by hailstones the size of oranges. With lightning crackling all around her, she is sent hurtling upw
“Something has happened to one of the boys.”This is the story of the Great War’s flyboys – particularly, Americans taking to the skies to fight for France.Long before the United States will enter the Great War, hundreds of American men head
“Is there any regulation which specifies that a Navy yeoman be a man?” This is the story of the United States in the Great War and the role of women in that changing world.Women of the Progressive Era are all about change. They’re fighting f
“My men never retire. They go forward, or they die!”This is the story of the 15th New York, a.k.a, the 369th, or the Harlem Hellfighters.James “Big Jim” Europe is one of the most talented musicians in the world. His ragtime and early jazz s
“Marshal Foch, you have no authority as Allied Commander-in-Chief to call upon me to yield up my command of the American Army and have it scattered among the Allied Forces where it will not be an American army at all.”This is the story of th
“Every time I have felt annoyed since then at France, this picture comes to mind and my anger softens.”This is the story of the Great War’s turning point.After a fourth and failed Spring Offensive operation, German General Erich Luddendorf
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