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Episodes

Total: 185

“Very well then–I so declare it.”This is the story of the final “C” of President Theodore Roosevelt’

“In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck Rake …”This

“If we have done anything wrong, send your man to my man and they can fix it up.”This is the first s

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”This is

Greg, Zach, and Kelsi sit down for a chat about America’s surprisingly compact burst of turn-of-the-

“Only dead men can tell the truth in this world. It can be published after I am dead.”This is the st

The ugliest aspects of the Philippine-American War raised questions of legitimate warfare. Specifica

“Co … wards! Assassins!”This is the story of the Philippine-American War.Having bested the Spanish i

“You have my love, and with sorrow I dismiss you.”This is the story of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s end.Qu

“Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn’t made that will kill me.” This is the story of the Spanish-Americ

“Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!”This is the story of the road to war for American Empire. R

“Santa can’t fool [me], since the holes in [my] stockings are too big for anything to be put in.”Thi

Greg sits down with Zach and Kelsi for a chat. They make a rather … LIVE(ly) announcement … then pro

“Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?”This is the story of

‘How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.”

Did Singer Sewing Machines take over the world? And are bananas as dangerous as they appear in carto

“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”This is the story of Gilded Age’s later preside

“Someday, some-time, when I am a man, I want to be worth a hundred thousand dollars!”This is the sto

“Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.”This is the story of opinionated inventors with ver

“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle.”This is the story of trial and