A History of the United States
The Story of the United States.
Jamie Redfern
Show overview
A History of the United States has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 212 episodes. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 14 min and 18 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-UK-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2016, with 47 episodes published. Published by Jamie Redfern.
From the publisher
A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
Latest Episodes
View all 212 episodesEpisode 202 - Lewis and Clark Part 2
Episode 201 - Lewis and Clark Part 1
This week we explore why the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place.
Episode 200 - The Louisiana Purchase
This week the French disaster in Haiti leads to a massive opportunity for Jefferson as we cover the Louisiana Purchase.
Episode 199 - Black Spartacus
This week we restart the narrative. Continuing our discussion about slavery from last time, we move to the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint Louverture.
Episode 198 - Not Yet the Dawn
This week we have our final episode in the narrative pause. We discuss slavery. We discuss anti-slavery. And we discuss why anti-slavery didn't work.
Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal
This week we look at women's rights in the early republic, focusing in on the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792.
Episode 196 - Theologycast 4
This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.
Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education
This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.
Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations
This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.
Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges
This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.
Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers
This week we explore the Judiciary. We look at the relationship Americans of the Early Republic had with Judges, taking the story up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Episode 191 - How About This Weather?
This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.
Episode 190 - You looking at me?
This week we explore violence in the early American Republic. We look at factors which may have contributed to rising violence, such as alcoholism, and how this manifested across the nation.
Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks
This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.
Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800
This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.
Episode 187 - The Election of 1800
This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".
Episode 186 - The Adams Army
This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.
Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.
Episode 184 - The Adams Administration
This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.
Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell
This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.