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110: Epilogue to the Age of Imperialism

Apr 25, 202247 min

109: The Election of 1900 & the Rise of Anti-Imperialism

Apr 11, 20221h 5m

108: G.O. 100, “The Water Cure,” & The Law of War in the Early-20th Century with Professor Ryan Vogel

Mar 28, 202259 min

107: The Philippine-American War

Mar 14, 202258 min

106: The US Annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Feb 28, 202251 min

105: “A Splendid Little War:” The Spanish-American War and Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

Feb 14, 202250 min

104: The Road to the Spanish-American War

Jan 31, 202250 min

103: A Gilded Age Christmas: Joseph Pulitzer’s Christmas Tree Fund

Dec 20, 202122 min

102: Epilogue to the Gilded Age

Nov 22, 20211h 1m

101: The New South, Jim Crow (Plessy v. Ferguson), & the Death of Frederick Douglass

Nov 8, 20211h 6m

100: Halloween Special! Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, & The Raven

Oct 25, 202154 min

99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now

Oct 11, 202157 min

98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley

Sep 27, 20211h 0m

97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie

Sep 13, 20211h 8m

96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)

Aug 30, 20211h 2m

95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light

Aug 16, 20211h 1m

94: Epilogue to Gilded Age Part I (or Gilded Age interlude w/ Significant HTDS Updates)

Aug 2, 20211h 4m

93: La Liberté éclairant le monde: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty

Jul 19, 20211h 12m

92: The Brooklyn Bridge, or the Story of the Roebling Family

Jun 21, 20211h 8m

91: The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and Assassination of President James Garfield

Jun 7, 202158 min

90: Epilogue to the Wild West

May 10, 20211h 19m

89: Closing the Wild West: (Wounded Knee, Buffalo Bill & the 1893 Colombian Expo)

Apr 26, 20211h 4m

88: “The Last Frontier:” The Purchase of Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush

Apr 12, 202157 min

87: Gunslingers & Outlaws (pt 2): Pearl Hart, Tombstone, Jesse James, B. Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

Mar 29, 20211h 5m

86: Gunslingers & Outlaws (pt 1): The Second Industrial Revolution, Sam Bass & Billy the Kid

Mar 15, 202159 min

85: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 3): The Central Pacific, Chinese Workers, & The Golden Spike

Mar 1, 20211h 8m

84: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 2): Dr. Thomas Durant, The Union Pacific & “Hell on Wheels”

Feb 15, 20211h 1m

83: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 1): Industrialization, Ted Judah & The Rise of the Central Pacific

Feb 1, 202156 min

82: Best Mini Episodes and Cold Opens of 2020

Jan 18, 202147 min

81: Epilogue to Volume 6: Reconstruction and The Indian Wars

Jan 4, 20211h 1m

80: “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus:” A History

Dec 21, 202021 min

79: The Indian Wars (Part 3): Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce & Standing Bear’s Fight for Civil Rights

Dec 7, 20201h 0m

78: The Indian Wars (Part 2): The Battle of the Little Bighorn (the Greasy Grass)

Nov 23, 202059 min

77: The Indian Wars (Part 1): The U.S.-Dakota War

Nov 9, 20201h 6m

76: Reconstruction (Part 4): The Battle of Liberty Place and the Mississippi Plan

Oct 26, 20201h 5m

75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government

Oct 12, 202057 min

74: Reconstruction (Part 2): The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

Sep 28, 20201h 0m

73: Reconstruction (Part 1): The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Sep 14, 202059 min

72: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Aug 31, 20201h 5m

71: Revisiting the Hamilton/Burr Duel: An Affair of Honor

Aug 17, 20201h 2m

70: Epilogue: The Civil War Comes to a Close

Aug 3, 20201h 23m

69: Surrender at Appomattox: The Last Days of the Civil War

Jul 20, 202053 min

68: Sherman's March to the Sea and the Thirteenth Amendment

Jul 6, 202054 min

67: Ending 1864: The Battles of the Crater, Mobile Bay, Centralia, and Franklin

Jun 22, 202051 min

66: The Election of 1864: Lincoln's Bid for Reelection

Jun 8, 202058 min

65: Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones

May 25, 202041 min

Bonus: A New Sound for HTDS (Farewell to Josh, Hello to Lindsay Graham & Airship)

May 18, 202028 min

64: Grant's Overland Campaign: The Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, & Petersburg

May 11, 202058 min

Bonus: A Chat about Southern Accents w/ Jeremy Collins from "Podcasts We Listen To"

May 6, 20201h 10m

63: Wounded and Dying: Nurses, Doctors, and Disease in the Civil War

Apr 27, 20201h 0m