US, eh?

In this episode we unpack the American habit of renaming places for political or financial expedience. And we also discuss the curious case of the 'samenaming' of King County

Hello and welcome! In this episode of US, eh? We will find out that in the case of WW1, the United States were not only late to join the war, they were also late to join the peace. Indeed, the end of America’s involvement in WW1 was nothing but a slight interruption in an otherwise pleasant game of golf.

In this episode we look into the not so very Spanish Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.This episode is largely an adaptation of an article by Robert Kessler accessible here.

In this episode, we will be discussing the bizarre series of events that allowed Pepsi to be the first US company to sell goods in the USSR...and as a result acquire a formidable navy.

In this episode we look into one of the wilder plans that never was. The plan to settle Jewish refugees in Alaska on the eve of the second world war.A key source used in this episode can be found here: https://www.encountersalaska.org/proposal-jewish-resettlement?fbclid=IwAR1mDxkG2Wm0PoIqk7pIbhApS2n1wG_Ndxoo2NQpLf85m-Hq6qIZn802YyY