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A podcast about the overlooked and underexplored parts of American history.
24 Episodes
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The Civil War freed families from slavery and divided families on the battlefield. We look at how the war impacted America’s most intimate relationships.Support the show
War, compromise, violence on the floor of the senate, blood on the frontier, then war again. We discuss how slavery and westward expansion put the Nation on the road to civil war.Support the show
From the colonies to emancipation, generations of women, men, and children were traded as commodities. We discuss the 250-year evolution of African slavery in America.Support the show
Cholera, fire, violence, and manure. Life in antebellum New York was exciting, dirty and filled with class conflict. We discuss the environmental and social struggles in the early decades of the city’s urbanization.Support the show
Part two! We continue the story of the twin revolutions–specifically their impact on slavery, political parties, pop culture, and Native Americans in the antebellum era.Support the show
Revolutions in both transportation (railroads! canals!) and communication (printing press!) disrupted and reshaped early American society. In part one, we look at the transformation of the economy, gender roles, and religious belief in the antebellum era. Support the show
The Revolution was just the beginning. Next, the Founding Fathers had to create the Nation. We discuss the contentious and complex origins of the American government.Support the show
1The American Revolution didn’t just create a new nation, it created a new way of thinking. We discuss how religion, philosophy, and politics fused to form a distinctly American worldview. Support the show
This bloody conflict reshaped colonial power across the globe and set the stage for the American Revolution. So why don’t we talk about it more? Because it’s really, really complicated. We discuss it anyway.Support the show
Sugar, gold, potatoes, and slaves. We discuss how trade created, destroyed, and transformed cultures on both sides of the Atlantic.Support the show
The Puritans! They’re not as boring as you think they are! In fact, they are really misunderstood. We discuss what they believed and the society they created in New England--and how it collapsed. Support the show
Native Americans and British colonists inhabited the same land but their beliefs, along with how they related to the environment, could not have been more different. We discuss the collision of these ideas and how the land was remade in the process.For more on this subject and others, visit www.americanhistoryremix.com/episodeguide/vol-1-episode-2-native-americans-colonists-amp-natureSupport the show
Jamestown was the first English colony in America....sort of. Colonization was a global and bloody process of trial and error. We tell the story of colonization before the English found success in Jamestown.For more on this subject and others, visit www.americanhistoryremix.com/episodeguide/vol-1-episode-1-before-jamestownSupport the show
Lyndsay and Will give an update on the state of the podcast and the exciting new material that is available now.Support the show
You asked, and we answered! In this special episode, Lyndsay and Will answer questions asked by the listeners. They discuss the gap between volumes one and two, answer questions about history, time travel, poetry, dogs, and much more. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/may925205https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/Support the show
Lyndsay and Will discuss the content not included in Families in the Civil War—their episode about how the war impacted America’s most intimate relationshipsSupport the show
Lyndsay and Will discuss the content not included in Westward Expansion, Slavery, & Secession—their episode about how slavery and westward expansion put the Nation on the road to civil war.Support the show
Lyndsay and Will discuss the content not included in American Slavery—their episode about the 250-year evolution of African slavery in America.Support the show
Lyndsay and Will discuss the content not included in Early Urbanization--their episode about the environmental and social struggles in New York City in the early decades of the urbanization.Support the show
Lyndsay and Will discuss the content not included in The Twin Revolutions Part Two—the second part of their episode about the revolutions in transportation and communication and how they reshaped early American Society.Support the show
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