A History of the United States

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.

Episodes

Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal

October 26, 2025 • 11 mins

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.

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Episode 196 - Theologycast 4

October 12, 2025 • 15 mins

This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.

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Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education

September 21, 2025 • 10 mins

This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.

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Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations

August 31, 2025 • 12 mins

This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.

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Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges

August 3, 2025 • 15 mins

This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.

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Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers

July 20, 2025 • 12 mins

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.

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Episode 191 - How About This Weather?

June 22, 2025 • 18 mins

This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.

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Episode 190 - You looking at me?

May 26, 2025 • 15 mins

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.

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Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks

May 5, 2025 • 14 mins

This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.

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Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800

April 13, 2025 • 12 mins

This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.

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Episode 187 - The Election of 1800

February 23, 2025 • 14 mins

This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".

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Episode 186 - The Adams Army

February 9, 2025 • 13 mins

This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.

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Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

January 19, 2025 • 14 mins

This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.

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Episode 184 - The Adams Administration

December 15, 2024 • 15 mins

This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.

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Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell

November 24, 2024 • 47 mins

This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.

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Episode 182 - Citizen Genet

October 27, 2024 • 15 mins

This week we cover the our last topic of the Washington administration, Citizen Genet and the issue of neutrality.

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Episode 181 - Democratic-Republican Ideology

August 19, 2024 • 14 mins

This week we examine the Democratic-Republicans as they start to become a more powerful group, asking what was the ideology that held them together.

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Episode 180 - Let's Get the Parties Started

July 21, 2024 • 15 mins

This week we examine the early 'Republican Interest' in its battles with the Federalist government, exploring how Hamilton and Jefferson argued while Washington tried to hold his administration together.

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Episode 179 - Jefferson and Madison, Best Friends Forever

June 23, 2024 • 12 mins

This week we turn to the growing political fragmentation during the Washington Administration. We discuss how Madison's opinions changed over time, how he became more distant from Hamilton, and ultimately formed a close friendship with Thomas Jefferson.

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Episode 178 - The Treaty of Greenville

June 9, 2024 • 10 mins

This week we finish looking at the westward migration of the early 1790s, finishing off with the Northwest Indian War.

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Episodes

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Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education

Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations

Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges

Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers

Episode 191 - How About This Weather?

Episode 190 - You looking at me?

Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks

Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800

Episode 187 - The Election of 1800

Episode 186 - The Adams Army

Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

Episode 184 - The Adams Administration

Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell

Episode 182 - Citizen Genet

Episode 181 - Democratic-Republican Ideology

Episode 180 - Let's Get the Parties Started

Episode 179 - Jefferson and Madison, Best Friends Forever

Episode 178 - The Treaty of Greenville

Popular Podcasts

Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal

Episode 196 - Theologycast 4