American History Tellers
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more.
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Transcontinental Railroad | Dancing with a Whirlwind | 2
History Daily: Introducing Mickey Mouse
Transcontinental Railroad | Work of Giants | 1
Listen Now: American Criminal
Jamestown | Chief Opechancanough | 5
Jamestown | The Great Reforms | 4
Listen Now: The Real History of Dracula
Jamestown | The Starving Time | 3
Jamestown | A Hell of Darkness | 2
History Daily: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Jamestown | Land of Milk and Honey | 1
The Titanic | The Obsession | 4
History Daily: Suleiman the Magnificent
The Titanic | Orphans of the Deep | 3
The Titanic | She's Doomed | 2
History Daily: The Wall Street Bombing
The Titanic | Unsinkable | 1
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Ricochet | 5
History Daily: The Great Fire of London Begins
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 4
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Anarchist at the Exposition | 3
History Daily: A Failed Coup in Moscow
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 2
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Protecting POTUS (NEW) | 1
History Daily: The Lonesome Cowboys Raid
First Ladies | No Handbook | 6
First Ladies | Michelle Obama | 5
History Daily: The End of the Warsaw Ghetto
First Ladies | Betty Ford | 4
First Ladies | Eleanor Roosevelt | 3
First Ladies | Mary Todd Lincoln | 2
First Ladies | Martha Washington | 1
History Daily: The End of the Münster Rebellion
Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | 2
Benjamin Franklin | Join or Die | 1
History Daily: The First Execution of the Salem Witch Trials
The Hidden History of the White House | 1
The Pinkerton Detective Agency | Behind The Brand | 4
History Daily: A B-24 Crash Survivor Begins a Fight for Survival
The Pinkerton Detective Agency | The Public Eye | 3
The Pinkerton Detective Agency | Brothers and Sons | 2
History Daily: The Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II
The Pinkerton Detective Agency | "We Never Sleep" | 1
World War I | "Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken" | 5
History Daily: Rock Musical Rent Debuts on Broadway
World War I | The Eleventh Hour | 4
World War I | The Spring Offensive | 3
History Daily: The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
World War I | The Yanks Are Coming | 2
World War I | Preparedness | 1
History Daily: The Hale-Bopp Comet
Encore: Lewis and Clark I The Long Way Home | 3
Encore: Lewis and Clark I Across the Rockies | 2
History Daily: The Execution of the Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Encore: Lewis and Clark I Into the Wild | 1
The Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman’s Goodbye Song | 5
The Underground Railroad | Journey’s End | 4
The Underground Railroad | Crossing the Line | 3
History Daily: The Battle of Lugdunum
The Underground Railroad | Vigilance | 2
The Underground Railroad | The Light of Freedom | 1
The Manhattan Project | 'Oppenheimer' with Kai Bird | 4
The Manhattan Project | Devastating Success | 3
History Daily: The Northern Cheyenne Face Off Against the US Army
The Manhattan Project | Secret Cities | 2
The Manhattan Project | Chain Reaction | 1
Great American Authors | The Enduring Message of James Baldwin | 7
Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6
Great American Authors | James Baldwin: The Exile | 5
History Daily: The “Christmas Bombing” of North Vietnam
Great American Authors | John Steinbeck: The Observer | 4
Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Nation | 3
History Daily: Pan Am Shuts Down for Good
Great American Authors | Louisa May Alcott: The Breadwinner | 2
Great American Authors | Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre | 1
History Daily: Fire at Windsor Castle
1906 San Francisco Earthquake | Out of the Ruins | 4
1906 San Francisco Earthquake | The Last Stand | 3
1906 San Francisco Earthquake | The Sky Burned | 2
1906 San Francisco Earthquake | The Earth Shook | 1
Salem Witch Trials | A Descendant Remembers | 5
History Daily: The Unearthing of the Cardiff Giant
Salem Witch Trials | A Great Delusion | 4
Salem Witch Trials | Specter of Injustice | 3
Salem Witch Trials | The Devil Against Us | 2
Salem Witch Trials | An Evil Hand | 1
Encore: The WWII Home Front | United We Win | 2
Encore: The WWII Home Front | Arsenal of Democracy | 1
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | Jane Roe | 7
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | A Recount in Florida | 6
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | The Warren Court | 5
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | Loaded Weapon | 4
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | Separate and Unequal | 3
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | The Cherokee Cases | 2
Encore: Supreme Court Landmarks | The Predicament of John Marshall | 1
Reconstruction Era | Counter Narratives | 7
Reconstruction Era | The Great Betrayal | 6
Reconstruction Era | The Panic | 5
Reconstruction Era | The Bloody Chasm | 4
Reconstruction Era | Impeachment | 3
Reconstruction Era | The Radical Revolution | 2
Reconstruction Era | From the Ashes of War | 1
United Farm Workers | The Fall | 3
United Farm Workers | The Grape Strike | 2
United Farm Workers | Birth of a Movement | 1
Boston Molasses Disaster | The Legend and the Legacy | 2
Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | 1
Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Lost Kingdom | 5
Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Day of Infamy | 4
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | Waves of Change | 3
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Pineapple King | 2
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Last Queen | 1
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Fears of a Young Republic | 5
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial | 4
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union | 3
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Gathering Forces | 2
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | An Affair of Honor | 1
California Gold Rush | Gold Mountains | 5
California Gold Rush | Digging Deeper | 4
California Gold Rush | Battlelines | 3
California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners | 2
California Gold Rush | The First Strike | 1
Presidential Assassinations | Interview | 5
Presidential Assassinations | Ricochet | 4
Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 3
Presidential Assassinations | Anarchist at the Exposition | 2
Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 1
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | The Great Debate | 4
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Friends We Have Lost | 3
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Fears & Falsehoods | 2
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Outbreak | 1
The Age of Pirates | Women of the High Seas | 4
The Age of Pirates | Blackbeard and the Flying Gang | 3
The Age of Pirates | Captain Kid's Adventure | 2
The Age of Pirates | A Gold Chain Or A Wooden Leg | 1
Encore: The Walker Affair | The Last Filibuster | 3
Encore: The Walker Affair | Nicaragua's Yankee President | 2
Encore: The Walker Affair | The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny | 1
Civil War | Finding Freedom | 8
Civil War | Bind Up the Nation's Wounds | 7
Civil War | March To The Sea | 6
Civil War | Gettysburg | 5
Civil War | The Fires at Home | 4
Civil War | Emancipation | 3
Civil War | First Blood | 2
Civil War | The Gathering Storm | 1
Encore: The Age of Jackson | A Nation Divided | 7
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Manifest Destiny | 6
Encore: The Age of Jackson | The Little Magician | 5
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Great White Father | 4
Encore: The Age of Jackson | King Mob | 3
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings | 2
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns | 1
The Great Mississippi Flood | Media Storm | 4
The Great Mississippi Flood | Master of Emergencies | 3
The Great Mississippi Flood | Dirty Water | 2
The Great Mississippi Flood | When the Levee Breaks | 1
Lewis and Clark | The Journey and the Journals | 4
Lewis and Clark | The Long Way Home | 3
Lewis and Clark | Across the Rockies | 2
Lewis and Clark | Into the Wild | 1
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Portrait of a Struggle | 6
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The 19th Amendment | 5
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Silent Sentinels | 4
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Passing the Torch | 3
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The Trial of Susan B. Anthony | 2
The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Created Equal | 1
The Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body | The Manhunt | 3
The Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body | The Roper | 2
The Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body | The Counterfeiters | 1
Billy the Kid | Man, Myth, Legend | 4
Billy the Kid | Dead or Alive | 3
Billy the Kid | The Lincoln County War | 2
Billy the Kid | Born to Lose | 1
Philippine-American War | The Path to Independence | 5
Philippine-American War | Acts of Sedition | 4
Philippine-American War | A Howling Wilderness | 3
Philippine-American War | Under the Free Flag | 2
Philippine-American War | Into the Jaws of a Dragon | 1
Traitors | Accomplice or Martyr | 5
Traitors | Nightmover | 4
Traitors | The Atomic Spies | 3
Traitors | The Widow and the Assassin | 2
Traitors | Treason of the Blackest Dye | 1
Roaring Twenties | Anxious Decade | 5
Roaring Twenties | The Great Crash | 4
Roaring Twenties | How the Money Rolls In | 3
Roaring Twenties | The Age of Jazz | 2
Roaring Twenties | Rise of the Radicals | 1
Encore: National Parks | Fire and Ice | 6
Encore: National Parks | Playgrounds of the People | 5
Encore: National Parks | The Great Disaster | 4
Encore: National Parks | Rough Rider | 3
Encore: National Parks | Calling in the Cavalry | 2
Encore: National Parks | The Business of Nature | 1
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | Passing the Torch | 4
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | The Home Stretch | 3
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | Let the Games Begin | 2
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | A Tale of Two Cities | 1
Lost Colony of Roanoke | Searching for Traces | 3
Lost Colony of Roanoke | The Vanishing | 2
Lost Colony of Roanoke | In the Name of the Queen | 1
The Walker Affair | The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny | 1
Encore: Tulsa Race Massacre | Bearing Witness | 5
Encore: Tulsa Race Massacre | Rebirth | 4
Encore: Tulsa Race Massacre | The Invasion | 3
Encore: Tulsa Race Massacre | The Powder Keg | 2
Encore: Tulsa Race Massacre | The Promised Land | 1
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper | The Man in Row 18 | 1
Bleeding Kansas | The Man Who Sparked the Civil War | 5
Bleeding Kansas | His Soul Goes Marching On | 4
Bleeding Kansas | The Raid on Harpers Ferry | 3
Bleeding Kansas | The Pottawatomie Massacre | 2
Bleeding Kansas | John Brown's Crusade | 1
America's Monuments | The Trouble With Confederate Statues | 7
America's Monuments | 58,000 Names | 6
America's Monuments | The Mansion of the King | 5
America's Monuments | The Longest Bridge | 4
America's Monuments | Four Faces | 3
America’s Monuments | A Passage Through Panama | 2
America’s Monuments | The Colossus of New York Harbor | 1
Great Chicago Fire | Out of the Ashes | 4
Great Chicago Fire | The Great Rebuilding | 3
Great Chicago Fire | Fleeing the Flames | 2
Great Chicago Fire | We Are Going to Have a Burn | 1
Presidential Inaugurations: Traditions, Crisis, and Unity | 1
Coal Wars | Charles Keeney on Restoring His Great Grandfather’s Legacy | 5
Coal Wars | The Battle of Blair Mountain | 4
Coal Wars | Bloody Mingo | 3
Coal Wars | The Matewan Massacre | 2
Coal Wars | The Most Dangerous Woman in America | 1
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Outsize Power of the Supreme Court Today | 8
Supreme Court Landmarks | Jane Roe | 7
Supreme Court Landmarks | A Recount in Florida | 6
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Warren Court | 5
Supreme Court Landmarks | Loaded Weapon | 4
Supreme Court Landmarks | Separate and Unequal | 3
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Cherokee Cases | 2
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Predicament of John Marshall | 1
Encore: Political Parties | The Reagan Revolution | 6
Encore: Political Parties | The New Deal Coalition | 5
Encore: Political Parties | The Golden Age of the GOP | 4
Encore: Political Parties | The Turbulent 1850s | 3
Encore: Political Parties | Jacksonian Democracy | 2
Encore: Political Parties | A Tale of Two Parties | 1
The Gilded Age | What America Failed to Learn from the Gilded Age | 7
The Gilded Age | Cross of Gold | 6
The Gilded Age | Workers Revolt! | 5
The Gilded Age | Exclusion | 4
The Gilded Age | How the Other Half Lives | 3
The Gilded Age | Rise of the Robber Barons | 2
The Gilded Age | Carnival of Corruption | 1
Stonewall | Eric Marcus Remembers the Voices of Stonewall | 5
Stonewall | Pride | 4
Stonewall | Why Don’t You Do Something? | 3
Stonewall | Turbulence | 2
Stonewall | Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary | 1
Encore: The Space Race | Photo Finish | 4
Encore: The Space Race | Taking the Lead | 3
Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
Encore: The Space Race | Starting Gun | 1
The WWII Home Front | United We Win | 2
The WWII Home Front - Arsenal of Democracy | 1
Rebellion in the Early Republic - How Early American Revolts Shaped Today’s Protests | 7
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Nat Turner’s Rebellion | 6
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Gabriel’s Rebellion | 5
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Crisis in the West | 4
Rebellion in the Early Republic - The Whiskey Rebellion | 3
Rebellion in the Early Republic - A Constitution Shaped by Revolt | 2
Rebellion in the Early Republic - Farmer Uprising | 1
Encore: What We Learned from Fighting the Spanish Flu | 1
Tulsa Race Massacre Update: Excavating Mass Graves | 7
California Water Wars - Los Angeles and the Future of Water | 6
California Water Wars - Collapse | 5
California Water Wars - We Who Are About to Die Salute You | 4
California Water Wars - “There It Is—Take It” | 3
California Water Wars - Building the Dream | 2
California Water Wars - A River in the Desert | 1
Kentucky Blood Feud - The Revenge of Bad Tom Baker | 2
Kentucky Blood Feud - The Murder of Daniel Bates | 1
The Legacy of The Triangle Fire | 5
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - In America They Don’t Let You Burn | 4
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Sixteen Minutes | 3
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Revolt of the Girls | 2
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Wildcat | 1
Dutch Manhattan - The Dutch Influence Today | 7
Dutch Manhattan - New York | 6
Dutch Manhattan - The One-Legged Soldier | 5
Dutch Manhattan - The Sheriff Comes to Town | 4
Dutch Manhattan - Pirates and Prostitutes | 3
Dutch Manhattan - Buying Manhattan | 2
Dutch Manhattan - Henry Hudson’s Big Mistake | 1
Remembering Emmett Till | 7
The Bastard Brigade - Showdown in the Alps | 6
The Bastard Brigade - The Most Wanted Men | 5
The Bastard Brigade - The Strangest Man | 4
The Bastard Brigade - The Kennedy Curse | 3
The Bastard Brigade - The Juice | 2
The Bastard Brigade - The Accidental A-Bomb | 1
The Statue of Liberty | 6
Tulsa Race Massacre - Legacy and Lessons | 5
Tulsa Race Massacre - Rebirth | 4
Tulsa Race Massacre - The Invasion | 3
Tulsa Race Massacre - The Powder Keg | 2
Tulsa Race Massacre - The Promised Land | 1
Sponsored | American Epidemics - Dark Days In Dallas | 2
Sponsored | American Epidemics - The Great Pandemic | 1
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Humanizing History with David McCullough | 7
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Citizens Resistance | 6
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Black Bag Job | 5
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Controlling the Message | 4
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - The Bobby Sox Bandit Queen | 3
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Giant Among G-Men | 2
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - The Department of Easy Virtues | 1
America's Anthem | 7
The Great Depression - Justice and Infamy | 6
The Great Depression - Progress and Pushback | 5
The Great Depression - Dust | 4
The Great Depression - A New Deal | 3
The Great Depression - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime | 2
The Great Depression - The Crash | 1
Does History Repeat Itself? | 4
The 1968 Chicago Protests - I Regret Nothing | 3
The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Trial of the Chicago 8 | 2
The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Battle of Michigan Avenue | 1
1865 versus 2018 and Why History Matters | 7
Political Parties - The Reagan Revolution | 6
Political Parties - The New Deal Coalition | 5
Political Parties - The Golden Age of the GOP | 4
Political Parties - The Turbulent 1850s | 3
Political Parties - Jacksonian Democracy | 2
Political Parties - A Tale of Two Parties | 1
History of the Lincoln Motor Company
Civil Rights - Interview with Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely | 7
Civil Rights - The Unfinished Journey | 6
Civil Rights - On The March | 5
Civil Rights - Prairie Fire | 4
Civil Rights - Jim Crow Fights Back | 3
Civil Rights - Strides Towards Freedom | 2
Civil Rights - New World A’Comin | 1
National Parks - Interview with Parks Superintendent Greg Dudgeon | 7
National Parks - Fire and Ice | 6
National Parks - Playgrounds of the People | 5
National Parks - The Great Disaster | 4
National Parks - Rough Rider | 3
National Parks - Calling In The Cavalry | 2
National Parks - The Business of Nature | 1
Revolution | Interview with Author Russell Shorto | 7
Revolution | The Populist | 6
Revolution | The Free Man | 5
Revolution | The Independent Woman | 4
Revolution | The Iroquois Diplomat | 3
Revolution | The Empire Builder | 2
Revolution | The Virginia Planter | 1
Hearst vs Pulitzer | The Headless Torso | 2
The Space Race| Photo Finish | 4
The Space Race | Taking the Lead | 3
The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
The Space Race | Starting Gun | 1
History Through Innovation | Interview with Steven Johnson | 7
The Age of Jackson | Manifest Destiny | 6
The Age of Jackson | The Little Magician | 5
The Age of Jackson | Great White Father | 4
The Age of Jackson | King Mob | 3
The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings | 2
The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns | 1
Prohibition | Interview with Lillian Cunningham | 7
Prohibition - We Want Beer | 6
Prohibition - Down and Out | 5
Prohibition - Poisoning the Well | 4
Prohibition - Speakeasy | 3
Prohibition - Drying Out | 2
Prohibition - Closing Time | 1
The Cold War - Interview with Audra Wolfe and Patrick Wyman | 7
The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6
The Cold War - The Long 1960s | 5
The Cold War - The Nature of Risk | 4
The Cold War - Nuclear Fear | 3
The Cold War - Hearts and Minds | 2
The Cold War - An Ideological War | 1