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Founding Son: John Quincy's America

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Did Jim Morrison's Dad Start the Vietnam War? [from American History Hotline]

July 03, 2026 8:47am 41 min

People are strange. But Jim Morrison is no stranger to conspiracy theories. And we've got a juicy one!  Well, we're in the history business (not the conspiracy business). So, this episode is all about the TRUTH behind Th...

How a Dog Talks: The Surprising Redemption of Comic Sans [from Very Special Episodes]

June 26, 2026 3:10am 36 min

Comic Sans is a punchline. A design crime. Cultural shorthand for bad taste. But the notorious font's legacy isn't one of failure. Because Comic Sans succeeded in ways its critics never saw coming. * Hosted by Dana Schwa...

Who Invented School? The Surprising History of Education in America [from American History Hotline]

June 24, 2026 1:27pm 42 min

Did Americans always send their children to public school? Not even close. In this episode of American History Hotline, Bob calls up historian and author Dixie Dillon Lane to explore the surprising history of education i...

Why Is Congress So Old? And How Can We Change This? [from American History Hotline]

June 11, 2026 7:58pm 34 min

The average age of a U.S. Representative is in the 50s. In the Senate, it's in the 60s. Many Congressional members are also white and wealthy. And this is not representative of the country as a whole. So, what's keeping ...

What Was Ellis Island Really Like? [from American History Hotline]

June 08, 2026 2:30am 25 min

What was it really like to come to America through Ellis Island? For millions of immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this little spit of land in New York Harbor was the gateway to a better future … IF t...

The Pequot War: Native American Diplomacy and Warfare [from American History Hotline]

June 08, 2026 2:15am 23 min

Maybe we can add another guarantee, besides "death" and "taxes" ... "trade wars."  In the early days of America, Native Nations were fighting over trade and power. And they saw the arrival of the Europeans as a tool to d...

The Other James Bond [from Very Special Episodes]

May 28, 2026 2:20am 50 min

When Ian Fleming needed a name for the secret agent at the center of his new novel, he stole one from the cover of a birdwatching book. The real James Bond wasn’t a martini-drinking spy, but a shy American ornithologist ...

Did JFK Really Save a Man's Life? [from American History Hotline]

May 24, 2026 11:18am 41 min

You can't spell "hero" without JFK. Ok, so you can. But that doesn't take away from the fact that a young John F. Kennedy saved a man's life in WWII — a war he wasn't even supposed to be in! Bob calls up Alexis Coe, New ...

Is it Time for a Third Party? [from American History Hotline]

May 24, 2026 11:16am 39 min

Are our two main political parties so toxic that a third party may soon takeover American politics? Don't count on it. We'll dive into why right now is the opportune time for a third party to rise to power ... and why th...

The Mysterious Death of Andy the Sneaker-Wearing Goose [from VSE]

May 21, 2026 8:40am 38 min

Gene Fleming and his pet goose Andy made headlines around the world. They brought out the best in the people of Hastings, Nebraska. But amid all this attention, Andy also brought out the worst. And three decades later, A...

New Podcast Alert! The World Needs Free Therapy (meet Ben and Kevin)

May 14, 2026 9:38am 29 min

Introducing Free Therapy. We're Ben and Kevin. Best friends of 15 years.  Every week, we sit down with a different expert therapist to unpack the stuff most guys struggle with but nobody says out loud. Dating. Relationsh...

The Family Who Vanished Into Siberia for Over 40 Years [from Very Special Episodes]

May 10, 2026 3:15am 50 min

In 1978, Soviet geologists flying over Siberia spotted something impossible: a family living in total isolation, untouched for decades by the modern world. But when outsiders finally reached their remote cabin, the famil...

Did Thomas Jefferson Steal the Declaration of Independence? [from American History Hotline]

May 09, 2026 9:40am 25 min

Good artists borrow, great artists steal. Apparently, Thomas Jefferson got the memo. It turns out some North Carolinians penned their own Declaration of Independence nearly a year before TJ scribed his.  So, if Thomas Je...

The Real Story of Disney's "Newsies" [from American History Hotline]

May 04, 2026 10:20am 32 min

You may have seen it on Broadway ... or maybe your high school gym. The Tony Award-winning musical Newsies is a favorite for school productions because the story centers around newspaper-hawking kids who stand up to tita...

Mary Had a Little Typhoid [from American History Hotline]

April 19, 2026 2:10am 39 min

And everywhere that Mary went, the typhoid was sure to go.  The story of Mary Mallon (AKA Typhoid Mary) is one we're living every day to a small degree: the balance between public safety and personal liberty. Luckily for...

John Quincy Adams: From President to Anti-Slavery Firebrand (Live in DC)

April 18, 2026 10:48am 33 min

John Quincy Adams may have been a failed one-term president, but he had one of the most amazing second acts in American political history. From the House of Representatives, he steered our new nation through one of its m...

Richard Nixon and the Magic Suitcase [from Very Special Episodes]

April 04, 2026 3:20am 44 min

In honor of April Fools' Day, Zaron Burnett digs into a persistent legend surrounding VSE regular Richard Nixon. With a little help from his pops, Zaron ventures into smoky clubs to unpack a bizarre tale of jazz, drugs, ...

The Constitution vs. Authoritarianism [from American History Hotline]

April 02, 2026 3:10pm 28 min

It can be scary to learn how much our democracy relies on norms and convention when the rule of law is put to the test. But, at least our Founding Fathers had an excellent understanding of authoritarianism when they draf...

10 Minutes to Live: Hawaii's Text Message Fiasco of 2018 [from Very Special Episodes]

March 26, 2026 4:15am 54 min

On a quiet morning in Hawaii, cell phones across the islands lit up with a text message that felt impossible — a ballistic missile was inbound, and this was not a drill. For 38 minutes, hundreds of thousands of people be...

The Galápagos Murders [from Very Special Episodes]

March 25, 2026 2:05am 43 min

In 1929, a pair of European lovers abandoned civilization for a remote island in the Galápagos. Their utopian experiment made headlines around the world. But within a few years, several residents had vanished or died und...

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