Historical Controversies
In Historical Controversies, Mises Institute scholar Chris Calton debunks the history you may have learned in school. Armed with facts, theory, and a Rothbardian appreciation for historical narrative, Calton enlightens and entertains in a podcast that has something to offer all audiences.See the podcast's updated Corrections and Qualifications page.See also Chris Calton's Bibliographic Essays (PDF): Season 1, History of the War on Drugs (Mises.org/EC1Bib) and Season 2: Antebellum United States (...
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Episodes (187)
The Bombardment of Fort Sumter
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The Crisis at Fort Sumter
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Forming the Confederate Government
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The Corwin Amendment
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South Carolina Stands Alone
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Introduction to the Civil War
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Secession: The First Wave
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The Election of 1860
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Harpers Ferry, Part 3: The Defeat
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Harpers Ferry, Part 2: The Attack
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Harpers Ferry, Part 1: The Plan
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 6: William Walker vs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 5: President William Walker
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 4: War in Nicaragua
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 3: The Republic of Nicaragua
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 2: Nicaragua Conquered
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Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 1: William Walker’s First Failure
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Filibuster in Cuba, Part 2
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Filibuster in Cuba, Part 1
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Free State Kansas
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Dred Scott
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The Election of 1856: A Victorious Defeat
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The Pottawatomie Massacre
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Kansas Bleeds
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America's First Civil War
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The Jerry Rescue, Uncle Tom, and Anthony Burns
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The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War
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Nationalized Slavery: The Fugitive Slave Law
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California Gold and Clay's Compromise
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The March to America's Civil War
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America's Prison Population Bomb
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Crack Babies, the Contras, and the CIA
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Just Say No: Reagan Militarizes the War on Drugs
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Yellow Journalism and Cheech and Chong: Drug Policy in the 70s
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Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
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Then Came Nixon
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A Bad Trip: The US Government and LSD
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The Great Depression, Jazz, and Harry Anslinger: The War on Drugs Before Nixon
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Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine
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The Milk of the Poppy
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The Attack on Marijuana During the 1930s
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The Roots of Drug Prohibition in America
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