History That Doesn't Suck
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Episodes (232)
26: Peace in Ghent, War in New Orleans
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25: From Lake Champlain to the “Defense of Fort M’Henry”
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24: From Granny to Old Ironsides: The Campaigns of 1812 and 1813.
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23: Prelude to America's Forgotten War
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22: An Affair of Honor: Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr
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21: Thomas Jefferson Presents: Lewis & Clark’s Excellent Expedition
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20: "A Wolf by the Ears": Gabriel Rebels and Cotton Becomes King
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19: The Traitor and The Thieving Spy: The Start of American Industrialization
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18: Affairs! Foreign and ..."Domestic"
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Historians (of The) Roundtable: I
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17: Death of a Nation's Father
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16: The Founding Fractures: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
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Epilogue To The Revolution; Or The Big Stuff You Should’ve Caught
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Q&A with The HTDS Team
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15: “We the People:” Constitution Making in Philly
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Second Edition Episodes: A Discussion
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14: Peace in Paris; Turmoil in New York
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13: The World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown
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12: An American Judas Betrays & Nathanael Greene Saves!
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11: Southern Discomfort: Savannah & Charleston Captured, Slavery, Massacres, & 1...
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10: Dueling, Life Sucks at Valley Forge, von Steuben's Cool & the Battle of Monm...
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9: (Almost) Everything Important in 1777--Saratoga, Lafayette & George Returns G...
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Christmas Special: George Wishes Some Hessians a Merry F’ing Christmas
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8: From Independence to NY (meeting A. Ham, Nathan Hale & Charles Lee is a Sneak...
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7: An Olive Branch Rejected, Tom's a Royal Pain(e), & the Siege of Boston
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6: "The Shot Heard Round the World"
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5: "Delenda est Bostonia:" a Congress, Paul Rides, & the First Shot at Lexington
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4: "Boston Harbor A Tea-Pot This Night:" The Boston Tea Party
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3: "Clean My Sh*t House!" The Boston Massacre
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2: Patrick Henry and Boston Get Pissed about Taxes
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1: That One Time When George Washington Sort of Triggered an International War
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0: Preamble
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