Welcome to the American History Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1, Introduction.

Welcome to the American History Podcast, hosted by Sean Worswick. Hello and welcome to season three of the show.

And before we get started, I'd just like to invite you to follow me on Twitter.

The handle is At American Hiscast.

Head over to the website and sign up for the mailing list so you can get the show updates.

You're going to also find a bibliography of the sources that I've used to create the episodes this season.

Although it's not up right now, it should be by the time this episode actually airs.

And finally, if you have any questions or comments, you can email me.

The address is Sean at the American History Podcast.com.

Okay, now, season three covers the populace, the progressives, and the Great Depression.

Thus, the title, Season 3, the populace, the progressives, and the Great Depression.

Essentially, we're going to be covering U.S. history from the late 1800s through the late 1930s,

with a particular focus on the 1920s and 30s, certainly the Great Depression and the New Deal.

In this season, you can expect to not only learn the history of the era, but a bit of the economics as well.

Now, the reason for this latter effort on my part to teach some economics is not because of my great love for economics, although I do find it interesting and do actually like it.

But it is because, in my estimation, that you really cannot understand this era without it.

Now, after season three, we will continue on with season four, which will cover the United States and World War II, focusing mostly on the war in the Pacific.

And then if everything goes as planned, season five will cover the Vietnam War.

Now, that's going to be enough episodes to take us forward probably for about the next 60 years or so,

assuming that you're still listening in six years and I'm still doing this at that point.

You guys haven't gotten tired of me and just stopped listening completely.

All right.

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