If you're anxious for more real dictators, you're in luck.

Season 3 will launch on November 17th, but you can listen to more history right now today.

And every day, high-im Lindsay Graham, host of History Daily, the newest podcast from Noiser.

Every weekday, we'll bring you a slice of the history that happened on that day.

To give you a taste, here's the very first episode.

While it's playing, be sure to search for and follow History Daily.

It's November 1st, 1800. Construction is underway in a small bus lane town on the banks of the Potomac River.

The sound of industry echoes through the surrounding woodland, sending a flock of

startled birds spiraling up into the bright autumn sky. This 10-square mile patch of land has been

chosen as the site of the nation's capital, and named after its first president, Washington.

Nine years ago, when City Planners first surveyed this site, it was a mosquito-infested swamp.

Now, it is the epicenter of the great American experiment.

Among the scaffolding and empty plots, one building catches the eye.

It's a large and imposing mansion built out of a distinctive pale sandstone.

Until this morning, it, too, has been under construction.

But now it's ready to serve its intended purpose.

A portly red-faced man in a double-breasted tailcoat wheezes as he climbs the front steps.

He rubs his lower back and scales.

Since June, this man has been staying in a nearby tavern awaiting the completion of this

his new home. He is glad to be finally rid of the lumpy cotton tavern mattress,

not to mention the noise and smoke. When he reaches the top of the stairs, a man

serve in hands in a rot iron key. He nods and thanks, and approaches the imposing double doors.

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