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America, History

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today.

We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the hidden history that lies beneath Central Park.

From pre-colonial America to independence, slavery to civil rights, the gold rush to the space race, join Don as he speaks to leading experts to delve into America’s past.

New episodes every Monday and Thursday, from September 22nd.

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This episode includes music from Epidemic Sound.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi there. I'm Don Wildman and welcome to American history hit. Twice a week I'll be
0:07.1	investigating stories from America's past to help us understand the United States of
0:11.9	today.
0:13.2	Join me as I head back in time to witness Thomas Jefferson
0:16.2	write the Declaration of Independence.
0:18.8	Visit Chief Poetin as he prepares for war
0:21.4	with English colonists.
0:23.2	We'll be in court as Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft
0:27.1	alongside her husband in Salem.
0:29.4	And we'll be on the bloody battlefields of the Civil War.
0:33.2	We'll watch code breakers during the Battle of Midway.
0:36.0	Witness Walt Disney accused his former colleagues of being communists and see President
0:40.8	Nixon putting together his plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Vietnam.
0:45.0	We'll visit Central Park before it was Central Park,
0:49.0	and a city in Tennessee which helped build the atomic bomb.
0:54.0	From famous battlefields to secret cities,
0:56.8	from familiar names to lesser known events,
0:59.6	I'll speak with leading experts
1:01.1	from across the United States and beyond to bring American history to life.
1:05.0	That's one small man for man.
1:09.0	One scientist for man. And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
1:23.0	Look at me, look at my arm.
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