A History of the United States

This week we continue the Lewis and Clark expedition! They continue moving north, and have a confrontation with the Lakota Sioux.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2026

This week we get the Lewis and Clark expedition underway! They travel from the Mississippi to the territory of the Lakota.

Transcribed - Published: 26 April 2026

This week we explore why the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place.

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2026

This week the French disaster in Haiti leads to a massive opportunity for Jefferson as we cover the Louisiana Purchase.

Transcribed - Published: 15 February 2026

This week we restart the narrative. Continuing our discussion about slavery from last time, we move to the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint Louverture.

Transcribed - Published: 18 January 2026

This week we have our final episode in the narrative pause. We discuss slavery. We discuss anti-slavery. And we discuss why anti-slavery didn't work.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2025

This week we look at women's rights in the early republic, focusing in on the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792.

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2025

This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.

Transcribed - Published: 12 October 2025

This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.

Transcribed - Published: 21 September 2025

This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.

Transcribed - Published: 31 August 2025

This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.

Transcribed - Published: 3 August 2025

This week we explore the Judiciary. We look at the relationship Americans of the Early Republic had with Judges, taking the story up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2025

This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.

Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2025

This week we explore violence in the early American Republic. We look at factors which may have contributed to rising violence, such as alcoholism, and how this manifested across the nation.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2025

This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".

Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2025

This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.

Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2025

This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.

Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2025

This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2024

This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2024

This week we cover the our last topic of the Washington administration, Citizen Genet and the issue of neutrality.

Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2024

This week we examine the Democratic-Republicans as they start to become a more powerful group, asking what was the ideology that held them together.

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2024

This week we examine the early 'Republican Interest' in its battles with the Federalist government, exploring how Hamilton and Jefferson argued while Washington tried to hold his administration together.

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2024

This week we turn to the growing political fragmentation during the Washington Administration. We discuss how Madison's opinions changed over time, how he became more distant from Hamilton, and ultimately formed a close friendship with Thomas Jefferson.

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2024

This week we finish looking at the westward migration of the early 1790s, finishing off with the Northwest Indian War.

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2024

This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on Federal interactions with Indians. We look at the Treaty of New York, and how this was undone by the Yazoo Companies.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2024

This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on the Federal Government's attempt to manage it. We then look at Cooperstown, one of the success stories of the 1790s.

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2024

This week we cover the life of Daniel Boone, one of the early pioneers and folk heroes.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2024

This week, the Whiskey Rebellion comes to a close.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2024

This week, the rebels march on Pittsburgh and Washington issues a warning.

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2023

This week, we cover the outbreak of the Whiskey Rebellion in the summer of 1794.

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2023

This week, we watch tensions rise over 1793 and 1794, complicated by Yellow Fever.

Transcribed - Published: 3 September 2023

This week, Hamilton looks to raise revenues through a Whiskey Tax, which swiftly starts to go wrong.

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2023

This week we turn our attention to the western frontier as we explore the origins of the whiskey rebellion.

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2023

This week we follow Hamilton's battle to get his four point financial plan approved.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2023

Explainer why there have been no episodes lately.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2023

This week we cover the creation of the initial federal departments, focusing in particular on the treasury and the idea of national debt.

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2023

This week we explore the creation of the Bill of Rights, discussing how and why they took the form they did.

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2023

This week we introduce Congress as the House and Senate get to work. We also look at Washington's attempts to establish the right tone for the Presidency.

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2022

This week we conclude a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2022

This week we begin a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2022

This week we look at the ratification process for the constitution as the Federalists and Antifederalists fought a war of words across the country.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2022

The Constitution.

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2022

This week the Constitutional Convention wraps up as we cover the final debates - the power of Congress, the election of the President, trade and slavery. I also discuss my new book.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2022

This week the Constitutional Convention continues as the small states propose the New Jersey Plan, before eventually the Connecticut Compromise is reached.

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2022

This week the Constitutional Convention begins with Madison proposing The Virginia Plan.

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2022

This week we begin discussions of the 1787 Constitutional Convention by introducing the Delegates.

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2022

Quick update on my writers block around the constitutional convention.

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2022

This week we catch up with Alexander Hamilton, introduce James Madison, and cover the beginnings of the Federalist movement up to the Annapolis Convention of 1786.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2022