Join us for the first in a two-part series about a uniquely American religion, the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, or Mormonism. In this episode we discuss the origins of the religion and the competing threads of official church history, non-official folklore, personal accounts, and governmental records and interactions to construct a more complete picture of how this religion developed.
Hilary and Geoff begin a two-part series on major issues in the history of the "American West." What does that term mean? How has...
Shays's Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion are two conflicts during the Early Republic that you may have only heard of in passing. Today Hilary...
We continue our discussion of the American West. Specifically, we talk about violence, federal authority, and the status of indigenous people in the Trans-Mississippi...