Episode 200 - The Louisiana Purchase
This week the French disaster in Haiti leads to a massive opportunity for Jefferson as we cover the Louisiana Purchase.
Feb 15, 2026•13 min
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Episode 199 - Black Spartacus
This week we restart the narrative. Continuing our discussion about slavery from last time, we move to the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint Louverture.
Jan 18, 2026•15 min
Episode 198 - Not Yet the Dawn
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.
Dec 18, 2025•18 min
Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal
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.
Oct 26, 2025•11 min
Episode 196 - Theologycast 4
This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.
Oct 12, 2025•15 min
Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education
This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.
Sep 21, 2025•11 min
Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations
This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.
Aug 31, 2025•12 min
Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges
This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.
Aug 03, 2025•16 min
Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers
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.
Jul 20, 2025•13 min
Episode 191 - How About This Weather?
This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.
Jun 22, 2025•18 min
Episode 190 - You looking at me?
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.
May 26, 2025•15 min
Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks
This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.
May 05, 2025•15 min
Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800
This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.
Apr 13, 2025•12 min
Episode 187 - The Election of 1800
This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".
Feb 23, 2025•15 min
Episode 186 - The Adams Army
This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.
Feb 09, 2025•14 min
Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.
Jan 19, 2025•15 min
Episode 184 - The Adams Administration
This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.
Dec 15, 2024•15 min
Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell
This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.
Nov 24, 2024•48 min
Episode 182 - Citizen Genet
This week we cover the our last topic of the Washington administration, Citizen Genet and the issue of neutrality.
Oct 27, 2024•16 min
Episode 181 - Democratic-Republican Ideology
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.
Aug 19, 2024•15 min
Episode 180 - Let's Get the Parties Started
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.
Jul 21, 2024•16 min
Episode 179 - Jefferson and Madison, Best Friends Forever
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.
Jun 23, 2024•13 min
Episode 178 - The Treaty of Greenville
This week we finish looking at the westward migration of the early 1790s, finishing off with the Northwest Indian War.
Jun 09, 2024•11 min
Episode 177 - Yazoo
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.
May 06, 2024•16 min
Episode 176 - Cooperstown
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.
Mar 24, 2024•14 min
Episode 175 - Daniel Boone
This week we cover the life of Daniel Boone, one of the early pioneers and folk heroes.
Feb 18, 2024•16 min
Episode 174 - End of the Bottle
This week, the Whiskey Rebellion comes to a close.
Feb 04, 2024•14 min
Episode 173 - The March on Pittsburgh
This week, the rebels march on Pittsburgh and Washington issues a warning.
Dec 31, 2023•15 min
Episode 172 - The Whiskey Rebellion
This week, we cover the outbreak of the Whiskey Rebellion in the summer of 1794.
Nov 12, 2023•14 min
Episode 171 - Philadelphia Fever
This week, we watch tensions rise over 1793 and 1794, complicated by Yellow Fever.
Sep 03, 2023•16 min
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