Episode 19: The Lexington Green
Some trigger-happy fool kicks off the war.
Apr 19, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 19
Today in the History of Freedom
A collection of stories about the advances and retreats of freedom through human history.
Episodes
Episode 18: Paul Revere's Ride
Listen, my children, and you will absolutely hear.
Apr 18, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 18
Episode 17: Lochner v New York
A baker's dozen of rights, please.
Apr 17, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 17
Episode 16: The Letter from Birmingham Jail
Time waits for no man, and neither does King.
Apr 16, 2023•5 min•Season 16Ep. 16
Episode 15: General Hu Yao Bang
The countdown to the square clicks on.
Apr 15, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 15
Episode 14: Cato, A Tragedy
Cato, a wildly popular hit.
Apr 14, 2023•4 min•Season 16Ep. 14
Episode 13: Thomas Jefferson
Son of Jeff becomes Founding Father.
Apr 13, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 13
Episode 12: The Halifax Resolves
One colony gets the jump on resolving.
Apr 12, 2023•2 min•Season 16Ep. 12
Episode 10: Loving v Virginia
Turns out, Virginia is not for lovers!
Apr 10, 2023•4 min•Season 16Ep. 10
Episode 9: Marian Anderson
A new voice joins the chorus of liberty.
Apr 09, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 9
Episode 8: The Emergency Relief Appropriations Act
It was neither emergency, nor appropriate.
Apr 08, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 8
Episode 7: Married Woman's Property Act
Women take a chance on having property rather than being it.
Apr 07, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 7
Episode 6: Gandhi and the Salt
When they called him salt of the earth, they weren't kidding.
Apr 06, 2023•2 min•Season 16Ep. 6
Episode 5: H.L. Mencken
Critic of all, arrested.
Apr 05, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 5
Episode 4: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
The shot rings out, in a Memphis sky.
Apr 04, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 4
Episode 3: The Self-Denying Ordinance
Before there was self-loathing, there was this.
Apr 03, 2023•2 min•Season 16Ep. 3
Episode 2: Wilson's War
Woody is off to war.
Apr 02, 2023•3 min•Season 16Ep. 2
Episode 31: The 15th Amendment
The third in the trilogy isn't always the worst!
Mar 31, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 31
Episode 29: White Monday
Linen sales not involved.
Mar 29, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 29
Episode 28: Spanish Civil War
Spain gets a sneak peek on WWII.
Mar 28, 2023•3 min•Season 15Ep. 28
Episode 27: Proclamation No. 4
Dialing up despotism.
Mar 27, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 27
Episode 26: Taiwan
Little island has Big Trouble in China.
Mar 26, 2023•3 min•Season 15Ep. 26
Episode 25: Maryland
Mary's Land turns out to be everyone's land.
Mar 25, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 25
Episode 24: Proclamation No. 3
Nothing worth proclaiming.
Mar 24, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 24
Episode 23: Patrick Henry
You know the multiple choice quiz.
Mar 23, 2023•3 min•Season 15Ep. 23
Episode 22: Edmund Burke
An Englishman becomes a proponent of American rights.
Mar 22, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 22
Episode 21: Selma, Again
Round 2 goes to the underdogs.
Mar 21, 2023•2 min•Season 15Ep. 21
Episode 20: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Curiously, the cabin features very little.
Mar 20, 2023•3 min•Season 15Ep. 20
Episode 18: Rhode Island
An island of ideals on a mainland.
Mar 19, 2023•3 min•Season 15Ep. 18
Episode 17: The British Retreat
St. Patrick's Day in Boston sees a happy evacuation of the redcoats.
Mar 17, 2023•4 min•Season 15Ep. 17
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