263 Episodes

  1. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Published: 11/28/2022

  2. The First Thanksgiving

    Published: 11/24/2022

  3. Ronald Reagan: The Peacemaker

    Published: 11/21/2022

  4. Who Really Invented the Light Bulb?

    Published: 11/17/2022

  5. The Whiskey Rebellion

    Published: 11/14/2022

  6. African Americans in WW2

    Published: 11/10/2022

  7. The Race for the North Pole

    Published: 11/7/2022

  8. Becoming FDR

    Published: 11/3/2022

  9. Sleepy Hollow & the Haunted Hudson

    Published: 10/31/2022

  10. America's Psychedelic '60s: Timothy Leary and LSD

    Published: 10/27/2022

  11. The Oregon Trail

    Published: 10/24/2022

  12. CIA: The History

    Published: 10/20/2022

  13. The US Marines' Pacific War

    Published: 10/17/2022

  14. Edward Rulloff: The Gilded Age Hannibal Lecter

    Published: 10/13/2022

  15. Cuban Missile Crisis

    Published: 10/10/2022

  16. Central Park: What Lies Beneath

    Published: 10/6/2022

  17. Pontiac's Rebellion

    Published: 10/3/2022

  18. Battle of Midway

    Published: 9/29/2022

  19. Hollywood Blacklist

    Published: 9/26/2022

  20. Declaration of Independence

    Published: 9/22/2022

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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 dark 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. Brought to you by History Hit, the award-winning podcast network and world’s best history channel on demand, featuring shows like Dan Snow’s History Hit, Not Just The Tudors and Betwixt the Sheets.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.