American History Hit

A podcast by History Hit

Categories:

History

230 Episodes

  1. Zionism in Texas

    Published: 7/8/2024

  2. What is Populism? From the Farmers' Alliance to Trump

    Published: 7/4/2024

  3. What Caused the American Revolution?

    Published: 6/30/2024

  4. President Benjamin Harrison: The President with a Petting Zoo

    Published: 6/27/2024

  5. The First Battle of the Civil War: Fort Sumter

    Published: 6/24/2024

  6. The Whiskey Rebellion: Tax Protest & Armed Resistance

    Published: 6/20/2024

  7. Presidential Pardons: Mormons, Conscientious Objectors & January 6th

    Published: 6/17/2024

  8. President Grover Cleveland: Honest to a Fault?

    Published: 6/13/2024

  9. The War on Crime: The 1930s and the New Deal

    Published: 6/9/2024

  10. America at D-Day

    Published: 6/6/2024

  11. Communism in America

    Published: 6/2/2024

  12. The History of Baseball

    Published: 5/29/2024

  13. The Battle of Okinawa

    Published: 5/27/2024

  14. President Chester A. Arthur: Redemption in Office?

    Published: 5/23/2024

  15. The Real Hamilton: An American Myth?

    Published: 5/19/2024

  16. American Castaways: Treachery & Survival in the Falklands

    Published: 5/16/2024

  17. The Real Hamilton: Downfall, Duel & Death

    Published: 5/13/2024

  18. President James A. Garfield: Sex Cults & Assassination

    Published: 5/8/2024

  19. The Real Hamilton: Lover, Adulterer, Family Man?

    Published: 5/6/2024

  20. Teddy Roosevelt: The Making of the Rough Rider President

    Published: 5/2/2024

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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.