This is the third in a series of eight episodes regarding America's seventh President, Andrew Jackson.  This episode explores the origins of Old Hickory's hero status via the hero's journey.  Picking up the events at the end of the Creek war, Jackson is summoned to fight his old Revolutionary foe, the British in the War of 1812.  In addition, to Jackson's success at the Battle of New Orleans, we dive into the causes and major events in the second war of Independence. 

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This is the second in a series of eight episodes regarding America's seventh President, Andrew Jackson.  This episode explores the making of 'Old Hickory,' as he will jump from a duel (with the bullets still residing inside of him) to the Creek War.  It is here, besides his Cherokee allies, that the legend of Andrew Jackson goes mainstream. It is also here where starvation, war crimes, and the British threaten to unravel his hopes and dreams for his young nation.

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the first in a series of eight episodes regarding America's seventh President, Andrew Jackson.  Serving as the introduction to his life, this episode dives into the nature vs nurture debate in an attempt to explain the duel-loving man that Jackson became.  From an impoverished birth to his capture at the hands of the British during the revolutionary war, Andrew Jackson was fighting for his place in this world.  From the classroom to the courthouse, Jackson looked for where he fit in society.  It was in Nashville, in the arms of a married woman that he finally found peace. 

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the second and final episode in a series regarding mysteries surrounding the afterlife.  This episode focuses on unexplained stories related to the beyond (from a historical perspective).  Included are stories of exorcisms, eucharistic miracles, and ghosts.  As well as a dedicated section to revenants, medieval corpses that rose from their graves in the dark of the night.

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the first in a series of two episodes regarding mysteries surrounding the afterlife.  This episode focuses on humanities interpretation of what happens after we die.  By drawing from secular societies as well as the major faiths of the world we can see the gradual shifts that have occurred regarding our understanding of heaven and hell. 

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the fourth and final episode in a series regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia.  This episode focuses on America's relationship with migrants from neighboring Mexico.  Specifically it dives into the push and pull factors, the effectiveness of a border wall, as well as shocking moments from our past and present including 'operation wetback' and our current deportation policies.

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the third in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia.  It explores America's antisemitic views that limited actions that would have saved thousands, if not tens of thousands of Jews escaping Nazi persecution.  Although antisemitism is the world's oldest hatred, this episode will purely focus on the period and events that relate to the Holocaust.

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the second in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia.  It explores America's historical fear of Chinese migrants.  Join us to find out the pull and push factors that led to a massive increase in Chinese-Americans, the history of Angel Island immigration center, the origins of the dreaded 1924 Immigration Act, and the "Tacoma Method" used to eradicate Chinese immigrants from coastal cities. 

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

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This is the first in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia.  This first episode exams the discrimination that white Europeans experienced as they attempted to assimilate to their new nation's culture.  Germans, Irish, and Italians receive special focus as each deals with the nativist backlash as they attempted to "prove" their whiteness.  The rise of the Know Nothings and the creation of the pseudo-scientific eugenics movement serve as inspiration for the rising Nazi movement in Germany.

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This is the sixth and final episode in a series regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  Our story's protagonist has beaten two treason trials, but fears being jailed due to a misdemeanor.  Fleeing to England, he connects with Utilitarian thinker Jeremy Bentham while hatching new plans to restart his treasonist filibuster against Mexico.  Along the way, he finds love, purpose, and a whole lot of prostitutes!

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If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users.

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Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May.

Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound