Hidden History

Episode 79: In a culture where our founding fathers are revered as gods, what does it mean for our knowledge to be based on a lie? This episode explores monuments, both physical and cultural, as a means of propaganda, with special attention paid to Mt. Rushmore and the ever-popular musical, Hamilton.

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Episode 78: In 1917, thousands of Black Americans joined the Army in hopes that their sacrifices during World War One would guarantee them civil rights at home. The horrors of the Western Front would never prepare them for the terrors of the Red Summer.

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Episode 77: In Casco Bay, off the coast of Southern Maine, sits a tiny hunk of rock, and though it’s only .06 square miles, Malaga Island holds a terrible secret.

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Episode 76: A man was lynched yesterday in Palmdale, California. His name was Robert Fuller. This week’s episode is an angry examination of the murders of Robert Fuller, Chauvis Carter, sundown towns, police abolition, Southern Exceptionalism and the Troxler Fading.

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8:46- Dave Chappelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tR6mKcBbT4

Episode 75: America is ridden with terminal white supremacy. It pervades every aspect of our society, and leaves nothing untouched. Hidden History is committed to the destruction of white supremacy, the defunding of the police, and the struggle for justice.

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Episode 74: As protests envelop a failed nation, debased and poisoned by white supremacy, authoritarianism, and greed, we take a look at the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, a brutal white supremacist coup that overthrew the government of a North Carolina city.

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Episode 73: In a society where more and more pressure is placed on young people to attend top colleges, how does the college essay serve as a means for commodifying personal pain?

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Episode 72: In 1975 a senate committee chaired by Frank Church uncovered vast and terrifying abuses of the American public by the FBI, CIA, and NSA. From guns that can give the target a lethal heart attack three days later, to ruthless spying and assassinations of political opponents, it begs the age old question of who watches the watchmen.

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Church Committee Report: https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/contents/church/contents_church_reports.htm

Pike Committee Report: https://www.maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1918

Episode 71: In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast leaving death and destruction in its wake. Almost 15 years later, millions of people still live with the impact of the storm and the government's decision to simply let them drown.

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Further Reading: https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity

Episode 70: What do Jim Croce, Jimmy Carter, Fred Hampton, and Richard Nixon have in common? Anything? Am I just messing with you? That’s probably something I would do, but there’s only one way to find out.

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