Historyfeels: The Podcast

On an April night in 1775 hundreds of British troops were been rallied for the express purpose of bringing to justice a pair of revolutionaries that had set the entire city of Boston on fire -   Samuel Adams and John Hancock. 

These men were the architects of an almost three year long crisis that had driven the citizens of Boston into outright rebellion against their colonial masters, leading the charge in what would soon become the American Revolution. 

In our episode this week we’ll honor the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party which just passed on December 16th, by looking at the story of how the spark of rebellion began in Boston and how the secret work of Adams, Hancock, and the Sons of Liberty culminated in a moment where the destruction of a common man’s beverage became a symbol of outright rebellion against the most powerful Empire on earth. 

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This week we’ll complete the trajectory of Napoleon’s rise to power, focusing not as much on his military might but instead on his political savvy that culminated in his personal rubicon moment, where he took on the Revolutionary Government itself in a coup attempt that came within a hair's width of complete failure. 

All the while, as the intentions of the young General from Corsica became increasingly clear, a choice faced the leaders of the French Republic was this - when you have to stop a man with seemingly limitless ambition and all the support of the mob on his side, is there any price that is not worth paying, even if the cost is paid in blood? 

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In the 19th century there was one man who disrupted the political order of Europe in a way that nobody had since the days of Julius Caesar - Napoleon Bonaparte. The French General turned self declared Emperor emerged at a time when the once promising French revolution had fallen into chaos and bloodshed. But Napoleon took the seeds of the revolution and transformed them into a new political order that turned Europe on its head. In the process Napoleon would find himself battling the kings and rulers of the old system in not just one, but seven different wars designed to reign in his influence on the continent. 

Over the next few weeks we are also going to look at Napoleon Bonaparte from a few different viewpoints - as a general, a politician, and finally as a simple human being whose personal life and emotions sometimes won out over his greater abilities. All of these complexities together are needed to get the picture of the man who set the world of Europe on fire, and also might have saved it at the same time. 

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In 1952 in the city of Springfield, Illinois a young college student made a discovery of something that was not supposed to exist. He uncovered the only photo of Abraham Lincoln in his coffin, which was supposed to have been destroyed decades before. 

In this week's episode we will look at the dramatic history behind the photo, the story of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train which took the fascinating 1,6000 mile long trip carrying Lincoln’s body from Washington D.C. to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois. 

Over these many mile which made up the last days of Lincoln’s public life, the deceased President would pull off one final political miracle, turning his death into a collective cry for reconciliation across the entire nation.

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Happy Halloween. Our story this week centers around the question of how one ends a Witch Hunt.

In the case of the Salem Witch Trials, the cost of ending the hysteria would come through simple tactics by a few courageous men. It would cost these men dearly, but it ultimately revealed the true hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials and it would be made clear for all the members of the Massachusetts Colony to see.

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In our episode this week, the first of a two part series, we are going to dive into one of Colonial America's most shocking and shameful histories, the Salem Withc Trials. We will show how the origin and progression of the Salem Witch Trials involved a variety of influences and factors that often aren’t considered in the traditional way we explain the event. 

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In the second part of our series on Amelia Earhart's life, legacy, and mysterious disappearance we are going to look at the final years of her famed career as an aviator. As she mastered the craft of long distance flying she smashed records and broke barriers at every turn. 

But every achievement pushed her forward to that final great adventure which she would never return home from, her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. In this episode we’ll tackle the mysterious question of what happened to Earhart on her final flight over the Pacific. 

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In this week's episode, the first of a two part series, we are going to look at Amelia Earhart, the amazing heights she reached prior to her tragic last flight, and the courage and determination she showed in the face of some astounding challenges.

Everything Amelia Earhart achieved seemed to be pushing her to those final moments, circling the sky in search of Howland Island, and the mystery that was born out of them. The question these last moments raise is one that people have been asking since the first hour of her disappearance, what happened to Amelia Earhart?

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This is the second episode of a two part seires on the end of the Viking Age. In this story we dive head first into the conflict between two rulers, Sweyn Forkbeard of the Danes and the Saxon King Ethelred as they battle for control of England. 

While one of these leaders is remembered by history as a feirce warrior ahd shrewed poltical actor, the other is considered an abject failure. But great men are not the only ones who turn the gears of history. In this case, the failures of Ethelred managed to become at least partially responsible for one of the ideas we hold most sacred in our world today.

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One important sources used in this weeks episode: 

This is the first episode of a two part series that moves quickly to the end of the Viking age. The center of our story is on the conflict between two groups of fierce warriors, the Danes and the Anglo-Saxons, over control of the island of Britain.

In our first episode we are going to look at how the established Viking culture changed and shifted due to its interaction with a new force on the world stage, Christianity. In the process the groundwork was laid for a new Empire that turned its eyes south to try and conquer a very lucrative target, Saxon England. 

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Two important sources used in this weeks episode: 

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Viking’s by Neil Price

The Anglo-Saxons : a history of the beginnings of England 400-1066  by Marc Morris