The Railsplitter: The Abraham Lincoln Podcast

This week we discuss the film, The Conspirator, in collaboration with Civil War Breakfast Club podcast. It was directed by Robert Redford and premiered in 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival (with a wider release in 2011.)

This week on the show we finish our discussion of the CNN Original Series "Lincoln: Divided We Stand" and mention a few news items as well.

On this week's show we discuss Lincoln's first Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, and the events that led to his "firing."

This week we discuss the first two episodes of the CNN Original Series "Lincoln: Divided We Stand".

This week we discuss books we read in 2020 and books we are looking forward to (that are being published in 2021).

This week we discuss the attack on the US Capitol and how it connects back to Lincoln and the Civil War.

It's time for our annual Holiday episode! We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season and wish all of our listeners the very best in 2021.

We discuss the transition of power between Buchanan & Lincoln which was undoubtedly a challenging one.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We had some issues with mics during this episode so the sound quality isn't as good as I would have liked it to be. I'll work on correcting this for the next episode.

"..of the people, by the people..."

This week we discuss the Gettysburg Address on its 157th anniversary.

This week we are focused on the election and apply what we have learned about Lincoln and how it relates to 2020.