We talk about Abraham Lincoln's role in establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday.  We start with some banter about the recently passed anniversary of The Gettysburg Address and get into the holiday's history.  We close with some thanks to each other and all of you!

We chat with Ro Serio, playwright of Peculiar Inspirations, a play featuring the characters Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, Robert Todd, Billy Herndon, and many more.  We talk about the joys and challenges of bringing the Lincolns to life.  We were lucky to be joined by three actors from the show.  Join our Facebook group or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @railsplitterpod to join in on the conversation.

This week we talk about the legacy of The Civil War and about how we look at it through a 2017 lens.  Enjoy! Please rate and review on iTunes and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @railsplitterpod.

It's a Trivia showdown!  We welcome Lee DiGeorge from the Something, Something Birds podcast and AJ Mass from Beat My Guest.  Lee hosts as Nick and Jeremy go up against Mary and AJ in a Lincoln trivia battle.  Keep your score along at home and see how you fare against the Railsplitters!

We talk about Lincoln's depression and how it shaped who he was as an individual and as a leader.  We also talk about the stigma surrounding mental health and how learning about history can help foster an informed discussion of it and destigmatize it.

We each talk about and play for you two songs that we feel have echoes of Lincoln in them.  None of them are overtly about AL, but all of them conjure his spirit in different and interesting ways.  This was a fun one to record!

This week we talk about our favorite Abraham Lincoln artifacts and what they've meant to us.  We also appease Ncik's desire to continually joke about his nemesis, POTUS13.

For our very special 16th episode, we decided to feature the most important aspect of the show, the listeners! We interviewed four of ya'll. Each call led to a fun and enlightening conversation about our hero, Abraham Lincoln. I think all of our listeners will have fun with this one. We are still a young show, but #16 is very special to us and so are our listeners.

For our very special 16th episode, we decided to feature the most important aspect of the show, the listeners! We interviewed four of ya'll. Each call led to a fun and enlightening conversation about our hero, Abraham Lincoln. I think all of our listeners will have fun with this one. We are still a young show, but #16 is very special to us and so are our listeners.

We talk about our opportunity to hear Ken Burns and Lynn Novick speak, their upcoming Vietnam War project, and what The Civil War docuseries meant to each of the Three Railsplitters. Feel free to slowly pan across images of Abraham Lincoln or The Railsplitters to get in the Ken Burns mood.