No Country for History: Recent Episodes
Garret McCorkle
A podcast that looks at lesser-known moments in US history and explores why these events are obscured all while discussing their importance to today.
Welcome Back! We'll be talking about the Spanish Conspiracy, the time when Kentucky almost became a part of the Spanish Empire. Maybe we'll figure out if James Wilkinson had daddy issues too.
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson by Andro Linklater
The Spanish Conspiracy by Thomas Marshall Green
We're used to Americans committing coups on foreign soil but what about Americans committing coups on American soil? Today, we'll learn about a coup committed against a mixed-race government near the turn of the century. With the attack on the US capitol in January of 2021, it's important to study this event.
Today, we'll talk about the Lost Cause myth. Arguably the biggest insult to history in the United States.
What This Cruel War Was Over by Chandra Manning
Creating a Confederate Kentucky by Anne E. Marshall
Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin Levin
The False Cause by Adam Domby
Today we'll talk about the destruction of the United States Army at the hands of the Northwest Indian Confederacy. The event took place in 1791, during the infancy of the United States and we can learn a lot from studying it. I hope you enjoy!
The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army by Colin G. Calloway
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789 - 1815
Today we'll talk about Denmark Vesey, a man born enslaved who won a lottery and bought his freedom with his prize money before organizing over 9,000 enslaved people in South Carolina to revolt against slavery.
Denmark Vesey: The Buried Story of America’s Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It by David Robertson
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy by Ethan J. Kyle & Blain Roberts
American Negro Slave Revolts by Herbert Aptheker
Today we'll get a quick rundown on what this show's about and how it'll generally run before talking about Anne Braden, a Louisville civil rights activist.
Subversive Southern: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Equality in the Cold War South by Dr. Catherine Fosl
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Louisville Courier-Journal