American History Tellers
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 446
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
History Daily: The Wall Street Bombing
September 16, 1920. A horse-drawn wagon explodes in the middle of New York’s financial district, killing 30 people.
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00:16:40 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
The Titanic | Unsinkable | 1
When the RMS Titanic launched in April of 1912, it was the pinnacle of luxury and the largest vessel to ever set sail. It was also an engineering marvel, as sophisticated as the most elegant hotels, …
00:37:17 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Ricochet | 5
In 1981, a gunman fired six shots at Ronald Reagan after the president gave a speech at a Washington D.C. hotel. Over the next several hours, split-second decisions made by Secret Service agents and …
00:38:37 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
History Daily: The Great Fire of London Begins
September 2nd 1666: the Great Fire of London begins in a bakery on Pudding Lane, before quickly spreading and reducing one third of London to ashes. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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00:17:18 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 4
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his presidential limo through downtown Dallas. His violent and public death became one of the most traumatic moments in the n…
00:38:32 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Anarchist at the Exposition | 3
In September 1901, President William McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York to deliver a speech celebrating American achievements at home and abroad. But waiting in the cro…
00:36:22 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
History Daily: A Failed Coup in Moscow
Description: August 19, 1991. A group of Communist Party hardliners attempt to save the collapsing Soviet Union by staging a coup against party leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. This episode originally aire…
00:20:13 |
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 2
On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died hours later, shocking the war-torn nation and becoming the first President to …
00:41:21 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Protecting POTUS (NEW) | 1
The job of guarding the President’s life belongs to the men and women of the United States Secret Service. There have been many highs and lows in the agency’s more than 150-year history – most poigna…
00:52:45 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
History Daily: The Lonesome Cowboys Raid
August 5, 1969. Police in Atlanta, Georgia raid a screening of Andy Warhol’s underground film Lonesome Cowboys, triggering a wave of protests that sparks the gay rights movement in the Deep South. Th…
00:18:08 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
First Ladies | No Handbook | 6
There’s no job description for the role of First Lady of the United States. Betty Ford described it as being “much more than a 24-hour job.” First Ladies move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue along with…
00:41:25 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
First Ladies | Michelle Obama | 5
In the summer of 1989, Michelle Robinson was an up and coming lawyer at a Chicago law firm when she met a charming associate named Barack Obama. The two would soon marry, and despite her distaste for…
00:41:08 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
History Daily: The End of the Warsaw Ghetto
July 22, 1942. The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, transporting hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths at the Treblinka Extermination Camp.
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00:17:52 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
First Ladies | Betty Ford | 4
In 1974, Betty Ford was thrust onto the world stage when Richard Nixon resigned and her husband, Gerald, rose from VP to become the 38th President of the United States. As First Lady, Betty became kn…
00:42:08 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
First Ladies | Eleanor Roosevelt | 3
In 1905, Eleanor Roosevelt married her distant cousin Franklin, beginning a remarkable and complicated union. During her husband’s years as President, from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor became the longest-se…
00:42:31 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
First Ladies | Mary Todd Lincoln | 2
In 1842, Mary Todd married Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois after a stormy romance. Despite their many differences, the couple bonded over a shared passion for politics. Less than two decades…
00:42:05 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
First Ladies | Martha Washington | 1
In 1757, 26-year-old Martha Dandridge Custis was the wealthiest widow in Virginia when she caught the eye of George Washington, a young military hero and landowner. Their marriage thrust Martha into …
00:41:14 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
History Daily: The End of the Münster Rebellion
June 24, 1535. A radical political uprising comes to an end when the city of Münster falls to an Bishop’s army.
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00:16:55 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | 2
In the spring of 1775, Benjamin Franklin left London for America after years of fruitless attempts to ease tensions with the British government. By the time he arrived home in Philadelphia, American …
00:38:38 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Benjamin Franklin | Join or Die | 1
In 1723, a teenage Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia ready to reinvent himself. He was a penniless apprentice printer with a hunger for knowledge and a burning ambition. Over the next 50 year…
00:40:56 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
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