In this episode, Matt Gregory explores whether the United States delivered on the promises made in the Declaration of Independence.
Dec 31, 2020
38 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores Primary and secondary sources to explore the Cuban Missile Crisis and determine why the Soviet Union pulled their missiles out of Cuba.
Dec 7, 2020
24 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores the factors that led to the Boston Massacre, in which five Bostonians were killed and several were injured. The episode also frames the massacre in the context of the American Revolution.
Nov 30, 2020
43 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores primary and secondary sources to determine how democratic the Roman Republic actually was.
May 25, 2020
25 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory breaks down primary and secondary source documents to determine if ancient Athens lived up to the reputation of being the birthplace of democracy.
May 17, 2020
38 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores whether Louis and Clark were respectful to the Native Americans that they met on their journey. [email protected]
Apr 19, 2020
39 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores primary and secondary source documents to try to understand how people in the 14th century understood the black death, which wiped out an estimated 50 million people. [email protected]
Apr 14, 2020
34 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory explores the factors that caused the Salem witch crisis of 1692, which was one of the worst cases of mass hysteria in the history of the United States. [email protected]
Mar 31, 2020
33 min
In this episode, Matt Gregory and special guest, Shaun Procaccini, read through primary and secondary source documents to figure out why the founding fathers kept slavery in the constitution despite the declaration of independence claiming that “all men are created equal? “
Mar 9, 2020
1 hr 14 min
In this episode, Matt gregory explores three primary source documents and one secondary source document to decide if the partition of India was a good idea given what people knew at the time.
Feb 23, 2020
34 min
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