A slightly intoxicated telling of the various origins of the various Christmas songs and carols. I wasn't drunk, I was filled with Christmas spirits!

Between the Mexican War for Independence, and the Mexican Revolution, there was a century of chaos and war.

Most of the Halloween traditions are not founded with any deep historical roots. But some are. Is it just a way to sell candy? Probably. Was it always....? Sort of. Did it start off that way? Probably not.

This is an unabridged recording of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. For Halloween.

Before Mexico was Mexico, Mexico was New Spain. Simplified and Storified, the history of Mexico from The end of the Aztecs to the end of New Spain. With a quick diversion to include a childhood favorite.

A clash between the legal, semilegal, and quasilegal, saloons, brothels, and politicians. When the law came to the boomtowns, it wasn't always pretty. Saloon's vs churches in the Utah territory.

The war, the drama, the love, the treachery, the blood (so much blood). This is the early history of Mexico. From the fall of the Mayans to the fall of the Aztecs. With a focus on Cortes and his expedition.

The origins of smuggling across the border into Mexico are not what you think. Before drugs, before alcohol, it was wax.

Stories from my history. Some of my best hiking stories from doing the Appalachian Trail twice. A few curse words in the stories.

Valentine's Day is not a corporate holiday. It has its roots in Roman fertility festivals, Greek mythology, the legends of King Arthur and Shakespearean sonnets.