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  • Ep 5: A great white light

    Ep 5: A great white light
    2024/03/12
    What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 8 分
  • Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction

    Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction
    2024/02/28
    John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 6 分
  • TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction

    TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction
    2024/01/09
    John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?[Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to this full episode by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 分
  • Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows

    Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows
    2024/01/09
    As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified. [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 分
  • Ep 2: Standing on a volcano

    Ep 2: Standing on a volcano
    2023/12/28
    [Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 分
  • Ep 1: Pierced with the iron

    Ep 1: Pierced with the iron
    2023/12/28
    What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America? Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.Co-writer Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City. Sophia Kurzius is our producer.Theme music by Ned Porter. “John Brown’s Body” performed by Stephen Griffith.Artwork by Elena Lacey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 分