Episodes

Thanks for joining us for the fourth and final part of the James Monroe story. When we left off in part three, Monroe had help double the size of the nation through negotiating the Louisiana Purchase and risen to become President Madison’s Secretary of State in a time of war. Now, with British soldi...

Thanks for joining us for the third part of the James Monroe story. When we left off in part two, Monroe had taken his fame from the battlefield into the world of politics to help shape his new nation at home and abroad. Now, as one of America’s most distinguished citizens, Monroe will be called upo...

Thanks for joining us for the second part of the James Monroe story. When we left off in part one, Monroe had risen from an orphaned Virginia farm boy into a hero of the American Revolution. Now with his military career behind him, Monroe will enter the uncertain world of early American politics, he...

Many of us know the stories of America’s Founding Fathers. The lives and accomplishments of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the nation’s first, third and fourth Presidents are familiar. Though many might not know the story of the fifth President, also a Virginian and a close f...

Thanks for joining the second and final part of the Asa Candler story. When we left off in part one, Candler had transformed a popular local Atlanta medicine called Coca-Cola into one of the most recognizable beverages and brands in the country. Now one of the wealthiest men in the America, Candler ...

There are very few people in the world today who have not heard of Coca-Cola, let alone many who haven’t consumed one themselves. Though as famous as the product is, many might not know the person most responsible for making it one of the most recognized brands in the world. Founding one of the most...

Thanks for joining the third and final part of the Hannibal Hamlin story. When we left off in part two, just weeks into their term in office, Vice President Hamlin and President Lincoln witness the secession of the southern states and the beginning of the American Civil War. Now, facing an uncertai...

Thanks for joining the third and final part of the Hannibal Hamlin story. When we left off in part two, just weeks into their term in office, Vice President Hamlin and President Lincoln witness the secession of the southern states and the beginning of the American Civil War. Now, facing an uncertain...

Thanks for joining the second and final part of the Hannibal Hamlin story. When we left off in part one, Senator Hamlin had risen from a small town in Maine to become one of the nation’s most powerful Senators. Now, with the country on the brink of Civil War, the country will need Hamlin’s character...