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History That Doesn't Suck

HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @Historythatdoesntsuck; on Twitter/X: @HTDSpod. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.

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47: Bull Run, Trent Affair, the Merrimack, & Fort Donelson: The Early Days of the Civil War

Sep 16, 2019
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46: The Civil War Begins: Fort Sumter, Secession, & Raising Armies

Sep 2, 2019
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45: Volume IV Epilogue

Aug 19, 2019
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44: Abraham Lincoln Becomes President of the Divided States of America

Aug 5, 2019
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43: Honest Abe, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, & John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

Jul 22, 2019
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42: Solomon Northup’s 12 Years a Slave

Jul 8, 2019
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41: Kansas! (Bleeding Kansas, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, & Caning of Charles Sumner)

Jun 24, 2019
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40: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention & the Explosion of Social Reform

Jun 10, 2019
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39: The California Gold Rush and the Compromise of 1850

May 27, 2019
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38: The (Early) Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

May 13, 2019