Family Stories

This episode finds Alex in the Army ready to serve his country when it's decided he'll be the cook. We'll here why young officers weren't Alex's favorite, and what's so hard about making a relish tray.

In this episode, Ruth describes her experiences during World War 2. She'll talk about how her brothers experienced it as well.

This episode sees Alex going to a box social and spending more than he had planned, and his youth playing sports. He'll also, without intending, talk about how much life has changed since he was a boy.

This episode looks back at Ruth's childhood in the 1930s and '40s. We also get to hear some music she enjoyed, even if we don't get to hear her sing it.

The is the first of a new series about my family's history. This episode looks at the one of my grandpa's early driving adventures or, as the title describes, misadventures. I hope you enjoy.

This episode looks at what the ramifications of the French and Indian War were to US History.

This episode looks at the question of whether or not the United States is a puritan nation? What does it mean to be a puritan nation and if we aren't one, what are we?

In this episode we look at the question of why groups work against their own self interests? To do so we look at colonial New England and the Pequot War and King Philip's War.

This episode asks the question, was the Columbian Exchange good or bad? We feature multiple sources including Guns, Germs, and Steel, and 1493.

This episode looks at the Christopher Columbus, his background, his importance, and most importantly looks at the question of how Columbus should be remembered? Is he a hero who should have his own day named after him, or a genocidal maniac? #sschat #history #podcast

This episode looks at the question of where the first people to come to the Western Hemisphere, today the Americas, came from. #sschat #history #ushistory #podcast

This episode is an introduction to my new podcast, A Question of History.