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Dave Does History

Dave Does History takes listeners on an engaging journey through the moments that shaped the world we live in today. Hosted by Dave, a passionate historian with a knack for storytelling, the podcast explores pivotal events, unsung heroes, and the complex forces behind historical turning points. With a conversational tone and a deep understanding of the past, Dave makes history accessible, relatable, and downright fascinating.

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00:02:04

Patriotism Is Not Enough: The Execution of Edith Cavell

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/12

On the morning of October 12, 1915, in German-occupied Brussels, a British nurse named Edith Cavell faced a firing squad. Her crime was compassion. She had sheltered Allied soldiers and helped them escape to neutral Holland, believing that saving lives mattered more than obeying military law. The Germans called it treason. The world called it murder. Her calm courage, her final words of forgiveness, and her refusal to hate turned her into a global symbol of conscience in wartime. In Britain, her

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00:02:15

Into Harms Way

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/11

It was the night the U.S. Navy took back the darkness. On October 11, 1942, off Cape Esperance near Guadalcanal, Rear Admiral Norman Scott led a small task force into waters already littered with wreckage from earlier defeats. His orders were clear: protect the convoy, challenge the Japanese, and prove that America could fight—and win—at night. What followed was chaos and courage in equal measure. A radar misunderstanding opened the battle, unleashing a storm of gunfire that tore into the Japanese

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00:02:09

Arminius

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/10

In the sixteenth century, when theology could start wars and conscience could get a man killed, Jacobus Arminius dared to question the idea that God’s will left no room for human choice. Born in the war-torn Dutch town of Oudewater on October 10, 1560, Arminius rose from tragedy to become one of Europe’s most provocative theologians. His belief that divine grace invites rather than coerces set him at odds with the rigid Calvinism of his time. He taught that love must be freely returned, that faith

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00:02:12

Talk Less... Do More...

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/09

She was born free in a time when freedom was rare, and she spent her life proving what it truly meant. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a teacher, journalist, lawyer, and activist who refused to accept the limits placed on her because of her race or her gender. From the Underground Railroad stops of her childhood home in Delaware to the classrooms of Canada West and the editorial desk of The Provincial Freeman, she lived her belief that “self-reliance is the true road to independence.” She taught children to

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00:01:47

Fast Eddie

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/08

He was the kind of man who made danger look like routine. Eddie Rickenbacker grew up on the rough streets of Columbus, Ohio, fixing engines and outrunning bad luck. By the time America entered World War I, he was already famous as “Fast Eddie,” a race car driver who understood speed better than fear. When he climbed into a SPAD fighter with the 94th “Hat in the Ring” Squadron, he became the nation’s most decorated ace, claiming twenty-six victories and the Medal of Honor. But his legend didn’t stop

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00:33:18

Liberty 250 - With Manly Firmness

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/07

In this episode of Liberty! 250, Dave Bowman joins Bill Mick to explore one of Jefferson’s fiercest grievances: the King’s repeated dissolution of colonial legislatures. From Massachusetts in 1768 to Virginia in 1774, governors slammed the doors on the people’s assemblies, only to find that free men would meet anyway in taverns, churches, and town halls.Dave reveals how this “manly firmness” became the muscle of self-government, the moment when Americans discovered that power could return to the

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00:02:00

You Can Be Sure...

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/06

George Westinghouse was a man who refused to settle for “good enough.” Born on October 6, 1846, he became one of America’s greatest inventors and industrialists, a name forever linked with safety, innovation, and light itself. From the invention of the railroad air brake to the creation of the first natural gas distribution system, Westinghouse transformed how the world moved and powered itself.While Thomas Edison fought to keep electricity confined to city blocks, Westinghouse looked to the

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00:01:35

The Women March

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/05

It began with the sound of a drum in the rain. On October 5, 1789, thousands of women left the markets of Paris and marched toward Versailles, hungry, furious, and unafraid. They demanded bread, but what they carried was something far heavier: the voice of a nation on the edge of change.By the end of that march, the King and Queen would no longer rule from their gilded palace. They would be brought to Paris under the eyes of their people, and the balance of power in France would shift forever. The

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00:01:49

"Little Sput"

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/04

On October 4th, 1957, a polished silver sphere with four antennae rose into the night sky atop a Soviet rocket. Moments later, the world was listening to a sound that would echo through history: beep-beep, beep-beep. This was Sputnik, the first artificial satellite ever launched into orbit, and its success shocked the globe. To the Soviets, it was proof of scientific brilliance and a political coup. To the United States, it was a jolt of fear that revealed a potential missile gap and the unsettling

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00:02:19

Americas First Traitor

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/03

On the night of October 3, 1775, in a drafty room at Cambridge, George Washington set a single ciphered letter on the table. By morning it would put a name to betrayal, Dr. Benjamin Church, the polished Boston physician who ran the army’s hospitals and wore patriot credentials like a second coat. The letter’s road curled through Newport, then into Washington’s hands, where Samuel West, Elbridge Gerry, and Elisha Porter teased its meaning from a tangle of symbols. Out spilled numbers, supplies,

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00:01:45

The Nottingham Cheese Riot

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/02

On October 2, 1766, Nottingham’s famous Goose Fair turned from lively market to full-blown riot, and the cause was cheese. Prices had doubled, merchants were buying up entire wagonloads to haul away, and the townsfolk decided they would not stand for it. What followed was chaos, with stalls overturned, cheeses seized, and wheels rolled through the streets like weapons. The mayor, Robie Swann, tried to stop it and ended up sprawled on the cobblestones after being knocked flat by a rolling cheese.The

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00:02:07

1910 Los Angeles Times Bombing: McNamara Plot,...

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/01

In the early hours of October 1, 1910, downtown Los Angeles was rocked by an explosion that tore through the Los Angeles Times building. The blast, fueled by dynamite hidden in a suitcase and ignited by barrels of ink and ruptured gas lines, turned the newsroom into an inferno. Twenty-one people were killed and more than a hundred injured. The city awoke not only to smoke and rubble, but to the opening act of what newspapers quickly called the crime of the century.At the heart of it all was the long

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00:32:04

Liberty250 - Live From the Apollo

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/30

In May 1774, Virginia stepped onto the stage of defiance and never looked back. When the House of Burgesses called for fasting and prayer in solidarity with Boston, Governor Lord Dunmore tried to silence them by dissolving the assembly. The Burgesses refused to be silenced. They gathered in the Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern, turning a tavern meeting into a spark of revolution. Dave and Bill explore how this act of defiance carried into the Virginia Association, a bold economic boycott that

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00:02:15

Breaking the Hindenburg Line

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/29

In September 1918, the First World War was nearing its end, but no one on the Western Front could be certain of that. The German Army still clung to the Hindenburg Line, a massive belt of fortifications stretching across northern France. At St. Quentin Canal, this line was at its strongest, defended by concrete bunkers, deep wire, and the canal itself, which served as a natural moat. For years, German commanders had called it impregnable.On September 29, Allied forces tested that claim. Americans,

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00:02:10

Good King Wenceslaus

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/28

When most of us hear the name “Good King Wenceslas,” we think of the Christmas carol that paints him as a benevolent monarch who braved the snow to help a poor man. The truth, however, is far darker and far more fascinating. Wenceslaus I was not a king but a duke of Bohemia, ruling in the early tenth century at a time when the nation stood at a crossroads between Christianity and pagan tradition, between independence and submission to stronger neighbors.His reign was brief but significant. He

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00:02:36

Give Me Liberty... Ships!

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/27

On September 27, 1941, long before American troops landed on foreign shores, a different kind of weapon was launched in Baltimore. The SS Patrick Henry, the first Liberty ship, slid into the water at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard as bands played and President Franklin Roosevelt’s words echoed over the radio. It was a plain freighter, built not for beauty but for speed, economy, and purpose. Roosevelt admitted it looked like an ugly duckling, yet he knew what it represented.The Patrick Henry was

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00:08:47

The Return of the Golden Hind

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/26

On September 26, 1580, the people of Plymouth looked out to sea and saw a battered ship limping into the harbor. Her sails were patched, her timbers worn, and her crew thinned by years of hardship. Yet she carried a story that would change the course of England’s future. This was the Golden Hind, commanded by Francis Drake, and she had just completed a voyage that no Englishman had ever dared attempt.For nearly three years, Drake and his men had circled the globe, raiding Spanish treasure ships,

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00:02:11

The Battleship Liberte

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/25

On the morning of September 25, 1911, the French battleship Liberté lay quietly at anchor in Toulon harbor. The fleet was already grieving the loss of sailors from a smaller accident aboard the cruiser Gloire, and preparations for their funeral were underway. At first light, there was no reason to expect anything but another routine day. Then smoke began to curl from Liberté’s forward turret, followed by small blasts that sent rescue boats rushing to her side. Eighteen minutes later, a cataclysmic

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00:01:56

The Great Chief Justice

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/24

When John Marshall became Chief Justice in 1801, the Supreme Court was little more than a formality. It met in cramped quarters beneath the Capitol, ignored by presidents and forgotten by the public. Over the next thirty four years, Marshall would transform that overlooked institution into a powerful branch of government.Marshall had already lived many lives. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a lawyer in Virginia, a diplomat who refused to bow to French demands, and Secretary of State under John

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00:05:52

Operation Kiebitz: How Canada Outsmarted Nazi U-Boat...

Dave Does History ·

2025/09/23

In 1943 a strange and daring plot unfolded in Canada, one that sounds like the script of a wartime thriller. Four of Germany’s most celebrated U-boat commanders, including Otto Kretschmer, the infamous “Tonnage King,” were being held at Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Ontario. Behind the fences they hatched an audacious escape plan. They would dig tunnels, slip across Canada, and meet a German submarine waiting on the coast of New Brunswick. The plan was called Operation Kiebitz, and it had the full backing

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