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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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00:06:09

Miracle at Myeongnyang

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/26

Today, we head to the cold, churning waters off Korea in October 1597, where one man and thirteen battered ships faced the impossible. Admiral Yi Sun-sin, disgraced, beaten, and nearly forgotten by his own government, stood against a Japanese invasion force more than twenty times his size. The Battle of Myeongnyang was not supposed to be a victory. It was supposed to be the end. Instead, it became one of the most astonishing triumphs in naval history, a masterclass in courage, discipline, and

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00:14:04

Certain Death on the Morrow

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/25

Welcome to Dave Does History, where the past isn’t distant, it’s alive and muddy. Today we’re going back to October 25, 1415, Saint Crispin’s Day, to a field in northern France that would become one of the most improbable victories in military history. The Battle of Agincourt was more than a clash of swords and arrows. It was a collision of arrogance and endurance, of knights in shining armor sinking into the mud while English longbowmen carved their names into legend.King Henry V led a starving,

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00:14:38

The 1871 Los Angeles Chinese Massacre

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/24

Tonight, we turn to one of the darkest nights in Los Angeles history, October 24, 1871. On that night, a mob of hundreds stormed through Chinatown and lynched at least eighteen Chinese immigrants. The victims were doctors, shopkeepers, and laborers, dragged from their homes and executed in the streets.This was not a random act of violence. It was the result of years of rising hatred, fear, and resentment aimed at a community that helped build the city itself. The massacre shocked the nation but led

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00:07:20

Death of the Republic

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/23

Today we turn back to 42 BCE, to the plains of Macedonia, where the fate of Rome was decided. The Battle of Philippi was not just another clash of legions. It was the final act in the long death of the Roman Republic. On one side stood Brutus and Cassius, men who believed they had saved freedom by killing a tyrant. On the other were Mark Antony and Octavian, men who believed they were avenging Caesar. Their struggle was more than a fight for power. It was a fight over the very idea of Rome

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00:05:55

40 minutes to Save Valley Forge

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/22

On an October afternoon in 1777, six hundred cold, hungry Americans waited behind a half-finished wall of mud and timber. Across the field marched two thousand Hessians, drums beating, flags bright in the smoke. The British expected an easy victory. What they got instead was one of the bloodiest, fastest defeats of the war. For forty minutes at Fort Mercer—better known as the Battle of Red Bank—the outnumbered defenders shattered the enemy, sank two British warships, and bought George Washington the

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00:05:12

Sudden Thunder From Blue Skies

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/21

In October 1921, President Warren G. Harding traveled deep into the American South to do something no president had ever dared. Standing before a segregated crowd in Birmingham, Alabama, he condemned lynching and declared that democracy was a lie if it excluded Black citizens. It was a moment of courage from a man not known for boldness.This week on Dave Does History, we look back at Harding’s remarkable speech, the storm it caused, and the larger struggle to pass the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. We’ll

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00:07:48

No Kings Goods

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/20

In 1774, the American colonies found themselves at a breaking point. Britain had punished Boston for its rebellion, and the rest of the colonies were told to fall in line or face the same fate. Instead, they chose unity. In Philadelphia, delegates gathered for the First Continental Congress and drafted a document that would quietly change everything. It wasn’t a declaration of war. It wasn’t even a call for independence. It was a promise. A pledge to stop buying British goods, to live with

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00:07:11

Scipio Africanus

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/19

The dust of North Africa still whispers the story. It was October 19, 202 BCE, and two men faced each other across the plains of Zama. On one side, Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian who had crossed the Alps with elephants and fury. On the other, Scipio Africanus, the Roman who had learned from every one of Hannibal’s lessons and turned them against him. The Battle of Zama ended seventeen years of brutal war and decided who would rule the world. It was the clash of two minds, two nations, and two

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00:08:17

Mowat at Falmouth

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/18

On October 18, 1775, the sky over Falmouth turned the color of iron and the Royal Navy lit a match. Lieutenant Henry Mowat’s squadron opened fire for nine hours on a coastal town that is now Portland, Maine. The lesson meant to be taught was fear. The lesson that landed was resolve.Today we tell the story of how a wooden harbor became a furnace, why the British thought terror would tame New England, and how the ashes helped push Congress toward a navy of its own. We will meet the people who ran, the

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00:02:13

Taking America Seriously

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/17

On October 17, 1777, the tide of the American Revolution turned on a muddy field beside the Hudson River. British General John Burgoyne, once the pride of London’s military circles, surrendered his sword to American General Horatio Gates in what became known as the Surrender at Saratoga.This was not just another battle. It was the moment when the world began to believe that the colonies might actually win. The British plan to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies collapsed under poor

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00:02:00

Adieu, Veuve Capet...

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/16

On October 16, 1793, the streets of Paris echoed with the wheels of a cart carrying a queen to her death. Marie Antoinette, once the glittering symbol of royal grandeur, now sat pale and silent, hands bound, a prisoner called the Widow Capet. Her fall from grace was a slow collapse, born of rumor, resentment, and revolution. The woman who once ruled the most elegant court in Europe became a scapegoat for a starving nation and the embodiment of everything the people despised about monarchy.In today’s

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00:02:08

Breaking the Loyalists

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/15

On this episode we head down the flat road into Raft Swamp, where the pines close in and the ground swallows hoofprints. The date is October 15, 1781. The British are about to surrender at Yorktown, but here the fight still decides who controls the Cape Fear country. Loyalists gather on high ground and tear up a bridge, certain that cavalry will balk at water and mud. Major Joseph Graham ignores the script. He drives his dragoons off the road, through the wet, and up onto the causeway. The fight

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00:08:13

SS Caribou

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/14

In the dark, frigid waters of the Cabot Strait, just after midnight on October 14, 1942, the passenger ferry SS Caribou was making her familiar run from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. Onboard were soldiers heading home, mothers with children, sailors on leave, and the crew who knew every wave of that crossing.Then, from beneath the black surface, the German submarine U-69 struck. One torpedo, one flash of fire, and within minutes the Caribou was gone, taking more than half of those aboard with her

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00:01:37

The Americans Are The Champions!

Dave Does History ·

2025/10/13

October 13, 1903, marked a new chapter in American sport. On that cool autumn afternoon at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, the Boston Americans made history, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates three to nothing and claiming the very first World Series championship. Before a crowd of more than seven thousand cheering fans, Bill Dinneen pitched a masterpiece, scattering four hits and striking out seven, including the mighty Honus Wagner for the final out. The stands erupted as the Royal Rooters sang

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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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