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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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00:07:48

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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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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