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American Esoterica

American history, bite-sized. These are the stories that may have slipped through the cracks - the odd detours that have shaped our history and culture in small, but sometimes significant, ways.

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08:37

Episode 17 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Conspiracy

American Esoterica ·

2023/01/19

On the night that shattered the nation, a dark conspiracy would also devastate a family. At the same time, as assassination attempts go, this assassin went 0 for 5.

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09:53

Episode 16 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Off Key

American Esoterica ·

2023/01/05

A cold-blooded murder in broad daylight. A cover-up that starts at the White House. A scandal that rocks the entire country. You won't believe how this one ends. Or you probably will now, now that I've hinted that it's different than the way you thought it would go. Just listen to it, okay? It's got an action sequence and everything!

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05:24

Episode 15 - Beard to Board

American Esoterica ·

2022/12/22

Lincoln grows a beard and forces a young lithographer to find a new way to make a lasting impact on American culture. NOTE: this episode comes in an alternate form - this is the main version.

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06:12

Episode 15 - ALTERNATE ”TOM TOM” VERSION - Beard to...

American Esoterica ·

2022/12/22

Lincoln grows a beard and forces a young lithographer to find a new way to make a lasting impact on American culture. NOTE: this episode comes in two forms, and this version is an alternate version featuring a few contributions from my two-year-old son. Enjoy!

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07:21

Episode 14 - Bone to Pick

American Esoterica ·

2022/12/08

Founding Father Gouverneur Morris produced some of the lofty language that underpins our most sacred governing document, but we don't talk about him much, maybe because of his...unorthodox self-care methods. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH.

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07:01

Episode 13 - As Good As A Wink

American Esoterica ·

2022/11/10

He fled the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. He married a Russian aristocrat. And he won the Kentucky Derby. Twice in a row. Why isn't there a biopic in the works?

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06:15

Episode 12 - Big Mistake

American Esoterica ·

2022/10/27

You may be unlucky, but have you ever been "accidentally started two major wars" unlucky? Some origin stories are downright embarrassing.

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08:21

Episode 11 - President for a Day?

American Esoterica ·

2022/10/13

Everybody dreams of being President for a day. Turns out, there's a chance one man actually may have been just that.

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06:48

Episode 10 - A Secret About the Service

American Esoterica ·

2022/09/29

There's a kind of tragic poetry in the history and creation of the Secret Service, but protecting important politicians wasn't their first line of work. And that's a real shame for a few presidents.

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06:16

Episode 9 - The Night We Nuked Georgia

American Esoterica ·

2022/09/15

No foreign enemy has ever dropped a nuclear weapon on American soil. But we have, several times. At least they're all accounted for, right?

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06:21

Episode 8 - The Commonwealth vs. Abraham Lincoln

American Esoterica ·

2022/09/01

A young scofflaw named Abraham Lincoln has his first brush with the long arm of the law - and he likes it.

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06:00

Episode 7 - What the Law is

American Esoterica ·

2022/08/18

John Adams's Secretary of State had ONE JOB to do at the end of his term. And if he had done it, the entire system of checks and balances in American government may have turned out completely different. Come for the first real display of genuine partisan shenanigans, stay for the Supreme Court completing a journey of self-discovery just like in "Eat, Pray, Love."

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09:15

Episode 6 - Home is Where the War is

American Esoterica ·

2022/08/04

Sometimes history has a sense of poetic irony. Other times it just wants to mess with people. One such person found himself in the middle of not just one, but two major historical events, and it's a story that has to be heard to be believed.

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07:16

Episode 5 - Movie Day at the Supreme Court

American Esoterica ·

2022/07/21

It's the mid-twentieth century, and technology is producing new kinds of content that tests the bounds of the First Amendment. That's where our brave heroes join the fray, giving their all in the fight against obscenity. Grab some popcorn - it's movie time.

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06:55

Episode 4 - What Does It Mean? Idaho.

American Esoterica ·

2022/07/07

This is the story of a territory, a con man, and the indelible tie that exists between them to this day. Get ready for a twist, and then some. And if you live in Idaho? Sorry.

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05:42

Episode 3 - The Presidential Harbinger of Death

American Esoterica ·

2022/07/02

If you were running the country between 1865 and 1901, there was one man you probably should've avoided.

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06:40

Episode 2 - The First President?

American Esoterica ·

2022/07/01

There are a few names you don't know in the American origin story - this is one of them, and his title sounds very familiar...

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06:19

Episode 1 - Independence Date

American Esoterica ·

2022/06/30

Are we celebrating Independence Day on the wrong day? John Adams seems to think so...

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