We all know that THE story about George Washington isn't true, but what if what we've been wrong about all this time is that the story is KINDA true-ish?
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Episode 74 - Book Nook
Sometimes American cultural greatness runs in very concentrated pockets.
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Episode 73 - Foolin', Too
"Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again..." - George W. Bush.
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Episode 72 - General Orders No. 11
There's one order that holds the record for maybe the most antisemitic government act in American history, and it both complicates and haunts the legacy of someone otherwise perceived as a hero.
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Episode 71 - The Northern Southern Invasion
Attacking the Union from the south just wasn't cutting it. So why not attack from the north instead? GENIUS.
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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