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Boss Babes

Boss Babes

Girls have been ruling the world long before Beyonce told us so. Early American history is full of powerful female tycoons, who would definitely be sporting the title of Boss Babe if they lived today. From agriculture to cosmetics, these courageou…

American Idol

American Idol

She’s over a hundred forty years old, stands three hundred five feet tall, and is covered entirely in copper plating. She’s Lady Liberty, the very first American Idol. This is the story of how America found her symbol of freedom and what she has m…

Drop the Mic

Drop the Mic

The verbal smack-down. Clap-back. The Slam. When it happens, you know that the Show. Is. Over. It’s… the MIC DROP. In this show, we take a look at American history’s masters of the mic, who used their words to reclaim the American ideal that “al…

Going Woke

Going Woke

Religious decline, racial divisions, sexism, political turmoil, rising secularism… In her formative years, America was awakened to the need to change. And boy, did she get woke. With the rabble-rousing cries of a 1980s hair band, a bunch circuit…

The Original Space Race

The Original Space Race

To infinity and beyond! That was pretty much America’s motto during the great space race, but not the one you may be thinking. Over a hundred years before our country’s mad dash for the moon, American pioneers were settling new frontiers in their …