Podcast
| American History Tellers | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Lindsay Graham |
| Genre | History |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Publication | |
| Original release | January 3, 2018 |
| Related | |
| Website | wondery |
American History Tellers is a podcast by Wondery, hosted by Lindsay Graham. The show premiered at #1 on the Apple Podcast charts.
Format
The show is known to use POV narration, telling stories through perspectives of average and notable people.
Seasons to date
The show has covered the following topics to date:
- Season One | The Cold War. January 2018.
- Season Two | Prohibition. February 2018.
- Season Three | The Age of Jackson. March 2018.
- Season Four | The Space Race. May 2018.
- Season Five | Revolution. June 2018.
- Season Six | National Parks August 2018.
- Season Seven | Civil Rights October 2018.
- Season Eight | Political Parties November 2018.
- Season Nine | The 1968 Chicago Protests January 2019
- Season Ten | Great Depression February 2019
- Season Eleven | J. Edgar Hoover's FBI April 2019
- Season Twelve| Tulsa Race Massacre May 2019
- Season Thirteen | The Bastard Brigade July 2019
- Season Fourteen | Dutch Manhattan September 2019
- Season Fifteen | The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire October 2019
- Season Sixteen | Kentucky Blood Feud December 2019
- Season Seventeen | California Water Wars January 2020
- Season Eighteen | Rebellion in the Early Republic March 2020
- Season Nineteen | The WWII Home Front May 2020
- Season Twenty | Stonewall June 2020
- Season Twenty-One | The Gilded Age July 2020
- Season Twenty-Two | Supreme Court Landmarks October 2020
- Season Twenty-Three | Coal Wars December 2020
- Season Twenty-Four | Great Chicago Fire January 2021
- Season Twenty-Five | America's Monuments February 2021
- Season Twenty-Six | Bleeding Kansas April 2021
- Season Twenty-Seven | The Mystery of D.B. Cooper May 2021
- Season Twenty-Eight | Lost Colony of Roanoke June 2021
- Season Twenty-Nine | The Walker Affair June 2021
- Season Thirty | The Fight For the First U.S. Olympics July 2021
- Season Thirty-One | Roaring Twenties September 2021
- Season Thirty-Two | Traitors November 2021
- Season Thirty-Three | Philippine-American War December 2021
- Season Thirty-Four | Billy the Kid January 2022
- Season Thirty-Five | The Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body February 2022
- Season Thirty-Six | The Fight for Women's Suffrage March 2022
- Season Thirty-Seven | Lewis and Clark April 2022
- Season Thirty-Eight | The Great Mississippi Flood May 2022
- Season Thirty-Nine | The Manson Murders June 2022
- Season Forty | The Civil War July 2022
- Season Forty-One | The Walker Affair September 2022
- Season Forty-Two | The Age of Pirates October 2022
- Season Forty-Three | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 November 2022
- Season Forty-Four | Presidential Assassinations December 2022
- Season Forty-Five | California Gold Rush January 2023
- Season Forty-Six | Insurrection of Aaron Burr February 2023
- Season Forty-Seven | Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood March 2023
- Season Forty-Eight | Boston Molasses Disaster April 2023
- Season Forty-Nine | United Farm Workers May 2023
Seasons Listed in Rough Chronological Order/Topical Seasons
| Season | Topic | Rough Start Date |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | Lost Colony Of Roanoke | 1554 |
| 15 | Dutch Manhattan | 1609 |
| 5 | Revolution | 1754 |
| 20 | Rebellion in the Early Republic | 1770 |
| 44 | Lewis & Clark | 1803 |
| 3 | Age of Jackson | 1814 |
| 17 | Kentucky Blood Feud | 1840 |
| 35 | Walker Affair | 1840 |
| 43 | Fight for Woman's Suffrage | 1848 |
| 31 | Bleeding Kansas | 1850 |
| 48 | Civil War | 1860 |
| 7 | Civil Rights | 1863 |
| 24 | Gilded Age | 1869 |
| 42 | Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body | 1870 |
| 29 | Great Chicago Fire | 1871 |
| 41 | Billy the Kid | 1875 |
| 36 | Fight for the First US Olympics | 1896 |
| 40 | Philippine-American War | 1899 |
| 16 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | 1911 |
| 27 | Coal Wars | 1912 |
| 38 | Roaring Twenties | 1920 |
| 2 | Prohibition | 1920 |
| 13 | Tulsa Race Massacre | 1921 |
| 11 | J Edgar Hoover's FBI | 1924 |
| 45 | Great Mississippi Flood | 1927 |
| 10 | Great Depression | 1929 |
| 14 | Bastard Brigade | 1939 |
| 21 | WWII Homefront | 1941 |
| 1 | The Cold War | 1947 |
| 4 | Space Race | 1955 |
| 23 | Stonewall | 1960 |
| 47 | Manson Murders | 1967 |
| 9 | 1968 Chicago Protest | 1975 |
| 12 | Sponsored | SKIP |
| 19 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 22 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 25 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 33 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 37 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 46 | SKIP/Encore of another season | SKIP |
| 6 | National Parks | Topical |
| 8 | Political Parties | Topical |
| 18 | California Water Wars | Topical |
| 26 | Supreme Court Landmarks | Topical |
| 28 | Presidential Inaugurations | Topical |
| 30 | American Monuments | Topical |
| 32 | Mystery of D.B. Cooper | Topical |
| 39 | Traitors | Topical |
Reception
The podcast has received mostly positive reviews. Many have noted the podcast's ability to go deeper into history, beyond what is taught in traditional US History classrooms.
See also
References
- Mallenbaum, Carly. "History buffs, listen up: Wondery's 'American History Tellers' podcast is for you". USA Today. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- Gavis, Karen. "The Creator of the New No. 1 Podcast Is an Administrator at SMU". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- "American History Tellers: Revolution, A Must Listen Podcast for this Fourth of July". The American Spectator. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- "Wondery - Feel The Story American History Tellers". Wondery – Feel The Story. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- "Should I listen to this?: American History Tellers podcast". The Comeback. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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