Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast
Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast will take listeners on a revelatory and surprising journey through the years of the American Civil War, bringing it to life by exploring and discovering the people, the places, and the events – as if we didn't know how it would all turn out.
Podcasting since 2024 • 4 episodes
Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast
Latest Episodes
S1E4 – A Political Free-For-All
What happens when a political party implodes? One newspaperman in hindsight said, “The Whig party died of too much respectability and not enough people.” The decade before the Civil War saw politics as figurative and literal mayhem as parties s...
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S1E3 – American Slavery
Why did slavery exist in the United States, and how did it get that way? To better understand America leading up to the Civil War, it’s vital to trace its roots back to its origins and how its British history morphed into the Southern society, ...
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S1E2 – The Father of All
What caused the American Civil War? Better yet, what caused the causes? In order to discover the answers, it’s essential to explore the context of the United States at the time… How had the country changed since its independence in 1776? What f...
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