Thomas's Podcast
Hello Friends! Welcome to the Heritage of U.S. with Tom Garfield. Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Academy, runs Heritage Arts Academy in Moscow Idaho teaching art, drama, and soon history. He served as the principal and superintendent of Logos School from its founding for over 30 years. This is a podcast on history. This is a podcast for educators, parents, teachers, and students alike. Thanks for listening!
Episodes
7 episodes since 2024
The RMS Titanic
Why does the sinking of a luxury liner well over 100 years ago still fascinate us today? The story is fantastic in every sense! It is a tragedy that, in human terms, could have been avoided. At the same time, it displayed the arrogance of the s...
September 06, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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18:30
The Life & Times of Theodore Roosevelt
There are good reasons why TR is the only 20th century president whose face is carved into Mount Rushmore, along with three other great presidents from the past. He was truly the first president to define the authority of his office, to make th...
August 30, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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28:48
An Overview of 1900 to 1929
It is hard to overestimate the changes we saw in the first decades of the 20th century: we went from a largely agrarian country to the fastest growing nation on Earth, with technological improvements that were breath-taking!
August 21, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:30
Reconstruction and The Spanish American War (Part 2)
Reconstruction and the Spanish American War Part 2Why did we send troops to fight the Spanish in Cuba, of all places? Had they attacked us? This was our first declared war in which we fought an enemy overseas. What were the results and ...
August 04, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:54
Reconstruction and the Spanish American War (Part 1)
Reconstruction and the Spanish American WarIn this episode, we review and reinforce the critical ways the United States grew and changed between 1865 and 1900. A very important, but little known and short-lived war had a lot to do with ...
August 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:30
The Drama of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Episode 2: The Drama of the Assassination of Abraham LincolnOther than knowing Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, most people don’t know the amazing and almost unbelievable events that lead to this murder. It could ...
August 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:45
Overview of Reconstruction
Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Academy and runs Heritage Arts Academy in Moscow Idaho. He has taught students and served as the principal and superintendent of Logos School from its founding for over 30 years. ...
July 20, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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23:18