Recent Podcast Episodes

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

From Chapter 1, "Railroads: The First Big Business and the Failure of the Cartels".

From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".

From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".

From Chapter 3, "Attempts at Monopoly in American Industry".

From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".

From Chapter 15, "Herbert Hoover and the Myth of Laissez-faire".

From Chapter 4, "The Third Party System: Pietists vs. Liturgicals".

From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".

From Chapter 5, "The Democratic Triumph of 1892".

From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".

From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".

From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".

In this episode, Chris Calton describes the erupting tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers and politicians.