Podcast
Free State Kansas
Chris Calton discusses how the Kansas territory turned in favor of the Free State settlers.
Jeff Deist: The Small Revolution
Dred Scott
Chris Calton discusses how the worst Supreme Court ruling of all time poured gasoline on the fire that was dividing a nation.
Bob Murphy on the Culture Wars
The Election of 1856: A Victorious Defeat
Chris Calton deconstructs the the Presidential election of 1856.
David Gornoski on Anthropology and Liberty
The Pottawatomie Massacre
In response to the Caning of Charles Sumner, radical John Brown took matters into his own hands by murdering five pro-slavery settlers.
Jim Bovard on Our Slavish Devotion to Politics
Kansas Bleeds
In this episode, Chris Calton describes the erupting tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers and politicians.