Episode 30: The Cold War Bomber Gap
Eisenhower is in my list for top ten American presidents
Episode 28: Lady Six Sky, the Last Queen of the Maya
Pyramid schemes in the Mayan Classical Age
Episode 27: The Ace of Aces: America’s Deadliest Fighter Pilot
Dick Bong is a powerful name
Episode 26: The Secret Plan to Nuke the Moon
Nothing inspires national unity like the use of nuclear weapons
Episode 25: Could Abraham Lincoln Fight?
Could Honest Abe beat you up in a bar fight? Research indicates he could
Episode 24: The Battle for Equal Rights in Alaska
How Alaskan Natives passes the first anti-discrimination law in America’s history.
Episode 23: The Alaska Territorial Guard and the Balloon Bomb Assault
Tough natives is redundant
Episode 21: Lincoln Ellsworth and the Mapping of Antarctica
Flying across Antarctica in a single engine plane in 1935
Episode 20: The Storm That Saved America’s Capitol
The power of nature is greater than that of any army
Episode 19: The Legend of Kid Cann: Gang Boss of Minnesota
Bootlegging liquor across the Midwest
Episoe 18: When American Soldiers Were Dog Bait
The time the US Army attempted to train dogs to smell race
Episode 17: The Viking Woman Who Sailed to North America
Crossing the Atlantic in 1000 A.D. in a wooden ship
Episode 16: The Massacre Before the 1968 Olympics
The Mexican government’s violent crackdown on protests in 1968
Episode 14: The Last War Chief
Joe Medicine Crow was an unstoppable force of a soldier in World War II