President Grover Cleveland: Honest to a Fault...

Shays’ Rebellion has long been taught as a dangerous uprising, one that risked shaking the newly founded United States of America. But by tracing the events from mounting grievances to the march on the Springfield Armory, one might argue it was as a disciplined, community-driven ...  Show more

What was it like to live on Alcatraz? And was it possible to escape? In this episode, Don speaks to a historian with the unique experience of growing up there.Jolene Babyak's father worked on Alcatraz during its 29 years as a federal maximum-security prison. She and Don discuss t ...  Show more

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, so how did it work out when he became the leader of this nation that he was so instrumental in founding?

For the third episode in American History Hit's special series about the Presidents, ...

Did you know we have gross presidents??? Well, President Grover Cleveland, aka Steve Cleve, was one of the grossest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

If the Kennedy's were America's first royal family, then Jackie was its queen.

She was a style icon who, alongside her husband and president JFK, symbolised a fresh hopeful start in post-war America.

And then on 22nd November 1963, the unimaginable happened ...

This November marks 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated. 

His name is associated with history defining events, but it’s also connected with a dynasty, known for their celebrity and notoriously for being ‘cursed.’

The Kennedy family ...