American Carnage – Details, episodes & analysis

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American Carnage

Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

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Frequency: 1 episode/21d. Total Eps: 8

A podcast about the history of political violence in the United States, launching with a five-part series on the radical abolitionist John Brown. "My new favorite history podcast, a wonderful mixture of dramatic narrative and searching analysis." — Jeet Heer, national political correspondent for The Nation Episode 5 coming soon.

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John Brown's Christmas Raid

Sunday, May 26, 2024 • Duration 39:58

What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues. The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bleeding Kansas' Deadliest Day

Sunday, May 26, 2024 • Duration 35:40

In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits. The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep 5: A great white light

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 • Duration 01:07:37

What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 • Duration 01:05:40

John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 • Duration 57:42

As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified. [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 • Duration 02:01

John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?[Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to this full episode by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep 1: Pierced with the iron

Season 1 · Episode 1

Thursday, December 28, 2023 • Duration 56:06

What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America? Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.Co-writer Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City. Sophia Kurzius is our producer.Theme music by Ned Porter. “John Brown’s Body” performed by Stephen Griffith.Artwork by Elena Lacey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep 2: Standing on a volcano

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, December 28, 2023 • Duration 45:11

[Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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