Empires, Anarchy & Other Notable Moments

This is the first in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia.  This first episode exams the discrimination that white Europeans experienced as they attempted to assimilate to their new nation's culture.  Germans, Irish, and Italians receive special focus as each deals with the nativist backlash as they attempted to "prove" their whiteness.  The rise of the Know...

This is the sixth and final episode in a series regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  Our story's protagonist has beaten two treason trials, but fears being jailed due to a misdemeanor.  Fleeing to England, he connects with Utilitarian thinker Jeremy Bentham while hatching new plans to restart his treasonist filibuster against Mexico.  Along the way, he finds love, purpose, and a whole...

This is the fifth in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  Colonel Burr is finally apprehended in the backwoods of Alabama.  From there he is transported into Chief Justice John Marshall's courthouse.  Acting as his own lawyer, Aaron Burr will have to muster everything he has to not be strung up for treason.   Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@gmail.com or o...

This is the fourth in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  Disgraced on both sides of the aisle, Aaron Burr attempts to reclaim his honor by leading a filibuster against Mexico, Spanish Florida, or perhaps against Thomas Jefferson himself. Like any good conspiracy, the details are murky, but for sure Aaron Burr was up to no good. Contact the show at resourcesby...

This is the third in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  This episode tells the story of the infamous duel between Aaron Burr, the vice President, and Alexander Hamilton, the leader of the Federalists.  The code duello and its inscribed rules are given a detailed treatment in preparation for what goes down in New Jersey. Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@g...

This is the second in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  This episode traces his rise and subsequent downfall in Republican political circles.  Burned once before my Thomas Jefferson, Burr's vow to oblige every single elector to throw a vote towards him - resulting in a tied election in 1800.  Once tossed to the vote, Alexander Hamilton's backroom dealings le...

This is the first in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr.  This episode traces his childhood as an orphan, his role in the Revolutionary War, as well as early interactions with his rival Alexander Hamilton.  Additionally, this episode takes a look at the practice of historical 'erasure' through the examples of Crispus Attucks and Sybil Ludington. Contact the sho...

This is the fifth and final episode in a series regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines.  The Philippines gained its independence in the wake of WWII, but remained close allies until the rise of Rodrigo Duterte, a firebrand populist who centered a violent war on drugs at the heart of his agenda.  Written before the election of Donald Trump to a second non-consecutive ter...

This is the fourth in a series of five episodes regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines.  World War II has come to the Pacific.  At the center of America's plans for the theatre lie the Philippines and its self-appointed hero Douglas MacArthur.  We'll trace MacArthur's early career wobbles, his defense plans for the archipelago, as well as the numerous Japanese atrocitie...

This is the third in a series of five episodes regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines.  Control of the Philippines has changed hands thanks to the Spanish American war and an additional 20 million dollars for the Archipelago.  For the first time in its history, America takes up the mantle of Empire.  This episode traces that starts and stutters that marked the beginning...

This is the second in a series of five episodes regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines. America has fulfilled its' manifest destiny to go from sea to shinning sea, but without a frontier to conquer, the United States sets its sights upon empire.  This episode takes a look at the run-up to the Spanish American War, the explosion of the Maine, and the Hollywood styled cre...

This is the first in a series of five episodes regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines.  300 years before America's surprise arrival just days into the Spanish American war, the Spanish came to Manila.  Ferdinand Magellan's infamous demise should have been their first warning.  in this episode, we examine the archipelago's history with the Spanish friars, Chinese ex-pats...

This is the ninth and final episode in a series regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  This episode recounts the final years of the Queen's life before further unpacking her legacy.  Finally, we look at the beginning of James reign and the Gunpowder Plot that nearly brought it all crashing down. Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@gmail.com or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would lik...

This is the eighth in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  This episode finally says goodbye to the good Queen Bess's nemesis Mary Queen of Scots before introducing the latest plot to steal her throne.  Will Robert of Essex succeed where so many have failed? Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@gmail.com or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to finan...

This is the seventh in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  This episode focuses on Elizabeth's role in foreign affairs - including war against Spain and its invincible Armada.  At the center of it all is her catholic cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, and questions regarding whether or not the good Queen Bess will ever walk down the aisle as a blushing bride.  ...

This is the sixth in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  This episode covers the trials and tribulations that represented Elizabeth's decision to never wed/secure her line of succession.  It includes speculation and historical fact regarding her relationships as well as interactions with key members of her court. Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@gmail...

This is the fifth in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  Having survived the rule of Bloody Mary, life ought to have gotten easier for the newly raised Queen Elizabeth, but her vow to remain unwed placed her rule in a precarious position.  For those who wanted to remove England's protestant ruler, there was no more attractive option than the Queen's cousin...

This is the fourth in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  Although she now finds herself as the heir to the throne, Elizabeth's position has never been more precarious.  Her half-sister Mary has risen from obscurity, married Spain's leading Catholic, and seems intent to erase the wrongs that had been done to her beloved mother.  Contact the show at resourc...

This is the third in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  This episode covers Henry's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth wives.  Particular attention is paid to the two 'survivors,' Anne of Cleaves and Catherine Parr.  Both would go on to have a profound effect upon Elizabeth. Contact the show at resourcesbylowery@gmail.com or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you wou...

This is the second in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  Anne Boleyn has caught the eye of King Henry VIII beginning one of history's greatest games of cat and mouse.  For seven long years, the Great Matter was the talk of London, as the King sought to divorce his wife Katherine in favor of her maid; a woman would was intent on remaining a maid until the...

This is the first in a series of nine episodes regarding England's greatest monarch, Elizabeth I.  Before the Queen makes an appearance, however, this episode details the early life/reign of her father, Henry VIII.  His path to power, including marrying the wife of his deceased brother despite warnings from the Church, have huge implications for the both of his surviving daughters.   Contact the s...

This is the final episode on a series about the physicist Albert Einstein.  With World War II behind him, Albert settles into life in Princeton intent of finishing his Unified Field Theory.  Little did he know that the end of his story would involve Russian spies, an offer to become the President of Israel, and his brain literally crisscrossing North America in search for a scientist capable of un...

This is the fifth in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  World War II is underway and Einstein is ready to shed his pacifist ways and do everything that he can to help the allies defeat Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.  His past, however, results in him being excluded from the Manhattan Project, despite the fact that it was Einstein's warning that began the process of building...

This is the fourth in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  Hitler's rise to power puts Albert Einstein in harms' way as rising antisemitism drives him from his newly acquired house in the outskirts of Berlin.  Rather than using his fame to flee, Einstein regularly speaks out against Nazi rule, eventually resulting in a dossier being published with Albert Einstein listed as t...

This is the third in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  With World War I looming over Germany, Albert Einstein confronts difficult truths regarding the goodwill of his fellow scientists at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.  The outbreak of the war cancels' Einstein's expedition to gather the data required to prove his Theory of Relativity.  Contact the show at resourcesbylower...