Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History

Today on Murderhobos, a special episode produced by Tony. We're headed all the way back to Minneapolis, circa 1900. As the mill capital of the world, Minneapolis was packed to the brim with seasonal workers, thriving brothels, and scheming card sharks. But to Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, it was just a piggy bank waiting to be smashed open. Over the course of a year and a half, Ames turned the Minneap...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Murderhobos Season 1.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

The last biography Q&A episode of Season 1! Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Ernest Hemingway.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Ernest Hemingway, a writer, sportsman, trophy hunter, and war correspondent, considered by many to be one of the best writers of the twentieth century. But what can studying Ernest Hemingway - and studying the study of Ernest Hemingway - teach us about masculinity in the mid-twentieth century?   Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com or twitter.com/murderhobospod by...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Sid Hatfield.   Not the best audio quality on this one, apologies for the guerilla field recording.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Sid Hatfield, otherwise known as Smilin' Sid, a West Virginia miner, gunslinger, chief of police, and hero to the US labor movement. His public murder in 1921 spurred on what would become the largest domestic uprising in US history following the Civil War. How did his life and death interface with broader trends in American law enforcement and labor rights of the time? Submit...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Theodore Roosevelt.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, a trendsetter, politician, reformer, citizen soldier, and one of the most popular and influential American presidents of all time. How did a boy who grew up with severe asthma come to be known as one of history's chief promoters of the masculine lifestyle, and why is his legacy so important for understanding the United States in the 20th Century? S...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Wild Bill Hickok.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill Hickock, a wilderness scout, lawman, gambler, gunslinger, and half-hearted actor, who was one of the archetypal frontiersman and myth-makers of the American West. His short, violent life has been seen as a parallel to the American frontier experience. But could one man's life, and one man's lies, truly represent a whole era?   Su...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about John Brown.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos: John Brown, an abolitionist, freedom fighter, and often considered one of America's first domestic terrorists. Brown has remained a hugely divisive figure in American history, presented either as a insane zealot or a hero of the downtrodden, but his action and motivation is the contradiction of American democracy: how can a country that professes freedom and liberty for all k...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Alexander Hamilton. Sorry for the audio quality on this one!   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Alexander Hamilton: an orphan, rebel, lover, founding father, and America's most famous duellist. Hamilton's life and tragic death has inspired musicals, films, and books, but his personal writings expose the anxious reality of political and personal power in a time of duels and a culture of suspecion. What led Hamilton to his fatal duel, and what can we learn about the cultu...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Donald McBane.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show:  bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Scottish duellist, adventurer, gambler, procurer, and gladiator Donald McBane, whose experiences as an enlisted soldier from 1689 to 1710 spanned three wars in three decades, including brothel keeping, running gambling tents, and fighting duels against peers, only to culminate as a professional champion in the Bear Gardens of peacetime England. What can McBanes experiences te...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Jacques de Caylus, Louis de Maugiron, and a bunch of other French dudes whose names I'm not gonna type in the show notes cause I'm lazy.   Adam and his hats: https://imgur.com/7fK8WrM   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, the Duel of the Mignons, a bloody duel in which six of King Henry III's courtiers fought to the death in the summer of 1578. These men were celebrities among the French elite, distinguished warriors, cultural icons, and alleged lovers of the king. The duel left two dead on the field, two to die in agony in the weeks following the encounter and two survivors. It was a low poin...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about the man with the iron hand, Götz von Berlichingen.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, Götz von Berlichingen, a self-described "poor knight" whose career of plunder, feuding, and warfare continued for 50 years after the loss of his right hand in 1504. Armed with a prosthetic, Götz of the Iron Hand would ride as an enemy of bishops, in the service of rebel lords, and lead armies of revolutionary peasants, all in the supposed waning days of knighthood. Götz' auto...

Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about the life and times of William Marshal.   Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon   Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos

Today on Murderhobos, William Marshal, a 13th century Norman knight who became a friend and advisor to a string of English kings, whose astonishing career in the Norman tournament circuit made him one of the richest and most influential knights in the Angovine empire. His skill at arms in tournaments, rebellions, and dynastic warfare led many to claim William Marshal as the most famous knight in h...

Introducing Murderhobos, a new historical biography podcast from historian Adam Franti, focusing on men of violence and their historical context. First episode will be released 5/1.