MODOC WAR Ep. 1 | “Lost River”
The Modoc live in the area known as the Lava Beds in northern California for centuries before the arrival of European explorers. Then, in 18...
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Legends of the Old West
Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and Butch and Sundance. Lakota, Comanche and Apache. Wars, gunfights and robberies. This show covers the toughest lawmen, the wildest outlaws, and the deadliest town...
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20 of 314 episodesMOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 6 | “Jim Bridger: Wars of the West”
After the loss of his trading post, Jim Bridger guides an army column to Utah Territory to confront Brigham Young and the Mormons. Bridger l...
MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 5 | “Jim Bridger: Opening The West”
When the fur trade winds down, Jim Bridger builds a trading post at a key location on the Oregon Trail in southwestern Wyoming. In addition...
MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 4 | “Jim Bridger: Into The Wild”
In 1822, eighteen-year-old Jim Bridger joins the Ashley-Henry fur company and travels up the Missouri River to trap beaver in the West. But...
MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 3 | “John Colter: Colter’s Run”
In 1808 or 1809, John Colter faces an extreme test of endurance and resilience when he is captured by Blackfoot warriors on one of the three...
MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 2 | “John Colter: Colter’s Hell”
John Colter’s extraordinary adventures in the West continue with a 500-mile winter trek across the Rocky Mountains, during which he becomes...
MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 1 | “John Colter: Corps of Discovery”
John Colter, a young Kentucky frontiersman, joins the Corps of Discovery to explore the continent with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. C...
Introducing “Government That Doesn’t Suck” from Rewind Studios
Government often gets a bad rap. But each episode of the new podcast “Government That Doesn’t Suck,” hosted by Professors Greg Jackson and L...
REVOLUTION Ep. 3 | “Devils From Infernal Regions”
After four years of fighting, the war in the northern colonies settles into a stalemate. It rages in the southern colonies, but the American...
REVOLUTION Ep. 2 | “New York Minute”
After boosting American morale with successes at Trenton and Princeton, the American main army suffers seemingly disastrous losses outside P...
REVOLUTION Ep. 1 | “A Christmas Miracle”
During the American Revolutionary War, three pairs of battles were critical to the outcome. When the war begins in earnest in August of 1776...
OUTLAWS Ep. 6 | “Bill Longley”
In the 1870s, Bill Longley adds his name to the list of infamous outlaws of the Old West. He roams his home state of Texas, adopting differe...
OUTLAWS Ep. 5 | “Burt Alvord”
In the closing days of the Old West era, Burt Alvord forms an outlaw gang to rob trains in southern Arizona Territory. As the constable of W...
OUTLAWS Ep. 4 | “The Reno Gang”
Frank and John Reno become troublemakers at a young age in Jackson County, Indiana. After the Civil War, they form one of the earliest outla...
OUTLAWS Ep. 3 | “Clay Allison”
Robert Clay Allison serves under Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Civil War and then drifts west to Texas. He wor...
OUTLAWS Ep. 2 | “Cherokee Bill”
In 1893, Crawford Goldsby suffers humiliation at a dance at Fort Gibson in the Cherokee Nation. His plan for revenge lands turns him into an...
OUTLAWS Ep. 1 | “Doc Middleton”
Before James Middleton Riley becomes known as Doc Middleton, he steals horses in Texas, escapes from prison in Texas, and escapes from jail...
Introducing HISTORY DAILY
On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in ti...
KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH Ep. 3 | “Race to Nome”
While Jack London tries to conquer the Chilkoot Trail, the town of Skagway explodes to life at the beginning of the White Pass Trail. Infamo...
KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH Ep. 2 | “Fight For Survival”
Jack London and his companions race against time to travel 550 miles up the Yukon River before winter stops their progress. When they fall s...