U.S. History EPISODES

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Ready for a deep dive into the labyrinth of American foreign policy? Brace yourself as we unravel the complex tapestry of historical events and long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War. We put the spotlight on Sergei Polkiy's eye-opening book 'The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.' We pull back the curtain on the origins of this war and trace its roots to the imperial collapse of the 19th and 20th centuries. W...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Have you ever wondered just how the United States transformed from a weak power to a hyperpower in the international arena? Today, we honor the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington DC on 9/11 and those who have fought the War on Terror since 2001. Prepare yourself for an insightful journey into the depths of American foreign policy as we dissect the riveting narrative presented in Michael Mandelbaum's '...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Prepare to embark on a remarkable journey back in time as we explore the oft-overlooked Korean War. Drawing from Hampton Sides' engrossing narrative "On Desperate Ground, the Epic Story of the Chosin Reservoir & the Korean War's Greatest Battle," In this Liberty Minute, we'll be transported to the frigid, heartless battlegrounds of North Korea, where the tales of courage and sacrifice of our heroes were lived out. Key Points...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Get ready to step into the world of the largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile ever built by the United States: the Titan II. We promise you an enthralling journey, taking you into the depths of the responsibility and immense pressure shouldered by servicemen in the face of potential catastrophe. Our story today comes from a wonderful book that sheds a great deal of light on this issue, the title of the bo...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Did you know that a Boeing B-50 Superfortress once discarded an atomic bomb over the St. Lawrence River? Strap in for an enlightening discussion that questions the adequacy of our governing bodies, stresses the importance of transparency, and underscores the crucial role of oversight in society. In todays episode, we share a riveting tale of a 1950s broken arrow incident awaits you, as we uncover the details of this chilli...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we celebrate our National birthday of 247 years! Happy Independence Day America 2023 🇺🇸 Join me, on a fascinating journey back to 1863 - a pivotal point in American history. On this Independence Day episode, we delve into the intricacies of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Siege of Vicksburg, a vital link on the Mississippi River and the surrounding of the southern strategic city of Chattanooga. We unravel ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today we chat about the greatest WW2 historical documentary ever produced, The World At War and why we--the living--should never forget and always REMEMBER! Key Points from the Episode: The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane The 26-Hour long episodes with incredible footage and interviews The music and narration helps to tell this vital story for generations. A story we should never forget! Other resources: More g...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays show, we will look back at a fascinating epoch in our US history and specifically at the election of 1844 with the help of the great David Walker Howe and his excellent tome, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 Key Points from the Episode: The candidates themselves The importance of the pivotal election of 1844 and the many shenanigans in New York and Michigan with 3rd party votes Th...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we will look back at the Worst. President. Ever! We will do so with our guide and author, Robert Strauss and his work Worst. President. Ever! on our 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan. Key Points from the Episode: In fact, comparing, JB the 15th President of the United States with JB, the 47th President of the United States, the res...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Let's continue our walk through history and make a stop in the year 800 on Christmas Day in this MM! Our guide will be Tom Holland and his book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and what was the flood-tide of Christ that washed over the European continent. Key Points from the Episode: Charlemagne and his renaissance in the 9th century.The great rise of literacy and culture and penmanship ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In last weeks MM on the C.S. Lewis classic, The Screwtape Letters, we discussed a newer and updated version of this genre of books and a popular book written by Steve Deace titled A Nefarious Plot which inspired an new and upcoming movie being released on April 14th called Nefarious. In today's long MOJO Minute episode, we explore some key takeaways from A Nefarious Plot and then listen to some high praise about the movie, ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message No matter the election results from this week, todays MM reminds us of the most important things to human flourishing which is the right order of priorities. The Didache Bible from Ignatius Press helps us along the path. Key points: Our reading is from The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:15-22Civil society is good but not the end all-be-allThe nation's power in our American constitutional republic derives for itself fr...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 is a celebration 🥳👏🎊 of sorts!! A celebration of Saint John Paul II and his life and extraordinary teachings, most especially because today is his feast day, October 22! Also, in this episode we will ponder his speech at the United Nations in 1995. Along with George Weigel for some commentary and context in his papal biography, Witness to Hope. Tomorrow, we will further reflect on a great gift Sain...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this Liberty Minute 🗽, we explore the question--has America passed it's so called "Rubicon moment?" Historians and political commentators increasingly are asking this question, so we thought we would some research with these two books, Mike Duncan's The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic and Walter Signorelli's Rome and America: The Great Republics: What the ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message To celebrate the release of the Hillsdale Supply-Side FREE economics course and to keep our theme going from our Liberty Minute over the weekend, lets talk some economic wisdom today! You might ask, what is Supply-Side economics? here's a quote from the Gipper, "There were always those who told us that taxes couldn't be cut until spending was reduced. Well, you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out...

What a truly fascinating and inspiring story, Patrick K O'Donnell shares with us in his heart-warming and extremely patroitic book on the heroics of the Massachusetts regiment from Marblehead. The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware makes for gripping reading and should be part of the American curriculum for all time!

Key points:
The Diversity of the Soldier-Mariners would not be replicated for another 17...

In this episode, we celebrate our National birthday. Happy Independence Day America.

Our book is the Collected works of Abraham Lincoln, Vol 4, "Lincoln Fragment of the Constitution and Union"
Key points:
Lincolns metaphor of using Proverbs 25:11

His use of "the apple of Gold" being the Declaration of Independence

And "the picture of Silver" to illustrate and describe the Constitution and its relationship to the Declaration.

Declaration of Independence

Constitution of the United States
Othe...

Recent events has caused us to devote this weeks two episodes to topics involving Liberty in the Balance - meaning those areas in our country, where Liberty was and is threatened.

In this second episode of this week, we review the key points leading up to the Civil War with David Potter’s excellent work, The Impending Crisis: America before the Civil War 1848 - 1861.

Key points:
The National political parties changing into sectional factions in the years leading up to the Civil War and virtual...

Recent events has caused us to devote this weeks two episodes to topics involving Liberty in the Balance - meaning those areas in our country, where Liberty is threatened.

One such horrifically bad idea is calling the Supreme Court "illegitimate" and calling for the "packing of the court."

To help us shine a bright light on this extremely bad idea of Court packing, is Utah's GOP Senator Mike Lee's newest book, Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left's Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court a...

In this 3rd episode of our Liberty Week celebration-- we peel the layers of the metaphorical onion on one of the most harmful and truly disingenuous US History books ever written, The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

To shine a light and expose this fraud of work we get a great deal of help from Mary Grabar in her excellent work, Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against American.
Key points:
Howard Zinns complete falsehoods in writin...

In this 2nd episode of Liberty Week here at the MOJO Academy-- we explore and take a dive deep into the New York Times Newspaper and their many distortions & fabrications over the last 100 years. To help us, we turn to Ashley Rindsberg and his book, The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
Key points:
The New York Times lies covering up for Nazi Germany in the led up to WWII.

Walter Durante lies while covering for the Sovi...

The US Civil War was America's worst national nightmare. In this MOJO minute, we explore the holy week of 1865 with Allen Guelzo's remarkable new biography of Robert E Lee: A Life
Key Points from the Episode:
The events from Palm Sunday to Good Friday 1865 were a roller-coaster of emotion that sent American morale to its deepest trenches of sadness.

Grants generous terms at the surrender

Robert E Lee almost overcome in relief on Grants surrender terms.

the assassination of the 16th President ...

Happy Holy Week, in this MOJO Minute, we explore America's meaning of Freedom. To help us, we pull George Weigel's book Letters to a Young Catholic
Key Points from the Episode:
A Roman Catholic view of Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address

How should we live?

What is authentic Freedom?

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On April 23, 1910, former US President Teddy Roosevelt gave the speech entitled "Citizenship in a Republic" at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

We pull the most famous passage from that speech in this MOJO Minute!

Thank you to the TR center for this transcript of the speech.

Key Points from the Episode:
Do critics count?

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