U.S. History EPISODES

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?

The Man in the Arena

If you are creator, artist, potential author or potential podcaster, step up! The world is waiting to hear from you...we are listening!

Other...

In MM#91, we take a step back to ask why read? why read history? what's the point?

we answer this question with the help from Mike Duncans excellent work, The Storm Before The Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Key Points from the Episode:
Is America following the same trend lines as the Roman Republic before it fell?

Duncan provides a compelling list of why the Roman Republic fell

Cicero's EPIC speech about the fall of the Republic

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In this final MOJO Minute of the year, we examine America's record from a 50,000 foot level with Bill Bennett's America the Strong.

We ask the question, Is America good or bad?
And what is her record?

Key Points from the Episode:
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States commented on

Thank you to my professors in Political Science and History who taught me how to think not what to think

8 great points on the American record

Other resources:
PragerU video on Howard Zinn's history...

In this MOJO Minute, we look back in American History to that first miracle of Christmas 1776 and read from Thomas Paine in the American Crisis

Correction: the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware resides in the West Wing of the White House, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was the painting I would refer to as a jumping off point to highlight the Christmas Miracle of 1776 not Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Other resources:
The signing of the Declaration of Independence...

In this episode, we check out Calvin Coolidge's, our 30th President of the United States, most famous quote from his presidency which Amity Shales in her biography of Coolidge helps us to unpack.

Key Points from the Episode:
Why determination and persistence lead Coolidge all of his life?

There are many educated derelicts in the world

To live a focus and flourishing life no matter what the future brings

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