John Brown Today
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The Harper's Ferry Raid: Interview with Jim Silvia, Part 2
In the second of two parts, Lou talks with Jim Silvia, the vice president of the nonprofit Harpers Ferry Park Association and a 13-year veteran certified park guide at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Jim's newly published work, The ...
The Harper's Ferry Raid: Interview with Jim Silvia, Part 1
In the first of two parts, Lou talks with Jim Silvia, the vice president of the nonprofit Harpers Ferry Park Association and a 13-year veteran certified park guide at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Jim's newly published work, The R...
How Teddy Roosevelt Screwed Over John Brown's Legacy
In this episode, Lou examines how Theodore Roosevelt appropriated—and ultimately undermined—the historical legacy of John Brown. Focus centers on Roosevelt’s August 1910 "New Nationalism" address at the dedication of the John Brown Memorial Par...
Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 2
In Part 2 of this gripping exploration into John Brown and his Jewish associates in Kansas, Lou revisits the infamous Pottawatomie Creek killings. Grounding the narrative in the vital testimony of August Bondi alongside other primary and second...
Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 1
In this episode, Lou introduces us to the fascinating and unlikely alliance between John Brown’s family and local Jewish immigrants in the violent, war-torn landscape of Territorial Kansas. To set the stage, Lou explores how Brown—a self-consci...
Fan Mail
thanks for being more forceful in this latest episode. Take or leave this idea but... since PBS and Ken Burns (neither of which I'm a huge fan of) is airing a documentary on Thoreau in 18 days (I will watch cuz I love Thoreau) maybe have a podcast episode on him since David Reynolds book's hypothesis (which I just read and LOVED) is about how if it wasn't for Thoreau, we wouldn't know about Brown. Just a thought. Love this podcast no matter what and just got back from seeing the curry painting again in Kansas B4 it's removed. I'm worried about all Brown sites and have been for a few years. Idris robinson's new book mentions John Brown 17 times as well. It's a great piece of work. Just fyi.
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