John Brown Today
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Latest Episodes
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...
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Professor! I am a new but huge fan, I recently discovered your podcast. I’m a veterinarian from CT and a Brownite to the core….made the pilgrimage from Torrington to North Elba and back again to Harper’s Ferry and I can’t get enough! Thanks for all the terrific content, looking forward to your books (just wrapping Oates, which I read after Horowitz). Happy Fourth, I like you I’m sure think of him today more than any of the other national heroes as the one we owe it all to!!! -James McNamara Redding, CT
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