Podcast · 78 episodes
American History Tellers, page 2
by Audible · English
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of American History Tellers ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
All episodes, page 2
Edison vs. Tesla | Work of the World | 2The early “battle of the currents” showing how George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla challenged Thomas Edison’s direct current (DC) dominance, beginning with Buffalo’s 1886 electrified department…13 May 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
Edison vs. Tesla | Prometheus’ Fire | 1Thomas Edison’s push to create a safe, practical incandescent electric lighting system, culminating in the first successful Pearl Street Station demonstration in September 1882, and setting up the…6 May 2026 · 40 min · 18 chapters
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | After the Storm | 4The September 8, 1900 Galveston hurricane and its aftermath—devastation, private disaster relief, and long-term reforms (commission government, seawall, and massive grade raising) that reshaped…29 Apr 2026 · 38 min · 13 chapters
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | City of Doom | 3The immediate aftermath of the 1900 Galveston hurricane (“City of Doom”), focusing on how Galveston was cut off, how relief was organized, mass death/cremation at sea, and early rebuilding and…22 Apr 2026 · 38 min · 15 chapters
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | Night of Terrors | 2The lead-up to and peak of the September 8, 1900 Galveston Hurricane, including official underestimation, failed warnings, and the deadly storm surge and wreckage that struck that night.15 Apr 2026 · 33 min · 19 chapters
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | An Absurd Delusion | 1Episode 1 of a three-part series on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, focusing on how Cuban forecasters correctly predicted a hurricane aimed at Texas, while U.S.8 Apr 2026 · 34 min · 17 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6The episode “Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6” recounts how Nell Harper Lee’s 1957 manuscript Go Set a Watchman was reshaped into To Kill a Mockingbird, then follows…1 Apr 2026 · 41 min · 11 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | James Baldwin: The Exile | 5James Baldwin’s “The Exile” (Episode 5) traces his life from Harlem poverty and racial exclusion to his move to Greenwich Village and Paris, his civil-rights-era writing, and his later years in…25 Mar 2026 · 41 min · 21 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | John Steinbeck: The Observer | 4A dramatized biography of John Steinbeck (Episode 4, “The Observer”) tracing how his California upbringing, Depression-era observations, and wartime experiences shaped major works—especially The…18 Mar 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Nation | 3Mark Twain’s rise from Missouri childhood to “voice of a nation,” his training on the Mississippi, literary breakthroughs (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), and later financial ruin driven by the Page…11 Mar 2026 · 42 min · 12 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Louisa May Alcott: The Breadwinner | 2Louisa May Alcott’s path from rejection and poverty to literary fame, framed by key episodes: her servant essay rejection, family hardships (Fruitlands), Civil War nursing, and the creation/success…4 Mar 2026 · 39 min · 15 chapters
Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre | 1Episode 1 of “American History Tellers” profiles Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on his early life, repeated self-sabotage, major works (Metzengerstein, Berenice, The Fall of the House of Usher, The…25 Feb 2026 · 42 min · 16 chapters
St. Valentines Day Massacre: Closing In On Capone | 3The 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago (seven men shot in a garage), why it stayed officially unsolved, and how federal investigators ultimately “closed in” on Al Capone—mainly through an…18 Feb 2026 · 36 min · 18 chapters
St. Valentines Day Massacre | Public Enemy No. 1 | 2The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (Feb 14, 1929) and how it failed to produce charges, while it helped drive federal action against Al Capone.11 Feb 2026 · 39 min · 12 chapters
St. Valentines Day Massacre | The Land of Bilk and Money | 1The lead-up to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (Feb 14, 1929), framed through Prohibition-era Chicago gang warfare and Al Capone’s rise.4 Feb 2026 · 39 min · 18 chapters
Conquering Polio | There Is No Patent | 4The episode explains how polio vaccine development split between Jonas Salk’s killed-virus approach and Albert Sabin’s live, oral vaccine, and how Sabin’s work ultimately became the dominant strategy…28 Jan 2026 · 36 min · 19 chapters
Conquering Polio | The Cutter Fiasco | 3The “Cutter Incident” (1955) after the Salk polio vaccine’s success—how contaminated vaccine lots from Cutter Laboratories led to polio cases in vaccinated children, triggering a nationwide…21 Jan 2026 · 36 min · 14 chapters
Conquering Polio | Beyond the Microscope | 2Late-1940s to early-1950s polio vaccine race—how NFIP leadership, scientific rivalries, and public messaging shaped the path to Jonas Salk’s killed-virus vaccine, amid the worst 1949 and 1952…14 Jan 2026 · 40 min · 22 chapters
The Ice King | Indian Summer | 4Frederick Tudor’s “Ice King” story, focusing on supply bottlenecks at Fresh Pond, technological fixes (Nathaniel Wyeth’s ice-cutting machine and ice lift), the failed Swain’s Pond attempt, and…7 Jan 2026 · 36 min · 11 chapters
Conquering Polio | The March of Dimes | 1The 1916–1940s fight against polio, focusing on how the March of Dimes (NFIP) used mass media, fundraising, and emergency medical care to build a nationwide crusade before a vaccine existed.7 Jan 2026 · 41 min · 15 chapters
The Ice King | Slippery Business | 3Frederick Tudor’s push to expand the New England ice trade into the American South after being denied a monopoly by South Carolina’s Trade Committee; his marketing, pricing, supply crises, iceberg…24 Dec 2025 · 34 min · 10 chapters
The Ice King | Frozen Assets | 2Frederick Tudor’s early-1800s ice export business—how embargoes, debt arrests, monopoly fights in Cuba, and failed shipments force him to innovate, expand, and pivot toward South Carolina.17 Dec 2025 · 35 min · 11 chapters
The Ice King | No Joke | 1Frederick Tudor (“The Ice King”) tries to turn New England ice into an international business by exporting frozen water to the Caribbean, starting with Martinique, then Havana, before being crushed…10 Dec 2025 · 36 min · 10 chapters
The Mayflower | The Thanksgiving Myth | 5Reframes the “first Thanksgiving” and Mayflower story from the Wampanoag perspective, arguing that the Thanksgiving myth whitewashes colonization and ignores long, violent Native-English relations.3 Dec 2025 · 40 min · 18 chapters