HOT NUGGET OF HISTORY - GET TO DA DOCTAH
Jun 30, 20262m
A bizarre conspiracy to cover up the time a robot from the future attacked the First Lady with a sled.
Hosted by Brian Powers · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 103 episodes
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These are the stories that may have slipped through the cracks - the odd detours that have shaped our history and culture in small, but sometimes significant, ways.
Brian Powers hosts American Esoterica, a history show with 103 episodes published.
A bizarre conspiracy to cover up the time a robot from the future attacked the First Lady with a sled.
THIS race came down to the wire...the telephone wire.
The world got a glimpse of the future in Chicago in 1893. Your breakfast would never be the same.
A story about gang warfare, piracy, sharks, death by ammonia suffocation, and the people who killed the geese that laid the golden eggs, pretty much literally.
State of the art technology shows weakness against cheap drone. Difficulty: 70 years ago.
She was the inspiration for the Pinkerton Detective Agency's famous slogan, and all it took was stopping the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Meet the first female private detective in the United States, Kate Warne.
Our scientists determined that racism was stupid at least as far back as 1896. Here's the story of the test case that became the ultimate stain on the Supreme Court and the country.
When the baddest man in Madison County did a world of good.
This is a story of a tank. And the vehicle he drove.
WE FEEL THE NEED... Look, this is a self-indulgent mess of an episode that exists solely to talk about how cool planes are. You in, or not?
We learn about history in black and white terms, but the most pivotal moments emerge from the gray. Introducing Arrrbraham Lincoln, almost-pirate.
It could have been a day like any other...but it wasn't.
A pig, Robert's Rules of Order, Vancouver, and George Pickett. And the dumbest pseudo-war until the next one in this series.
There is still YET ANOTHER killing in Lafayette Square to discuss, but this story could've gone in a far worse direction. Come for the oddly pleasant death-dealing, stay for the host yelling at his dog for chewing on the
Forget what you think you know about the deadliest fire in American history.
The real story that likely inspired a fake story, and it's way more heartbreaking. This one is a three-hankie episode.
We actually had genuine royalty in this country once, and no, I don't mean Beyoncé (or Queen Bey, as those of us who are true fans call her). And in New Jersey, of all places.
Remember that time that somebody almost assassinated JFK? Probably not.
A baker's dozen colonies? A regular dozen? Fourteen? Fifteen? Twenty-six? HOW MANY COLONIES WERE THERE?
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American Esoterica is hosted by Brian Powers. The show is categorised under history (government) and has published 103 episodes.
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