EARLY: Spanish American War Part 1: Freebooting and Slavery

I know the CIA didn't exist during this war, but this really feels like a "our third host, the CIA" kind of episode.

Nicholas Slayton

Yes, I am aware of the irony of a safety culture guy being in charge of the omnicidal murder boats.

John & Athena Parker

Not sure if Hyman Rickover fits the show's vibe, but an interesting guy. The only thing fishy about him saying its a coal fire is the ultimate safety culture guy tells you this bad thing happened because of a lack of safety culture. Does NOT mean that's he wrong.

John & Athena Parker

I heard Liam flinch when the date and time came up.

Matt

Always enjoy hearing about this farcical little war. Potentially own more books about it than anyone else who lives in Australia and has never been the mainland US.

By discovery I mean the Americas, not ancient Britain.

Jasmine Matthews

I was reading on 'Virgin Soil' a fair bit because in ancient history it kind of looks like 90% of the island of britain's population disappears and gets replaced at some point and we have to ask what happened to all those people, It has to be noted at the time of the discovery and colonisation efforts diseases in Europe were fucking hardcore but intentionally spreading disease has been a tactic invoked since prehistory.

Jasmine Matthews

Also the theory that the Crown applying any sort of brake to western expansion would have deflated the land speculation bubble that Washington et al were building for themselves.

John & Athena Parker

love multi-part series!

Yicheng Liu

I think the idea that Lee may have joined the Confederacy has some merit. Its an interesting idea. Especially since he inherited it from his father in law who was one of the heirs (grandson) of George and Martha Washington. And there's definitely a theory that Washington and other southern planters joined the Revolution to get out of debts, despite most southerners supporting the crown.

Sean RD

So I learned some stuff about smallpox awhile back from a podcast by two epidemiologists, This Podcast Will Kill You. The main reason people used it as a biological weapon in the past is because you could spread it with skin flakes that the victim sheds throughout the process, it is a pretty disturbing process if you look into it. But they used smallpox blankets because they could kinda see how people got infected.

Mysterious Stranger

Agreed!

Allen

I will safely say that I prefer the series, duologies over the one shots, love the detail you are able to fit into multi hour shows.

jackson macpherson

Ah yes, when the US first did big boy imperialism like a proper Western (white supremacist) power. Love to see it.

Allen

You said executed so many times it stopped being a word

Cadnee Mountai

I love anytime I see a "Part 1" show up

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