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Missing Pages
Missing Pages is a podcast that explores the history of the United States and critically examines the high school AP US History curriculum. Through deep dives into key events, people, narratives, and themes, I seek to uncover the fascinating stories and overlooked perspectives that make up America's rich and complex past. From colonial times to the present day, no topic is off-limits as we explore the triumphs, tragedies, and everything in between. Get ready for a journey through the missing…
Episodes
Missing PagesEpisode 31: A Soldier’s Tale
After a few episodes of the big ideas that drove the Revolution and the large scale changes that came as a result, I'm heading back down to the more micro…
Missing PagesEpisode 30: The American Cause
For the first half of this season I have been skirting around the overall reason the American colonists decided to raise their own banner against England. This…
Missing PagesEpisode 29: The Contradiction
While the American Revolution provided a voice to a people who longed to break free from the toke of the British Government. However, while they decried the…
Missing PagesEpisode 28: Revolutionary Women
As the war branched out away from Boston and New York, several fronts—and several major battles—were being fought simultaneously. Meanwhile, there were several…
Missing PagesThe Argument for America
This is a special bonus episode in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing (at least by some) of the Declaration of Independence. Every American…
Missing PagesEpisode 27: The Spirit of '76
I try my best to resist Romanticism and hagiography when discussing American history. It is vital to discuss history honestly, with warts and all. But, this…
Missing PagesEpisode 26: The Long Slide to Rebellion
There are many moments, and historians often disagree on these, that make war inevitable. It’s like stones rolling down a hill. At some point, gravity just…
Missing PagesEpisode 25: A Conflict of Visions
Welcome to the third era of Missing Pages: the Revolution. In this 250th anniversary I will be exploring the events, people, and ideas—both well-known and more…
Missing PagesEpisode 24: Era 2 Recap
Just like last season—and from here on out—this episode acts as a recap and reflection of this era. I provide a brief summary of the episodes released this…
Missing PagesEpisode 23: The Fall of Canada
After the first two wars for empire dominated the attention of the colonies throughout North America, both the English and French were able to focus on growth…
Missing PagesEpisode 22: American Revival
There are many events in history that remain controversial far after there happening. But most revolves around the causes and effects. In this case, though…
Missing PagesEpisode 21: The Pursuit of Happiness
While this is not an episode strictly following a historical event, it is still vital to the story of the American colonies, and America itself. I only scratch…
Missing PagesEpisode 20: The First Imperial Wars
As we continue on through the late colonial period, it has become glaringly obvious that this era is largely overlooked. Between Bacon’s Rebellion, and the…
Missing PagesEpisode 19: The Golden Age of Piracy
This is Part Two of this short series on piracy in the American colonies. If you would like to learn more about the origins of piracy and the average life of a…
Missing PagesEpisode 18: Raising the Black Flag
This is part one of a two-part series on the rise and fall of piracy. This episode covers the rise. It’s not often that the myths and stories we tell ourselves…
Missing PagesEpisode 17: Breaking the Chains
As we saw last month, the slavery story was not static. Nor were the victims passive. They pressed every advantage they could. However, this was not enough…
Missing PagesEpisode 16: Agency Amidst Oppression
The image of slavery that is pervasive in media—the black man in raggedy clothes, with a scarred back, hunched over low-lying plants in a field—is a correct…
Missing PagesEpisode 15: A Crisis in Salem
Puritan scholar Perry Miller called what occurred in Salem in 1692 a non-event which had “no effect on the ecclesiastical or political situation, [and] does…
Missing PagesEpisode 14: American Growth
This episode is a bit unorthodox, I will be jumping around a bit through time and space to explore the various facets of the changing American life in the…
Missing PagesEpisode 13: The Thirteen
Welcome to Era 2! To kick off this season, I will be completing the list of the thirteen British colonies that will rebel in 1775. This includes showing the…
Missing PagesEpisode 12: Era 1 Recap
This episode will be a little bit different than all of the previous episodes this season. This is a recap and reflection episode. I will provide a brief…
Missing PagesEpisode 11: Colonial Chaos
In this episode we reach the end of the era. In 1675 and 1676, two major wars overtook nearly all of the English colonies. In Virginia, Nathaniel Bacon created…
Missing PagesEpisode 10: War Without End
This episode rounds out the series of overview style episodes with an exploration of the violence that permeated this era, especially the 17th century…
Missing PagesEpisode 9: Bound by Paper, Bound by Iron
This episode covers the most difficult topic to date: slavery. This is a topic that still rouses lots of debate to this day, so I was extra careful to ensure…
Missing PagesEpisode 8: Colonial Roundup
On this episode of Missing Pages, I fill out some of the colonies that have been neglected thus far. These are colonies that fall outside the narrative…
Missing PagesEpisode 7: The Dutch Colony
This episode covers the important, though overlooked, Dutch colony in the New World: New Amsterdam. This colony was squished between Massachusetts and Virginia…
Missing PagesEpisode 6: New World Radicals
This episode covers the story of the two most famous rebels in the early American colonies: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. But they weren’t the only ones…
Missing PagesEpisode 5: The Second Bay Colony
This episode continues to travel over well-trodden ground as we explore the founding and settling of the Massachusetts Bay colony. We cover the colonies before…
Missing PagesEpisode 4: Saints and Strangers
This episode details the origins of the Pilgrims, their voyage, and their interactions with the Natives in the first successful New England colony. Along the…
Missing PagesEpisode 3: At the Mouth of the James
This is the usual starting point in American history education. It is logical given that Jamestown is the first successful English colony in the New World…
Missing PagesEpisode 2: Discovery, Disease, Death, and Destruction
This episode tackles the colliding of the two hemispheres that had been separated for millennia. I start around 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue and…
Missing PagesEpisode 1: The Americans
This episode will cover, by far, the longest span of time that will be covered in the entire Missing Pages podcast. Starting tens of thousands of years ago, I…
Missing PagesEpisode 0: Missing Pages Podcast
In the inaugural episode of Missing Pages, I explain some of the reasoning behind this podcast, my research philosophy, and the nuts and bolts of the podcast…